Nordic Skiing63. Vierschanzentournee
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A Oberstdorf bad weather has granted 'essential respite to play in the opening stage of the 63rd Tourn & eacute; and Four Hills on Schattenbergschanze, race held in changeable conditions, but all in all proved regular, and which are now out of heavy verdicts .
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The main news & egrave; that the candidacy of Simon Ammann success in Tourn & eacute; e & egrave; failed at the start. In the first set, the Swiss found a competitive measure to close in the top six, but & egrave; fell.
Consequently, the thirty-three Swiss suffered un''inevitabile penalty in terms of assessing stylistic and especially could not take part in the second series, not having entered the ranks of the five lucky losers. The red cross should then put in the drawer for the 'umpteenth time the dream to excel in Vierschanzentournee, only event where you & egrave; never imposed, and complete the Royal Flush of ski jumping, so far only managed to Finnish Matti Nyk & auml; nen.
Those who advances un''inattesa candidacy to the ultimate success & egrave; Stefan Kraft. The twenty-one Austrian won the first win of his career thanks to an impressive first step, achieved in difficult conditions, only to defend themselves very well in the second set.
Despite the success, & egrave; still premature to place the 'athlete of Salzburg in the first row in the list of contenders for Tourn & eacute; and since & eacute; it is jumping from overt inconstancy. However Kraft, who will & agrave; called the fateful "litmus test" in the coming days, has proven to be in great shape.
Piazza d''honor, to 6.9 points away, for he that by pi & ugrave; shares was indicated on the eve as real favorite for Tourn & eacute; e. Michael Hayb & ouml; ck had to give up once again to his maiden victory, but still got the best finish ever in tests of maximum circuit and especially won the yellow bib of the overall leader of the World Cup.
Indeed today's race might have strengthened the candidacy of the twenty-two of Hinzenbach, since & eacute; Schattenberghschanze it was considered by experts the springboard for him ugrave & pi; "At risk" and the ski Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck are considered extremely friends of its features.
The podium & egrave; was completed by the best Peter Prevc dell''inverno. Slovenian, trailing by eight points from Kraft, has shown an increase over the past few weeks which puts it automatically in the running for the final success.
Excellent feedback from Kamil Stoch. Polish, all''esordio season after the 'accident Klingenthal, achieved the best score in the second set and finished in fourth position, albeit with a delay of 17 points by Kraft and 9 from Prevc. Even in his case bisogner & agrave; wait for the next few days to figure out what might be its real chances of success. In particular, there are uncertainties on the physical condition Since & eacute; to the four long weeks of enforced break could present the bill.
Departure to handicap for Anders Fannemel, Roman Koudelka and Noriaki Kasai, authors of discrete performance but unable to make a difference and then gi & agrave; lagging behind in terms of scoring compared to the earliest. All three have also closed behind a surprising Andreas Kofler (fifth), who took full advantage of the favorable conditions found in the first series, going to complete the triumph Austrian.
Besides Ammann & egrave; in fact gi & agrave; eliminated from the struggle for the conquest of Tourn & eacute; and also Gregor Schlierenzauer, winner of the event in 2011 - '' 12 and 2012 - '' 13. The Tyrolean, after a good first jump, & egrave; collapsed in the second series in a sad ending seventeenth position. Male also hosts Germany, whose tips Severin Freund and Richard Freitag, were classified in twelfth and fifteenth place.
Homemade Italian Davide Bresadola, found itself facing Freitag, nothing has been against his well-pi & ugrave; quoted opponent then being eliminated at the end of the first set.
As said Hayb & ouml; ck becomes overall leader of the World Cup with 513 points against 512 and 506 of Fannemel of Koudelka. Prevc & egrave; fourth at 450 with Freund fifth at 443 and at 437 Kraft sixth.
OBERSTDORF Schattenbergschanze HS 1371. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 291.92. HAYB & Öland; CK Michael (AUT) 285.03. PREVC Peter (SLO) 283.94. STOCH Kamil (POL) 274.95. KOFLER Andreas (AUT) 274.86. FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) 270.77. KOUDELKA Roman (CZE) 265.38. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 264.39. ITO Daiki (JPN) 262.59. DAMJAN Jernej (SLO) 262.5
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Tomorrow the day of transfer to Garmisch-Partenkirchen where disputer & agrave; the second stage. The program provides for the qualification to 14.00 New Year's Eve and New Year's race at 14.00.
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