Sara Takanashi seals the Summer Grand Prix, Lara Malsiner 15th in Courchevel: the men in the race tonight

The French leg of the summer jump show confirms the total domination of the Japanese champion on plastic.

Saturday 10 August 2019 5 minutes reading time

Sara Takanashi seems to have already closed the games in the 2019 Summer Grand Prix, after signing the seasonal encore in the Courchevel race: the second test, staged two weeks after Hinterzarten, in fact, sees Kamikawa's 22-year-old dominate in front of Chiara Hoelzl and Juliane Seyfarth, for a success that means summer trophy almost in his pocket, for the eighth consecutive year and in as many editions dedicated to the female sector. A crazy record that should become such on Sunday 18 August, on the occasion of the third and final race of Frenstat (Czech Rep.), Given that the margin on Maren Lundby (only fifth on the French Alps) is now 75 points and a 10th will be enough place to Takanashi to toast. At Courchevel Lara Malsiner was not confirmed at the excellent levels of Hinterzarten (7th at the beginning), at the end of the 15th, while Elena Runggaldier, 18th, and the falling Manuela Malsiner, 26th, appeared to be growing. Tonight the closing on the HS135 with the men's race: appointment at 18.00 for the third round of the Summer Grand Prix which will see several big riders return after the various defections of Hinterzarten. It will therefore be a crucial race for the summer competition classification, with Tande and Johansson leading Norway, a Poland with Hula and Kot, the return of Kraft and Hayboeck to Austria as well as Germany who, back from Geiger's success on the springboard of home, will see the winner of Hinterzarten go hunting for an encore with Eisenbichler, Leyhe and Freitag. There will also be first and third in the opening round at Wisla, namely the Slovenian Zajc and the Russian Klimov. Italy will again propose Alex Insam and Federico Cecon, called to level up after the debut two weeks ago. ALPEN CUP After having dominated the races of Poehla, Jessica Malsiner confirmed herself as the commander of the Alpen Cup overall standings, climbing to the podium also in the fifth seasonal jump test staged in Bischofsgruen. For the 2002 Gardena, third place in the first of the two events (the second on Saturday), behind Annika Sieff, beaten as the teammate by the Austrian Moharitsch. Daniela Dejori, who finished in 6th place, is still 2nd overall behind the smaller of the Malsiner sisters. The same Dejori and Sieff were exalted in Bischofsgruen, signing another blue double in the Alpen Cup test dedicated to the Nordic combined: in addition to a jump on the HS71, the 4 km of cross-country confirmed the domination of the two athletes of the national team, with Daniela to precede Annika by 24 seconds at the finish line.

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