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Taku Takeuchi wins in Almaty
After he was fourth in Saturday's competition, Taku Takeuchi won the second FIS Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
With jumps on 135.5 m and 132 m and a total of 277.0 points the Japanese came in ahead of yesterday's winner Jernej Damjan and Grand Prix leader Phillip Sjoeen.
Takeuchi said after the competition: "Of course I'm totally satisfied, the conditions were good and fair today. Yesterday I made a mistake in the first round and that's why my result was not that good. Today I tried to jump as well as in the second round yesterday and it worked."
Damjan closely misses win and overall lead
With the longest jump of the day on 137 m and 131.5 m in the final, Damjan missed his second win this weekend by only 1.6 points and so Norwegian Phillip Sjoeen could defend his overall lead in the FIS Grand Prix with jumps on 134.5 m and 129 m and 266.9 points.
"I'm a bit disappointed and happy at the same time. I wanted to take to the yellow leader's bib away from Phillip, but on the other hand I'm satisfied with my performance. My shoe broke in the trial round and that was a bit of a problem", Jernej Damjan told. Phillip Sjoeen said: "Yesterday I had some technical problems, but we analyzed it and I did better today. I'm not sure if I'll go to Hinzenbach, so far I didn't get the green light from the national team. Maybe I'll train instead."
Russians strong again
Even though Vladislav Boyarintsev was not able to repeat his podium finish, the Russian still achieved the scond top result this weekend in fourth. Also his teammates Mikhai Maksimochkin (252.3 points) in ninth and Ilmir Hazetdinov in 12th did very well again.
Matjaz Pungertar of Slovenia came in fifth with 132 m and 126.5 m (258.0 points), he shared this place with Japanese Kento Sakuyama, who jumped on 131 m and 126 m. Italian Davide Bresadola was a strong seventh with 257.1 points. With Junshiro Kobayashi (255.2 points) and Reruhi Shimizu (249.3 points) in eighth and tenth, four Japanese jumpers were in the Top 10. Swiss Gregor Deschwanden was again not among the best. In absence of his teammate Simon Ammann he was only eleventh. Slovenia's Robert Kranjec and Jurij Tepes could also not meet the expectations in 16th and 18th.
Kazakhs and Romanians scored points again
With Konstantin Sokolenko and Marat Zhaparov in 23rd and 30th, two Kazakh jumpers qualified for the final round. Iulian Sorin Pitea came in 29th and scored some points again for Romania.
In the overall ranking of the Grand Prix, Phillip Sjoeen now has a lead of only four points over Jernej Damjan. The Norwegian scored a total of 382 points.
Tande disqualified twice
Taku Takeuchi is now third with 250 points and he also has theoretical chances to fight for the overall win in the two final competitions in Hinzenbach (AUT) and Klingenthal (GER).
Norwegian Daniel-Andre Tande, who follows in fourth with 198 points, lost a better position due to two disqualifications in Almaty.
The organizers in Almaty were widely praised and so the modern facility shall be suggested to host a World Cup event in 2015/16.
Source: the official FIS site
With jumps on 135.5 m and 132 m and a total of 277.0 points the Japanese came in ahead of yesterday's winner Jernej Damjan and Grand Prix leader Phillip Sjoeen.
Takeuchi said after the competition: "Of course I'm totally satisfied, the conditions were good and fair today. Yesterday I made a mistake in the first round and that's why my result was not that good. Today I tried to jump as well as in the second round yesterday and it worked."
Damjan closely misses win and overall lead
With the longest jump of the day on 137 m and 131.5 m in the final, Damjan missed his second win this weekend by only 1.6 points and so Norwegian Phillip Sjoeen could defend his overall lead in the FIS Grand Prix with jumps on 134.5 m and 129 m and 266.9 points.
"I'm a bit disappointed and happy at the same time. I wanted to take to the yellow leader's bib away from Phillip, but on the other hand I'm satisfied with my performance. My shoe broke in the trial round and that was a bit of a problem", Jernej Damjan told. Phillip Sjoeen said: "Yesterday I had some technical problems, but we analyzed it and I did better today. I'm not sure if I'll go to Hinzenbach, so far I didn't get the green light from the national team. Maybe I'll train instead."
Russians strong again
Even though Vladislav Boyarintsev was not able to repeat his podium finish, the Russian still achieved the scond top result this weekend in fourth. Also his teammates Mikhai Maksimochkin (252.3 points) in ninth and Ilmir Hazetdinov in 12th did very well again.
Matjaz Pungertar of Slovenia came in fifth with 132 m and 126.5 m (258.0 points), he shared this place with Japanese Kento Sakuyama, who jumped on 131 m and 126 m. Italian Davide Bresadola was a strong seventh with 257.1 points. With Junshiro Kobayashi (255.2 points) and Reruhi Shimizu (249.3 points) in eighth and tenth, four Japanese jumpers were in the Top 10. Swiss Gregor Deschwanden was again not among the best. In absence of his teammate Simon Ammann he was only eleventh. Slovenia's Robert Kranjec and Jurij Tepes could also not meet the expectations in 16th and 18th.
Kazakhs and Romanians scored points again
With Konstantin Sokolenko and Marat Zhaparov in 23rd and 30th, two Kazakh jumpers qualified for the final round. Iulian Sorin Pitea came in 29th and scored some points again for Romania.
In the overall ranking of the Grand Prix, Phillip Sjoeen now has a lead of only four points over Jernej Damjan. The Norwegian scored a total of 382 points.
Tande disqualified twice
Taku Takeuchi is now third with 250 points and he also has theoretical chances to fight for the overall win in the two final competitions in Hinzenbach (AUT) and Klingenthal (GER).
Norwegian Daniel-Andre Tande, who follows in fourth with 198 points, lost a better position due to two disqualifications in Almaty.
The organizers in Almaty were widely praised and so the modern facility shall be suggested to host a World Cup event in 2015/16.
Source: the official FIS site
