Le Slovène Robert Kranjec a remporté dimanche à Kulm la première épreuve de vol à skis (tremplin de 200 m) de Bad Mittendorf Tauplitz, comptant pour la Coupe du monde de saut à skis.
Cette épreuve a été organisée sur une seule manche pour remplacer celle annulée samedi en raison de vents violents. Dimanche après-midi devait se tenir une deuxième épreuve en une manche pour tenter de boucler le programme du week-end.
Kranjec s'est imposé avec un saut à 206 m (212,5 pts) devant l'Autrichien Thomas Morgenstern (200,5 m/206,8 pts) et le Norvégien Anders Bardal (205,5 m/201,6 pts). Manu Chedal se classe 39e et Vincent Descombes-Sevoie 54e.
Le Norvégien Anders Bardal a remporté ensuite la seconde épreuve. Bardal, troisième du premier concours, s'est imposé dans le second avec 364,9 pts (197,5 m et 183,5 m) devant le Japonais Daiki Ito et le Polonais Kamil Stoch. Vincent Descombes-Sevoie se classe 42e et Manu Chedal 49e.
L'Autrichien Andreas Kofler conserve la tête du classement général de la Coupe du monde.
Les réactions (source FIS) :
Robert Kranjec (SLO): “I didn’t feel very good today, I was a bit sick. But I’m very happy with the results. It was a long day but everything worked out perfectly. I made a mistake in my second jump, but I’m satisfied. I always like to jump here. The hill is perfect for me and the atmosphere is amazing.”
Anders Bardal (NOR): “This is for sure the best season of my career. I feel really good and I hope that my performance will continue like that in Zakopane. I’m sorry for Gregor that he had the problems with his equipment, but shit happens. The decision was fair because his suit was open and that’s how it is. The conditions here were quite good. In the final round it was a bit hard, but overall we had two good competitions.”
Thomas Morgenstern (AUT): "After the long jumps and the reduction of the inrun length it didn’t get easier. But I was focusing on myself and I’m very satisfied. It was an exhausting day but I exceeded my expectations. It was a great ski flying day.”
Kamil Stoch (POL): “After my second jump I knew that the conditions were difficult and some of the following jumpers are not that good with tail wind. I didn’t wish anyone bad luck, I just wanted the competition to end in a proper way with good and far jumps. I’m happy with my jumps, but I’m not happy about the way I landed on the podium. I would have preferred to earn the podium result without the disqualification of Gregor.”
Photo : Nordic Focus