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COC: Six Slovenes ahead in Kranj
A bit more than three months after the final competitions of last winter, it's now time for ski jumping again. The international summer season starts with the Continental Cup in Kranj.
In the first competition of the weekend on Saturday the Slovenian hosts were unbeatable, the team took the first six spots. With Peter Prevc, an athlete of the local ski club in Kranj, showed an especially impressive performance.
On his home hill he was already clearly in the lead after the first round with 114.5 m. In the final, during which the inrun gate had to be changed various times due to the wind conditions, he then jumped on 112 m from a lower gate then the rest of the field and captured the win with a total of 286.1 points.
The double win for the Prevc family was secured by Peter's younger brother Cene, who came in second (106.5 m and 114.5 m; 256.0 points). Only 0.2 points behind the 18-year-old, Andraz Pograjc finished third with 105.5 m and 112.5 m.
Robert Kranjec missed the podium with 253.3 points and came in fourth, followed by his teammates Miran Zupancic, who moved up from 13th to fifth in the final round, and Jurij Tepes.
Behind the best German, Daniel Wenig, in seventh, Jure Sinkovec completed the outstanding result of the Slovenes with his eighth place in his first international competition after a long break due to injury.
Poland's Stefan Hula (9th) and Ronan Lamy Chappuis of France (10th) could also achieve a Top 10 result in the opening competition of the season.
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The Slovenian team also dominated the second competition in Kranj. After the hosts took the first six spots on Saturday, five of them were on top in Sunday's competition.
The best of a very strong team was once again Peter Prevc, who captured his second win with 106 m and 109 m and a total of 245.0 points. Like already on the day before the second place went to his younger brother Cene, who scored 236.2 points with his jumps on 104.5 m and 112 m.
Miran Zupancic, fifth on Saturday, could improve his result and took the third place on the podium with 106 m and 102 m (233.9 points). The fourth and fifth place went to Andraz Pograjc and Tomaz Naglic.
Best jumper of the international field was Germany's Danny Queck in sixth and he was followed by the next Slovenes. Matjaz Pungertar finished seventh, the only 15-year-old Domen Prevc achieved his first Top 10 result in his second COC competition and provided an outstanding result for the Prevc family on their home hill.
Young French Ronan Lamy Chappuis showed a good performance and came in ninth, Jure Sinkovec (10th) was the eighth athlete of the hosting team who could finish among the best ten in the final competition of the weekend in Kranj.
The longest jump of the day was shown by Daniel Wenig of Germany with 113 m in the second round, but he was not able to stand this jump and so he finished only 26th.
After the first two of 14 COC competitions this summer, Peter Prevc leads the overall ranking with the maximum of 200 points, followed by Cene Prevc (180 points) and Andraz Pograjc (110 points).
Source: the official FIS site
In the first competition of the weekend on Saturday the Slovenian hosts were unbeatable, the team took the first six spots. With Peter Prevc, an athlete of the local ski club in Kranj, showed an especially impressive performance.
On his home hill he was already clearly in the lead after the first round with 114.5 m. In the final, during which the inrun gate had to be changed various times due to the wind conditions, he then jumped on 112 m from a lower gate then the rest of the field and captured the win with a total of 286.1 points.
The double win for the Prevc family was secured by Peter's younger brother Cene, who came in second (106.5 m and 114.5 m; 256.0 points). Only 0.2 points behind the 18-year-old, Andraz Pograjc finished third with 105.5 m and 112.5 m.
Robert Kranjec missed the podium with 253.3 points and came in fourth, followed by his teammates Miran Zupancic, who moved up from 13th to fifth in the final round, and Jurij Tepes.
Behind the best German, Daniel Wenig, in seventh, Jure Sinkovec completed the outstanding result of the Slovenes with his eighth place in his first international competition after a long break due to injury.
Poland's Stefan Hula (9th) and Ronan Lamy Chappuis of France (10th) could also achieve a Top 10 result in the opening competition of the season.
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The Slovenian team also dominated the second competition in Kranj. After the hosts took the first six spots on Saturday, five of them were on top in Sunday's competition.
The best of a very strong team was once again Peter Prevc, who captured his second win with 106 m and 109 m and a total of 245.0 points. Like already on the day before the second place went to his younger brother Cene, who scored 236.2 points with his jumps on 104.5 m and 112 m.
Miran Zupancic, fifth on Saturday, could improve his result and took the third place on the podium with 106 m and 102 m (233.9 points). The fourth and fifth place went to Andraz Pograjc and Tomaz Naglic.
Best jumper of the international field was Germany's Danny Queck in sixth and he was followed by the next Slovenes. Matjaz Pungertar finished seventh, the only 15-year-old Domen Prevc achieved his first Top 10 result in his second COC competition and provided an outstanding result for the Prevc family on their home hill.
Young French Ronan Lamy Chappuis showed a good performance and came in ninth, Jure Sinkovec (10th) was the eighth athlete of the hosting team who could finish among the best ten in the final competition of the weekend in Kranj.
The longest jump of the day was shown by Daniel Wenig of Germany with 113 m in the second round, but he was not able to stand this jump and so he finished only 26th.
After the first two of 14 COC competitions this summer, Peter Prevc leads the overall ranking with the maximum of 200 points, followed by Cene Prevc (180 points) and Andraz Pograjc (110 points).
Source: the official FIS site
