The Russian summer nationals were held this week
on the Olympic hills in Sochi. The events took place
on the normal and on the large hill in the RusSki
Gorki Ski Jumping Center and also served as the
final test for the Olympic Games in February.
"I'm really impressed with what happened here
since my last visit. Compared to last December,
when the ladies' and men's World Cup took place,
everything is almost unrecognizable", Miran
Tepes, assistant of FIS race director Walter Hofer,
told FISskijumping.com. "Enormous steps were
made over the past weeks and months concerning the
venues and the infrastructure. Accommodations for
more than 100 000 tourists were built in the area,
that's a huge number", Tepes told.
The organizers invited Tepes and other FIS officials
as advisors to the open Russian Nationals in order
to make sure that the events are carried out in
accordance with international standards. So these
events were a real test for the competitions at
the upcoming Olympic Games.
"The logistics and the infrastructure worked
well during the competitions. Everything is, or
will be, ready in time. The organizing committee
did a good job", Tepes is optimistic for the
ski jumping competitions at the Olympics in Sochi
from February 9th - 17th.
The win in the competition on the normal hill went
to Ilmir Hazetdinov with 94 m in both rounds and
224.0 points. Anton Kalinitschenko came in second
with 219.5 points (94 m and 93.5 m), followed by
Dimitry Vassiliev. The veteran showed the longest
jump of the day with 95.5 m in the final, but with
his total of 219.0 points he was not able to improve
his third place after the first round.
Dimitry Vassiliev then took the win on the large
hill. He won the title with the longest jumps in
both rounds (134.5 m and 134 m) and a total of 258.1
points. Denis Kornilov finished second with 129.5
m and 130.5 m (255.1 points). Ilmir Hazetdinov was
third in this competition with 228.9 points (128.5
m and 121 m).
Nizhniy Novgorod 1 with Alexey Buyvolov, Mikhail
Maksimochkin, Alexander Sardyko and Denis Kornilov
(933.8 points) dominated the team competition. The
second place went to Bashkortostan 1 (Ramil Zarifullin,
Grigoriy Leontyev, Ilmir Hazetdinov, Dimitry Vassiliev;
829.6 points), followed by Permskiy Region (Sergei
Kulikov, Georgiy Chervyakov, Alex Kamynin, Artem
Urtev; 759.7 points).
The mixed team competition was won by St. Petersburg
(Daria Grushina, Vladislav Persiyancev, Sofya Tikhonova,
Vladislav Boyarintsev) with 834.0 points ahead of
Permskiy Region 1 (Maria Alexandrova, Sergei Kulikov,
Anastasiya Gladysheva, Alex Kamynin; 831.0 points)
and Moscow (Anastasia Veshchikova, Ildar Valitov,
Irina Avvakumova, Petr Chaadaev; 801.5 points).
Takanashi unbeatable
The ladies' competition at this open Russian Championships
was dominated by Sara Takanashi. The favorite of
Japan, overall winner of the FIS Grand Prix 2013,
showed two jumps on 101 m on the normal hill and
clearly won with her total of 252.5 points. With
Anastasiya Gladysheva (95 m and 92.5 m; 218.0 points)
and Irina Avvakumova (91 m and 92.5 m; 204.5 points),
the two best Russians came in second and third.
Top 10 Russian Championships, Sochi HS 106; October
14, 2013
Rank Name Distance Points
1. Hazetdinov, Ilmir 94 m - 94 m 224.0
2. Kalinitschenko, Anton 94 m - 93.5 m 219.5
3. Vassiliev, Dimitry 91 m - 95.5 m 219.0
4. Trofimov, Roman 90 m - 93 m 212.5
5. Kornilov, Denis 89.5 m - 94 m 210.5
6. Ipatov, Dimitry 89.5 m - 92.5 m 208.0
Boyarintsev, Vladislav 90 m - 91 m 208.0
8. Chaadaev, Petr 89.5 m - 92 m 206.0
9. Maksimochkin, Mikhail 88.5 m - 92 m 205.0
10. Rosliakov, Ilja 88.5 m - 92 m 204.5
Top 10 Russian Championships, Sochi HS 140; October
16, 2013
Rank Name Distance Points
1. Vassiliev, Dimitry 134.5 m - 134 m 258.1
2. Kornilov, Denis 129.5 m - 130.5 m 255.1
3. Hazetdinov, Ilmir 128.5 m - 121 m 228.9
4. Kalinitschenko, Anton 123 m - 128.5 m 221.6
Sardyko, Alexander 131 m - 125 m 221.6
6. Trofimov, Roman 126.5 m - 124.5 m 216.9
7. Maksimochkin, Mikhail 124 m - 124 m 216.4
8. Chaadaev, Petr 123 m - 119.5 m 215.7
9. Buyvolov, Alexey 119.5 m - 125 m 212.2
10. Rosliakov, Ilja 122.5 m - 122 m 210.8