Nordic SkiingMen jump - World Lahti 2017
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Today is staged the large hill individual competition on the World Championships in Lahti 2017, where the show is not missed. In a balanced and extremely close race, to win the gold medal was Stefan Kraft, former champion champion of normal hill.
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The Austrian has entered into history as well, becoming the 5th athlete to achieve two goals at the same World Championships edition, successful enterprise for the last time Adam Malysz in the 2003 edition held in Val di Fiemme.
At the end of the first stint in command he has set the Salzburg, thanks to an excellent jumping from 127.5m and at very high stylistic assessments for a faultless gesture. The closest pursuer, only 9/10, was Andreas Wellinger, author of the same length, but remained behind because of the score of the judges, in which he lost one point compared to Kraft. In particular the balance reigned supreme, with the first 7 athletes covered by just 5 points.
At the decisive moment the Teutonic has unsheathed a jump of the highest level, landing at 129m, to which he responded with a performance by the Austrian 127.5m. What he has lost in terms of length, the athlete of Schwarzach im Pongau has then gained in the judges' evaluations, which did better than 2 points. Kraft has therefore ended in triumph, winning the second gold in a few days, while Wellinger had to again settle for silver gluing, only 1.3 lengths.
Bronze medal for Piotr Zyla, so capable of breaking the taboos of the podium champion for Poland, still dry in the calendar year 2017 in all Olympic disciplines. The Polish had completed its first series 6 °, but in the second he flashed a perfect jump, reaching 131m, then placed a big telemark.
Norway today has played the same role in the race on large hill had Poland, ie placing two athletes at the foot of the podium. Andreas Stjernen came 4th, losing one position after the first half, but exposing two absolute level performance. He followed Anders Fannemel 5th, gaining less than 5 squares in the final, showing that he had found the right condition in view of the appointment highlight of the season.
Poland has unsheathed a great team performance, finishing with four athletes among the top 8. Sixth was Maciej Kot, ahead of Kamil Stoch 7th and 8th Dawid Kubacki. Disappointment therefore for the overall lead in the World Cup, arrived in Lahti as safe candidate in the medals, but failed to obtain even one in an individual competition. The hope remains in the team competition, where athletes led by Stefan Horngacher they're going to play for the success.
In 9th place came Peter Prevc, that something is still missing from the dominant version of last season. The top 10 was closed by Daniel Andre Tande, matte in the first part of the race where he finished 18th, while the second part has found a great leap up to the best.
After closing the first half of the race in the top 10, taking advantage of favorable conditions, they have slipped back Andre Johann Stephan Leyhe Forfang 12th and 19th. Michael Hayböck stood in 11th place, well behaving in the second jump, while the first had not been exceptional. The bronze winner on normal hill, Markus Eisenbichler, did not repeat performance of last week, finishing 13th.
No blue took part in the second jump, failing to make inroads among the top 30. The best was Alex Insam 37 °, very unlucky in meeting difficult conditions, with no pressure under the skis and with a strong wind behind you. Sebastian Colloredo instead was 43 °, while David Bresadola 48th.
Appointment with the last World Championship competition of Lahti scheduled for Saturday, when it will stage the team competition at 16:15.
LAHTI 2017 - HS 1301. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 279.32. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 278.03. ZYLA Piotr (POL) 276.74. Andreas Stjernen (NOR) 276.15. FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) 268.86. KOT Maciej (POL) 266.97. STOCH Kamil (POL) 264.88. Dawid Kubacki (POL) 263.89. PREVC Peter (SLO) 263 710. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 261.3
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