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On connaissait la famille Prevc, voici la fratrie Kobayashi
Superbe week-end pour les deux frangins avec un doublé pour l'ainé Junshiro devant son public d'Hakuba et une superbe deuxième place pour le talentueux Ryoyu, âgé de seulement 21 ans.
Le Slovène Anze Lanisek complète le podium du jour.
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Junshiro Kobayashi remporte sa troisième victoire en carrière à ce niveau. Son jeune frère grimpe sur son premier podium.
Même chose pour le Slovène Lanisek.
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A noter qu'il manquait la plupart des meilleurs spécialistes mondiaux sur cette étape d'Hakuba.
Le Grand Prix se poursuit les 9 et 10 septembre en Russie sur le tremplin de Chaikovsky.
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Les réactions
Junshiro Kobayashi (JPN): "I'm really glad that I won again today. I'm very satisfied with my performance because I had two good jumps. I was a bit nervous before the final round yesterday, so I tried to be calmer today.
It's great that my brother and I achieved this 1-2 finish, I'm very happy about that. After the first round yesterday I said to him that we both should be on the podium, but it didn't work. Today I didn't say anything about it to him, because it seemed he was a bit nervous."
Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN): "I'm disappointed because I wanted to win. It was the first time that I was the last to jump in the final round so I was very nervous. I was also a bit early at the take-off. But this disappointment today will also give me additional motivation for the next Grand Prix competitions and the winter season."
Anze Lanisek (SLO): "It was a really difficult competition today because the wind conditions were changing a lot. Especially during the first part of the flight it was changing constantly between head and tail wind.
I had two very good jumps today and I'm extremely happy that I was finally able to perform this well in a competition and not only in training and in the qualification like so far this summer.
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Le classement du Grand Prix ICI
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Photo : Nordic Focus
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