Restart from the pit of Zakopane World Cup jumping male [Slide Show]

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Restart from the pit of Zakopane World Cup jumping male [Slide Show]

Once the World flight, the men's World Cup of ski jumping again from Zakopane. From here to the end of the season there will be more & ugrave; breaks and sar & agrave; a "pulled" only toward the crystal ball.

STORIAZakopane & egrave; one of the resort & agrave; pi & ugrave; onuste of history in the landscape of ski jumping. Just think that in the distant past & egrave; It was the scene of three editions of the World Championships (1929, 1939, 1962) and was included in the calendar of the inaugural season of the World Cup. However after 1980, except for a sporadic presence in 1990, the 'plant located in the district of Tatra lived a long oblivion and had to wait for 1996 to come back to organize events up circuit. From that moment Zakopane & egrave; became presence or almost as & eacute; Fixed. Indeed nell''ultimo decades has missed the 'appointment only in winters 1996 -' '97 and in 2000 -' '01. To date, the location on the border with Slovakia, there are 40 races of first level (4 iridescent pi & ugrave; 36 competitions of the World Cup), almost all played on the large hill Wielka Krokiew (K120 / HS134). The structure, built in 1925 and then the subject of extensive renovations, & egrave; named after the jumping and nordic combined local Stanis & # 322; aw and Marusarz & egrave; part of a complex of five trampolines, whose particularity & agrave; & Egrave; to be equipped with a stage that can accommodate the beauty of 50,000 spectators. In light of & rsquo; huge capacity, 6 June 1997 the hillside even hosted a mass of & rsquo; then Pope John Paul II. So far in Zakopane I was up on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium 21 athletes. Among them the 'man pi & ugrave; winning in absolute & egrave; l & rsquo; Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer, who imposed 5 times (2008, 2009, two in 2010, 2012). Realizing the Tyrolean are only four athletes in activities & agrave; to boast at least un''affermazione on Wiekla Krokiew. The local hero Kamil Stoch puts together three statements (2011, 2012 and 2015). Single success instead of Janne Ahonen (1999) and Simon Ammann (2011). In terms of countries, on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium in Zakopane have flown eight different flags. Command & nbsp; 'Austria and Poland, both arrive in 9 hits. Followed by Germany and Norway (5); Finland (4); Slovenia (3); East Germany and Switzerland (1). Although there have been 36 races, 37 wins are credited as January 29, 2005 Adam Malysz and Roar Ly ø kels ø y imposed themselves in a tie. How can & ograve; note there are successes in Japan. The best results obtained by the Japanese jumpers are two second places signed by Kazuyoshi Funaki in the late & rsquo; 90. The official record of the trampoline belongs to the Swiss Simon Ammann, landed at 140.5 meters (6.5 over the 'Hs) January 23, 2010. However, two men were able to go to 141.5 meters. L & rsquo; 11 March 2005 Finland's Juha-Matti Ruuskanen, during a match of the Continental Cup, and March 24, 2015 the Pole Kamil Stoch in the national championships. In truth & agrave; Legend has it that the 1 & deg; in October 2004, during a training session on plastic, Norwegian Eirik Ulim ø n is even landed at 146.5 meters, should read 12.5 point Hs over!
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