Kligenthal's entries, nation by nation

Kligenthal's entries, nation by nation

19/11/2013 21:14

The first chapter of the season is just three days away and it's now time to see which athletes are going to compete in the German round.

The most part of teams have already picked all of their representatives, while others are still choosing the last jumpers.

Jan Matura, Jakub Janda, Lukas Hlava, Antonin Hajek, Cestmir Kozisek and Martin Cikl have been selected for Czech Republic, while Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai, Taku Takeuchi, Reruhi Shimizu, Yuta Watase are going to compete for Japan.

Poland and Germany are the most numerous teams, with seven athletes entering the competition. The red-and-white country will be represented by Kamil Stoch, Maciej Kot, Piotr Zyla, Dawid Kubacki, Jan Ziobro, Krzysztof Biegun and Stefan Hula; Severin Freund, Andreas Wellinger, Michael Neumayer, Andreas Wank, Marinus Kraus, Karl Geiger and Maximilian Mechler are Werner Schuster's pics.

Austria will have six athletes in the race: Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Andreas Kofler and Stefan Kraft.

Russia and Italy must choose four competitors among a group of five; Denis Kornilov, Alexey Romashov, Ilja Rosliakov, Dimitry Vassiliev and Ilmir Hazetdinov are elegible for Russia, while the Italian team will be composed by four among Sebastian Colloredo, Davide Bresadola, Andrea Morassi, Diego Dellasega and Roberto Dellasega.

Other countries with four places: Korea (Choi Heung Chul, Kang Chil Ku, Choi Seou, Kim Hyun-Ki), Switzerland (Simon Ammann, Gregor Deschwanden, Marco Grigoli, Pascal Kälin), Finland (Janne Ahonen, Janne Happonen, Lauri Asikainen, Olli Muotka), France (Vincent Descombes-Sevoie, Ronan Lamy Chappuis, Alexandre Mabboux, David Viry). Article written by Edoardo Vercellesi (@edoverce97).