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In the afternoon went on stage the penultimate season individual competition, held on the Planica flying trampoline. The day turned out to be very spectacular, although the weather conditions have been generally more complex, because the wind was behind the athletes. For triumphantly out was Stefan Kraft, simply unplayable in this season finale.
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The Austrian has two unlined magistrali performance from 243 and 240.5 meters, relying on its large aerodynamic quality and resting on both occasions a lavish telemark, going to get very high stylistic evaluations.
The Salzburg has thus placed a serious threat to the achievement of the crystal ball, because the rival Kamil Stoch finished 5th. The Polish, meanwhile, has conducted a great race, finding two technically perfect jumps, but lacked the measure, as it has reached 229.5m and 227m.
The jumper Zakopane has yielded so 55 points and remained at a gap of 86 lengths in a race by the term. The athlete of Schwarzach im Pongau will be sufficient to reach 17th in the final on Sunday (when the Polish win the race) to win the World Cup.
Place of honor today to Andreas Wellinger, author of two excellent performances, but not able to affect the current superiority of Kraft. The German has realized the same extent, 235m, in both series, but in the second run by lower gate at the request of the manager. All this did not help to worry the Salzburg, since Heinz Kuttin in turn has lowered the barriers on the starting and the Austrian was clearly better, inflicting a lead of 9.8 points.
Third place for Markus Eisenbichler, which led to his own personal 243.5m in the first half of the race, due to extremely encyclopedic and almost no wind. In the decisive round it was repeated on a very high level, landing at 236m.
What an amazing place to Noriaki Kasai, who once again has put together a quality and an incredible lift, reaching 221m and 235.5m. Michael Hayböck came 6th, crowning a good comeback in the second half of the race with a big jump from 137m.
Seventh Piotr Zyla, before the Norwegian Robert Johansson Anders Fannemel 8th and 9th. The latter has realized a remarkable performance in the first series, going to land at 243m having exploited well encountered favorable conditions. At the decisive moment it is not confirmed, finally going to lose four positions.
The top 10 was closed by Peter Prevc, first of the home athletes. These are encouraging signals come for Daniel Andre Tande 13th, who made a second leap from 233m.
Alex Insam finished 15th, with truly benefit for framing. In fact consistently it has always exceeded HS point, landing at 225.5m and 225m. So this is the second consecutive race he enters into the points today and achieved the best result of his career in the maximum circuit. The nineteen year old Gardena also in training jump before the competition has again improved the Italian record, leading him to 232.5m.
They let down a little 'expectations Slovenians Domen Prevc 20 ° and 26 ° Jurij Tepes, definitely not at ease in jumping with a strong wind behind you. The first redeemed himself with a good second jump of 229m, where he had a stage of incredible flight in which showcased their aerodynamics. The second one on both occasions found difficult jumps.
Good test for the second blue in the race, Sebastian Colloredo, who came 28th. The Friuli found two competitive jumps of 212m and 211.5m, therefore, going to stretch the Philoctetes performance beyond 210m. So for the first time this season two Italian finished the competition at the same time in the points.
As for the flight standings, Kraft put themselves today to 345 and putting almost ice success, in fact now the closest pursuer is Wellinger (253). Third position for Stoch (234), now out of contention for the cup of specialty.
In the overall standings the Austrian Kraft driving with 1565, followed by Stoch in 1479. Third place awarded mathematically arrived at Tande (1201).
Next meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning, when at 10.00 will stage the event team. On Sunday there will be the final, reserved for the top 30 overall, with coverage in case of absence of any of these.
Planica - HS 225
1. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 490.2 2. WELLINGER Andreas (GER) 480.4 3. EISENBICHLER Markus (GER) 461.8 4. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 453.3 5. STOCH Kamil (POL) 452.1 6. HAYBÖCH Michael (AUT) 439.5 7. ZYLA Piotr (POL) 439.1 8. JOHANSSON Robert (NOR) 437.3 9. FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) 430.5 10. PREVC Peter (SLO) 429.8
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