Kenneth Gangnes s'impose à Chaikovsky

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Beaucoup, beaucoup d'absents pour cette étape estivale en Russie

Avec un concours finalement disputé sur le petit tremplin. Un format qui a réussi aux Norvégiens avec le premier succès de Kenneth Gangnes.

Deux sauts mesurés à 103.5m et 99.5m pour un total de 254.1 points lui donnant la victoire.

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Au général du Grand Prix le Japonais Sakuyama, 9eme aujourd'hui, augmente son avance sur l'Allemand Severin Freund, absent sur le sol Russe tout comme de très nombreux spécialistes...

Suite dimanche avec un second concours.

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Le classement du concours ICI

Le classement du Grand Prix ICI

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Les réactions

Kenneth Gangnes (NOR): 

“The facility here is really great, both hills are nice. To move the competition to the K90 is more of a formality, it's still ski jumping. It's part of the game, that it can be really close and it's always fun when you end up with the most points. This event is a part of the preparation for the winter, so it's not that important."

Robert Kranjec (SLO):

"For me it was a bit difficult at first, because yesterday we jumped on the big hill with a lot more speed. So I had some problems in the first two jumps but my jumps in the competition were good and I'm really happy. It doesn't matter how many points I'm behind, I just want to do great jumps. Then I see the result when the competition is over. For me it's very important to get the self-confidence back, because the last part of the winter was really bad for me"

Joachim Hauer (NOR):

"The facility is great, there are also some smaller hills and two nice bigger ones. It's the beauty of the sport, that the competitions are really close. But you should not think about the points, only about the tasks you got from the coach. Every competition is important, but of course the winter is the main season."

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Photo : Nordic Focus

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