Janne Korpi led a Finnish clean sweep of the podium at the second round of the Nokia FIS Big Air in Stockholm. The 21 year-old Finn clinched victory with a spectacular Cab 1080 Nosegrab, relegating fellow countryman Risto Mattila to second place, with Sami Saarenpaa fighting off Slovenia's Domen Bizjak to come in third. It was the 2005 Halfpipe Junior World Champion's second Big Air victory, and third World Cup victory in all.
Korpi himself had not expected to make the Final against Mattila, after struggling somewhat in the qualification rounds: “I didn’t get along during the qualification. But just
after I changed my board for the K.O.-heats it was getting better and better. I’m super
stoked.”
In contrast, Mattila struggled to hide his disappointment in losing the final. The 2005 Big Air World Champion had put his stamp on the competition during qualification but struggled to maintain his form in the finals: “I’m disappointed with my riding because I wasn’t able to handle the landing at all,” he said.
Mattila was able to get away with being down after the first jump in both the quarter and semi finals, but after once again being down in the final, his luck ran out in the final against a by-then on form Korpi. He went on to say: “I wanted to have fun and enjoy my riding. I guess this is way I didn’t feel any pressure in the knock out duels. Janne deserves the victory today. He was doing very well!”
With his victory Kropi now head the World Cup standings, with fellow countryman Peetu Piiroinen, and Mattila third. Antii Autti, not present in Stockholm, is back in 7th.
Standings after 2 rounds:
Rk FIS-CODE NAME NAT #1 #2 TOTAL
1. 1184963 KORPI Janne FIN 400 1000 1400.0
2. 1184978 PIIROINEN Peetu FIN 1000 260 1260.0
3. 1668303 MATTILA Risto FIN 290 800 1090.0
4. 1184977 SAARENPAA Sami FIN 450 600 1050.0
5. 1184758 GIMPL Stefan AUT 800 240 1040.0
6. 1514901 MAURER Stephan SUI 500 290 790.0
7. 1184953 AUTTI Antti FIN 600 600.0
8. 7560008 BIZJAK Domen SLO 18.5 500 518.5
9. 9500006 NILSSON Jonathan SWE 450 450.0
10. 1424987 AANNESTAD Stian NOR 18.2 400 418.2
11. 9180005 LAIVISTO Juuso FIN 28 360 388.0
12. 1611461 RUHA Jaakko FIN 260 120 380.0
13. 9420002 HANSEN Kim-Rune NOR 360 18.8 378.8
14. 1404958 WAL, VAN DER Dolf NED 320 320.0
14. 9500062 GIDLUNDH Andreas SWE 320 320.0
16. 9510018 CAVIGELLI Gian-Luca SUI 110 200 310.0
17. 7560009 PETEK Matevz SLO 160 140 300.0
17. 1440353 MAUSSER Florian AUT 140 160 300.0
17. 7050153 FALKEIS Stefan AUT 150 150 300.0
20. 7510051 HALLER Christian SUI 180 90 270.0
Monday, November 19, 2007
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