With 259.8 points the 24-year-old achieved a pretty clear win. He laid the foundation with a great jump in the first round on 130.5 m. In the final he defended his lead and won for the second time in a row. Ammann was on the podium for the second time this summer with 251.1 points.
"That was a good competition for me, especially my first jump was very good. I'm happy that I could defend the yellow bib because felt a bit of a pressure before my jumps", Wank said.
"Last week I had some health problems so it's really nice to be on the podium today. I want to fight for the overall title in the Grand Prix. The competitions here in Hakuba are always very well organized and it's fun to jump here", told Ammann.
Japanese Noriaki Kasai captured his podium result with 248.3 points. In 2009 Kasai won on the Olympic hill in Hakuba, that was his last podium finish in the GP. "Noriaki is very successful and a good role model. I already saw him on TV when I was not even thinking about becoming a ski jumper yet. Noriaki got older, but he showed consistently good performances. You can learn a lot from him", Wank said about the 40-year-old.
"A podium result at age 40 gives me the confidence that I can get better. The medalists at the Games in London were a good inspiration for me. I want to continue facing the challenges and be among the best in the world", he said about his future goals.
Also Michael Neumayer is usually doing well in Japan, even if he an injury this time. After his second jump fell in the outrun and dislocated his shoulder. This time he closely missed the podium and came in fourth. The best Pole, Dawid Kubacki, moved up from 13 to fifth in the final round.
Four Japanese in the Top Ten
The Japanese team is a real force this summer. Kasai third, Taku Takeuchi was sixth, Sho Suzuki, the winner of the qualification, was eighth and Yuta Watase tenth. Wow. Four Japanese in the Top 10.
The current standing in the FIS GP »
Best Slovene was Jurij Tepes as seventh, Andreas Stjernen achieved a Top 10 result for Norway. Vladimir Zografski of Bulgaria showed with his eleventh place that he is capable of keeping up with the best.
Norwegians not among the best
For the Norwegian team this competition did not go as they wished. Tom Hilde, who was jumping great this summer so far, was only 17th. Two Norwegians in the Top 30 is not a very good result.
With his win, Wank extended his lead in the FIS GP overall ranking. With 309 points he has a lead of more than 100 points to Ammann (202). Reruhi Shimizu, who was 21st today, is now third (190 points).
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329 | 0 |
| 02 | Kraft, S. | |
305 | 0 |
| 03 | Lindvik, M. | |
300 | 2 |
| 04 | Insam, A. | |
299 | 1 |
| 05 | Hoerl, J. | |
249 | 1 |
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| 01 | Malsiner, L. | |
254 | 0 |
| 02 | Sieff, A. | |
214 | 0 |
| 03 | Takanashi, S. | |
209 | 1 |
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| 01 | Japan | |
872 | 0 |
| 02 | Italia | |
628 | 0 |
| 03 | Slovenia | |
605 | 0 |
| Sluttresultat » | ||||
| 01 | Aigner, C. | |
543 | 0 |
| 02 | Fettner, M. | |
405 | 2 |
| 03 | Villumstadt, F. | |
377 | 0 |
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| 01 | Schmid, K. | |
300 | 0 |
| 02 | Arnet, S. | |
289 | 0 |
| 03 | Wadsak, M. | |
277 | 0 |
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