Nordic SkiingJump male - Grand Prix 2015
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Triumphant day for Japan at that Almaty where, after the success of Sara Takanashi in the women, came the stage victory for Junshiro Kobayashi and the mathematical certainty of winning the overall standings for Kento Sakuyama.
Sunday 13 September 2015 6 minutes reading time
Competition & egrave; was again influenced by the wind in the second series has overly penalized those who had the best results in the first half & agrave; race. He took advantage of the best gi & agrave; Kobayashi cited last jump before the sudden change of conditions.
The twenty-four Hachimantai, born nordic combined (and world champion at junior level) before converting to special jump, then excelled surprise going from tenth as many athletes ahead of him are sunk in the standings.
They managed to save Stefan Kraft and Kento Sakuyama, second and third respectively. The 'Austrian & egrave; somehow he managed to defend the place of 'honor gi & agrave; held after the initial set, while Japanese & egrave; He slipped on the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium more than & ugrave; high virtual half & agrave; race. However, the twenty-five of Iiyama can & ograve; Because celebrate & eacute; Robert Kranjec, finding himself to jump at a time prohibitive, could only finish nineteenth.
Sakuyama then won with a proof of 'advance the overall ranking of the Summer Grand Prix 2015. This is the fourth jumper from the land of the Rising Sun to succeed after Takanobu Okabe (1994), Masahiko Harada (1997 and 1998) and Daiki Ito (2010).
About Japan, the triumphant day & egrave; completed by the fourth place of Yumu Harada and seventh of Kenshiro Ito. In virt & ugrave; of the many upheavals in the overall standings, the increasingly & ugrave; convincing Luca Egloff he finished fifth overall and is known as this Grand Prix has had the consequence of raising brutally threshold of points required to be in the top 55 positions in the World Ranking List.
Sar & agrave; so hard to 'catch quota Italy 3 pectoral, but today you can & ograve; Since storing a positive performance & eacute; the blues, as well as make valuable jumps, were assisted by a lucky star. David Bresadola concluded 16 & deg ;, while Alex Insam got the first points of his career in the maximum peaking circuit 18 & deg ;.
Finally it should be noted the time of enormous difficulty & agrave; Thomas Diethart that no longer & ugrave; later than twenty months ago athlete was able to win the Tourn & eacute; and 4 trampolines and win Olympic medal. The twenty-three Austrian yesterday concluded twenty-eighth, while today even missed the 'access to the second series in a competition with thirty-three & eacute; starters.
The Grand Prix will end & agrave; Sunday, September 27 at Hinzenbach, Austria. However we should not forget next week and in the first weekend of October are planned races Continental Cup particularly important, since & eacute; decisive for assigning the three extra chest for the first period of the World Cup.
With Sakuyama gi & agrave; sure winner at an altitude of 525, there remains the fight for the other two steps of the podium. Kranjec & egrave; second with 349 and third Gangnes to 342. Despite the participation in only three out of ten trials Severin Freund & egrave; still fourth on 280.
ALMATY - HS1401. Junshiro KOBAYASHI (JPN) 265.92. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 261.83. SAKUYAMA Kento (JPN) 259.74. HARADA Yumu (JPN) 256.95. EGLOFF Luca (SUI) 256.16. SemeniÄ Anze (SLO) 254.37. Kenshiro ITO (JPN) 253.98. Larinto Ville (FIN) 251.49. HVALA Jaka (SLO) 251 010. POPPINGER Manuel (AUT) 250.3
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