Le slovène Robert Kranjec a remporté le second concours de Hakuba avec deux sauts mesurés à 131m5 et 129m, pour un total de 279 points.
Le japonais Daiki Ito a enchanté son public en prenant la seconde place devant le suisse Simon Ammann qui remporte le classement général du GP 2009 gràce à sa troisième place. Manu Chedal termine de son coté 19e et meilleur français, le voyage au Japon ne restera pas dans les annales du saut tricolore.
Reste à savoir si l'adage disant que le vainqueur du GP gagne ensuite la coupe du monde se vérifiera encore cet hiver ?
A noter qu'il reste encore une manche de GP, ce sera le 3 octobre à Klingenthal.
Les réactions : source FIS
Robert Kranjec (SLO): “Yesterday I had bad conditions so a better result was not possible, even with the new rules. My goal was the finish in the top 3 of the Grand Prix overall ranking and I’m happy with the result. My team and I need to do better than last season and we are all looking forward to Vancouver 2010.”
Daiki Ito (JPN): “Today I had two good jumps but I’m still not jumping constant enough. Now I have to show top jumps also in the winter season.”
Simon Ammann (SUI): “I only reached my goals partly here in Hakuba. I won the overall title of the Summer Grand Prix as the first Swiss, but my jumps here were not good enough. There is still some work to do until Kuusamo. The goals for the winter are a private thing between me and my coach. I will decide about the future after 2011.”
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