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Superbe concours
Lorsque les meilleurs sauteurs du monde sont encore à la lutte pour le général en toute fin de saison, c'est l'assurance d'avoir de très beaux concours avec des athlètes qui donnent tout.
Aujourd'hui devant le public, pas assez nombreux mais connaisseur de Lahti, c'est le jeune Autrichien Stefan Kraft qui s'impose.
Avec deux sauts à 127m et 133.5m pour un total de 284.6 points, il devance l'Allemand Severin Freund, 273.2 points et le Norvégien Anders Fannemel 268 points.
Kraft s'impose pour la troisième fois de sa carrière, la troisième cet hiver et revient tout près du Slovène Peter Prevc, 4eme aujourd'hui, au général de la coupe du monde.
Freund, 2eme, monte sur son 14eme podium cette saison, record à battre.
Fannemel, deux fois vainqueur et cinq fois deuxième cet hiver termine pour la première fois au 3eme rang.
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Au général, à six concours de la fin, Prevc totalise 1315 points, Kraft 1308 points, Freund 1243 points et Fannemel 1118 points, 600 points sont encore en jeu !
Les réactions :
Stefan Kraft (AUT): "You know that the jump is good already three meters after the take-off. Then you see the green line and fly over it. It had some of these jumps already this year and I hope I can show a few more this season. But this just has to happen, everything has to work out fine and it did in this jump. I'm in a very good position in the overall World Cup, but it's still a long way to go until Planica. I'll try to do my best, then we'll see the result."
Severin Freund (GER): "I'm definitely satisfied. The first competition after a major event is always a bit hard. Coming back to the World Cup and jump good again is just what I needed. I also think that you take the good jumps you make at the end of the season with you to the summer and to next season. So it's important for me to jump well at the end of the season. The fight for the overall World Cup is still open, but I'm in the worst position of the Top 3. I just take it competition after the competition, I like the next hills and I'm looking forward to a, hopefully, really nice ski flying event in Planica."
Anders Fannemel (NOR): "At the landing of the first jump I had some problems and so all the weight was on my right leg. Then it cracked a bit in my knee and it was quite painful. I was then considering to not jump in the final, but it felt good going in the inrun position. The landing was a bit painful again, but I tried. I had the knee checked already between the rounds, but something is wrong and we have to find out what it is."
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Photo : Nordic Focus