Kamil Stoch of Poland clearly won the thrilling competition in Val di Fiemme and became the new World Champion. Slovene Peter Prevc captured the silver medal and Anders Jacobsen of Norway won Bronze.
Poland’s Kamil Stoch could have won a medal two years ago in Oslo as well as a few days ago in Predazzo. He did today, what he could not achieve then at the Trampolino dal Ben. He was in the lead already after his first jump on 131.5 m. In the final round he could handle the pressure, landed at 130 m and won his first World Championship title with a total of 295.8 points.
"I gave 100 % today and I finally did it, I won. I'm really happy, because all the work on my way to Gold paid off. It is a beautiful and very emotional day for me", said the extremely happy World Champion.
Tough battle for Silver
Peter Prevc and Anders Jacobsen showed an exciting fight for the silver medal. In the end only 0.6 points decided the overall results. Prevc, who landed at 130.5 m in both rounds, reached 289.7 points and came in second. the 21-year-old was the sensation of the WSC in Val di Fiemme, as he never before achieved a podium result in the World Cup, but could capture two medals. "I'm satisfied with my jumps, because they were getting better and better. It was unbelievable to see the 1 on the screen after my jump", told Prevc.
For the jumps on 129 m and 131 m Anders Jacobsen reached 289.1 points and could not overtake the Slovene. The 28-year-old athlete of head coach Alexander Stoeckl repeated the his success from the WSC 2009 held in Liberec, where he won the bronze medal behind Andreas Kuettel and Martin Schmitt. "I'm proud of my result. The competition was very close with about 15 athletes who could achieve a podium result. It feels great to be among the best three", said Jacobsen.
Disappointment for the Austrians
None of the five Austrian jumpers could finish on the podium. With his fourth place Wolfgang Loitzl was the closest to the medals. He posted two strong jumps on 128.5 and 132.5 m, but his total of 284.9 points was not enough for the Top 3. Gregor Schlierenzauer, who won two years ago in Oslo, could not defend his title and came in eighth. The 23-year-old lost his chance to win already with his first jump on 125 m. In the wake of Schlierenzauer and Loitzl, also Manuel Fettner (15th), Thomas Morgenstern (16th) and Stefan Kraft (23rd) reached the final.
Strong Germans without medal
All athletes of Germany performed well in the Thursday’s competition. Even though they could not win a medal. With their sixth and ninth places, Richard Freitag (129 m and 128.5 m; 280.4 points) and Severin Freund (126.5 m and 129.5 m; 277.4 points) again made it to the Top 10. Also Andreas Wank (127.5 m and 129.5 m; 276.4 points) and Michael Neumayer (130.5 m and 124 m; 274.3 points) did well, finishing eleventh and 13th.
The other Slovenian jumpers could not kepp up with their teammate, Peter Prevc. Robert Kranjec (123 m and 126.5 m; 264.5 points) finished 21st. Jaka Hvala (122 m and 125 m; 259.8 points) and Jurij Tepes (122 m and 124.5 m; 258.1 points) were 25th and 28th.
Sensational Matura
The fifth place went to Jan Matura. The Czech made an impressive second jump on 132 m and could be in the lead until the jump of Loitzl. The other athletes of head coach David Jiroutek, did not do that well at the Trampolino dal Ben. Lukas Hlava (24th) and Roman Koudelka (30th) also made it to the final round.
Despite his great second jump on 132.5 m, Simon Ammann could not capture his fourth medal at World Championships. With his final jump the Swiss moved up from tenth to seventh.
Kaarel Nurmsalu of Estonia again achieved a good result. The 21-year-old showed two consistent jumps on 121 m and 122.5 m, that earned him a total of 259.4 points.
It was not a good day for the Italian team. All three athletes, who started in front of their home crowd, could not reach the final round. With his total of 120.8 points Sebastian Colloredo was 32nd. Roberto Dellasega (115.5 m; 119.3 points) and Andrea Morassi (112 m; 112.7 points) came in 35th and 38th.
The Russian jumpers shared the fate of the hosts and also could not make the cut for the second round. With his jump on 121 m Denis Kornilov finished on a shared 32nd place with Sebastian Colloredo and missed the final round by only 1.1 points. Dimitry Vassiliev (118.5 m; 115.9 points) came in 36th ahead of his teammate Ilja Rosliakov. Alexey Romashov was 41st.
Tactics played an important role
Many strategic decisions were made in today's competition. After decisions of their coaches, the jumpers, who fought for the medals, started their jumps from a lower start gate.
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