Deux de suite pour Takanashi
Gagnante en Roumanie dimanche passé, la Nippone réussit le même exploit sur les neiges Slovènes à l'occasion du premier concours de Ljbuno.
Deux sauts à 88m et 90m lui donnent un total de 248.5 points.
La solide leader du général Daniela Irascko se classe deuxième à 2.9 points.
Deux ans après sa victoire à Oslo, l'Américaine Sarah Hendrickson remonte enfin sur un podium, le 23eme de sa carrière.
Quatrième rang pour la Norvégienne Maren Lundby et cinquième place pour la jeune Autrichienne Pinkelnig.
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Toujours compliqué pour les Françaises avec Julia Clair 18eme, Léa Lemare 23eme et Coline Mattel seulement 29eme.
Un second concours est prévu dimanche à Ljubno.
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Les réactions
Sara Takanashi (JPN): ”I cannot believe that I won, I didn’t expect that I could jump so far on the second round. The hill is something really special, we are not having same kind of in Japan. Here is not easy to have a good timing on the take off.”
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT): ”It was difficult competition for me, it’s hard to jump good here in Ljubno. I think I did a really good job today and also yesterday was pretty ok. I’m looking forward to do the same again tomorrow. I’m always a little late here, the inrun feels like free fall and there is a lot of pressure before the take off so you need to be very stable. Now I know how to handle that. This has been a good weekend for me and I’m exited for tomorrow.”
Sarah Hendrickson (USA): ”This was a huge accomplishment for myself. Not for sponsors or media or anything but it was really important to jump like I normally do without any pressure. To have been on the podium is huge step for me so I’m really really happy with today. Definitely my jumps much better, there is room for improvements with is always nice that I can keep working my way up. I’ve had good jumps in training so I know I can do it physically so it’s just a mental side of things I’ve been struggling with. So today with the good results it’s huge confident booster."
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