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Simon Ammann: Freshly minted father and Swiss Champion
20 October 2014 года
Simon Ammann: Freshly minted father and Swiss Champion
Simon Ammann won the Swiss National Championships for the fourth time in a row.

The 33-year took the title on the hill in Einsiedeln, which is named after his long-time teammate Andreas Kuettel, with jumps on 110.5 m and 113 m and a total of 256.3 points. The other two spots on the podium went to Gregor Deschwanden and Kilian Peier, who both also showed good performances in the FIS Grand Prix recently. Deschwanden jumped on 107.5 m and 112 m on Sunday and scored 247.1 points, Peier reached a total of 238.3 points with 107.5 m and 106 m.

On Saturday Kilian Peier took a clear win in the junior's competition with 114 m and 114.5 m and 262.3 points. Luca Egloff came in second with 111.5 m and 107 m (239.3 points), the third place went to Andreas Schuler with 109.5 m and 108.5 m (236.9 points).

The ladies' competition on the HS 77 was won by Erja Zelger with 181.4 points (64 m and 60.5 m), ahead of Charlotte Suter (59 m and 59.5 m; 165.7 points) and Julia Vonbank (41.5 m and 44 m; 77.6 points).

The best team was BSV 1 with Andreas Schuler, Benjamin Ernst, Tobias Birchler and Pascal Kaelin and their 882.5 points. Only 0.1 points behind the winners, Daniel Zelger, Pascal Egloff, Luca Egloff and Simon Ammann took the second place for the OSSV. The third place went to the BOSV (Luca von Gruenigen, Kevin Romang, Sandro Hauswirth, Gabriel Karlen) with 740.9 points. A mixed team with Swiss Tim Hug and the US American nordic combined athletes Taylor Fletcher, Bill Demong and Bryan Fletcher was third in this competition with 823.5 points, but their result did not count for the Swiss Championships.

Ammann became a father
His next win at the Swiss Nationals was not the only reason to celebrate for Simon Ammann recently. The four-time Olympic Champion and wife Yana became parents a few days ago, their son Théodore was born last weekend. "Everything went well - The mother and the child are doing fine. I'm really happy to spend time with my family and I enjoyed a very nice paternal leave this week", Ammann wrote on his facebook page.

Top 10 Swiss Championships, Einsiedeln HS 117; October, 19th 2014

Rank Name Distance Points
1. Ammann, Simon 110.5 m - 113 m 256.3
2. Deschwanden, Gregor 107.5 m - 112 m 247.1
3. Peier, Kilian 107.5 m - 106 m 238.3
4. Egloff, Pascal 104.5 m - 110 m 237.6
5. Karlen, Gabriel 102 m - 105 m 224.6
6. Kaelin, Pascal 99 m - 106.5 m 218.9
7. Egloff, Luca 103 m - 102.5 m 217.4
8. Schuler, Andreas 102 m - 102.5 m 214.1
9. Grigoli, Marco 100 m - 102 m 210.1
10. Birchler, Tobias 97 m - 94 m 190.8 

Source: fis-ski.com



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