Thomas Morgenstern wins again after almost 2 years

Great show in the first two races of Titisee-Neustadt where we have seen many jumpers land in the area point Hs. The victory went to Thomas Morgenstern, who returned to the top step of the podium after almost two years.

Saturday 14 December 2013 4 minutes reading time

The twenty-seven Austrian not excelled in the maximum circuit since January 6 2012 and today scored a convincing win number 23 of his career with two jumps of the highest level, especially the first one that allowed him to dig up an important gap between itself and the most dangerous opponents. The square'' s honor was occupied by Kamil Stoch, by far the best in the second series where he made a jump to scream. The Polish scored in the first acute comeback'' s winter and, should they have finally found the stability mancatagli technique so far, could become a serious contender to win the crystal ball. The podium was completed by a brilliant Simon Ammann, definitely above the rows in the first series (where it landed 144 feet, two more than the'' Hs). Fourth place went to Gregor Schlierenzauer who straightened his race with the second set after the first ended in thirteenth place. In general, the Austrian'' is still far from the best condition, but nevertheless manages to prove competitive for the top positions. Fifth place for the best of the Germans, the regular Severin Freund, who preceded the evergreen Noriaki Kasai'' s yet another top ten finish of this season, and Slovenian Robert Kranjec, much more competitive in December, compared to the same period last year. Disappointed day of the Norwegian team within which the best was Anders Bardal, tenth. Chapter Italy. C'' is regret for Roberto Dellasega, fortieth. Had placed telemark would comfortably made its entry into the points. David Bresadola instead ended forty. In the overall standings of the World Cup Schlierenzauer strengthens its leadership rising to 266 points. Freund moved up to second place at 224 with Morgenstern third 221 and fourth 215 Takeuchi. The situation is extremely balanced and could change further in the game, always starting from 14.00. Titisee Neustadt - LARGE HILL1. MORGENSTERN Thomas (AUT) 284.12. STOCH Kamil (POL) 280.83. Simon Ammann (SUI) 277.64. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 271.85. FREUND Severin (GER) 270.96. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 269.57. Robert Kranjec (SLO) 268.78. ITO Daiki (JPN) 267.89. Richard Freitag (GER) 266 810. Anders Bardal (NOR) 266.6 Click here for full results.

Francesco Paone

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