Nordic SkiingSalto male - Falun 2015
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If a couple of years ago someone had predicted Rune Velta world champion on Normal Hill, would probably have been interned on the spot. Instead the 'Event & egrave; become reality & agrave; Falun quest''oggi and, as seen nell''inverno in progress, you can & ograve; talk of surprise only to a certain point.
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The Norwegian had in fact already & agrave; demonstrated during Tourn & eacute; and Four Hills have made great progress in the boost phase than in the past. Also in the weeks prior to this World Cup had proved to be in excellent physical condition.
The Scandinavian today has found the famous day of grace and, after closing the lead the first set, he did even better in the second defending the medal 'gold for just 4 tenths of a point from the back of Severin Freund.
The German, favored Eve, you & egrave; become the protagonist of a sensational second jump, but you & egrave; dell''argento had to settle because of a telemark questionable in the first series. Bronze & egrave; went all''austriaco Stefan Kraft, overall very solid though unable to battle on equal terms with the two that preceded it.
& Egrave; Importantly, the three medalists have made three more scores & ugrave; high in both series, proving so men pi & ugrave; strong day. For each of them & egrave; the first world championship medal of his career in the Nordic World Ski Championships, but in the case of the Norwegian and the Teutonic it is not the first outright Since & eacute; were gi & agrave; on the podium at the World Championships flight.
Fourth place for Roman Koudelka, who while expressing high levels of non & egrave; was able to get close to the podium. The Czech preceded by a few tenths of the 'great Japanese Taku Takeuchi, while reigning world champion Anders Bardal finished sixth a pi & ugrave; that dignified title defense, however, went to a fellow countryman.
Surprise of the day the Polish Jan Ziobro, eighth, while the foreman Kamil Stoch, eighteenth, he enrolled in the coveted list of little disappointments, they enter also Simon Ammann, Peter Prevc and Noriaki Kasai.
In light of what we saw in the qualification 'Swiss could be considered a papal candidate for medals, but not & egrave; went beyond the seventeenth position. The Slovenian finished sixth the first series, but he wanted to overdo it in the second and & egrave; relegated to thirteenth place. The Japanese & egrave; instead suffered a resounding debacle and has not even concluded within thirty.
Chapter Italy. The best & egrave; David was Bresadola, but has not gained access to the second set cos & Igrave; as Sebastian Colloredo, Daniele Varesco and Federico Cecon, espressisi along the lines of qualifying yesterday.
These statements made by the blue print into the Office Fisi and those dell''head coach Paolo Bernardi Neve Italy.
Bresadola (37 & deg;): "The jump was not bad, but I have not felt the pressure under the skis. We must insist and we also need a bit of luck."
Colloredo (44 & deg;): "When you lower the pole starting every mistake you pay because & eacute; the speed & agrave; decreases and me & egrave; this happened."
Varesco (46 & deg;): "I can be happy, the 'goal was to qualify and I did. I brought here the' experience of the junior World Cup and now I have to improve."
Cecon (48 & deg;): "I struggled to find the right position, I could do a lot more & ugrave ;. I'm pretty disappointed and will try & ograve; to do better on the large hill, I know gi & agrave; why & eacute; there I skipped last year."
Paolo Bernardi (Head Coach): "Race very hard on a pole extreme. David, in line with expectations, but found less than ideal conditions. Sebastian is not bad to try, but in the race was a bit '' tense. Young people do not have disfigured ". & nbsp;
WORLD FALUN - HS 1001. VELTA Rune (NOR) 252.72. FREUND Severin (GER) 252.33. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 248.34. KOUDELKA Roman (CZE) 242.75. Taku Takeuchi (JPN) 241.66. Anders Bardal (NOR) 238.27. Richard Freitag (GER) 233.78. Ziobro Jan (POL) 228.69. FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) 227 610. KRAUS Marinus (GER) 227.1
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Tomorrow, starting at 17:00, both men and women will jump on the Normal Hill in the mixed team competition.
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