Ski jumping: Yukiya Sato wins the qualification of Zakopane, Insam and Bresadola pass the cut

This afternoon in Zakopane the tenth stage of the 2020/21 Men's Ski Jumping World Cup opened, which will see the athletes involved in a team test tomorrow and an individual competition on Sunday. Three blues at the start, good performance for Insam and Bresadola.

Friday 15 January 2021 2 minutes reading time

The qualification started with a headwind, which then with the passing of the minutes passed behind the jumpers. In certain situations the trampoline was therefore very performing and large sizes arrived. In the end the winner was Yukiya Sato, who had already excelled in training jumps. the Japanese preceded Markus Eisenbichler by 2.8 points. Third place for the Polish Stekala who preceded Daniel Huber and Anti Aalto. Many big names struggled: Stoch finished 19th, Granerud even 44th. Objective achieved for the Italian team, which led two out of three athletes to Sunday's race. In truth, there are four Azzurri in Zakopane but Francesco Cecon has not yet been eligible for the World Cup and will only be involved in tomorrow's team test. Alex Insam and Giovanni Bresadola made it through the cut, while Daniel Moroder was eliminated as expected. Good jump, probably the best of the season, for Insam who finished 38th. Bresadola finished 47th instead, with an error in the deadlift phase. Tomorrow at 4.15 pm the first series of the Team Event is scheduled: nine nations present including Italy. On Sunday the individual competition will be staged.

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