– Was there an earthquake that went off at the top there?, asks Johann André Forfang. He was at the top of the hill during Sunday’s qualifying in Garmisch-Partenkirchen when he suddenly heard a violent noise and felt the tower begin to shake. – It felt as if the lift up in the inlet fell down. I don’t know what happened, he says, and adds that he feels sorry for the person who was sitting on the barrier when it happened. Marius Lindvik didn’t understand what was going on either: – I didn’t understand what happened. It felt like the whole tower was going to collapse, he says to news. – Although not a piece of shit Daniel André Tande was also put out of the episode: – There was something about the lift that made it shake something terribly. People stood at the top and didn’t understand a damn thing, he says, shaking his head. Kristoffer Sundal experienced it in the same way: – Something really shook inside. My gear was bouncing on the ledge. If you had a fear of heights, it would not have been popular to be there, he states. The elevator problems arose towards the end of the qualifying, which led to several of the best jumpers in the world having to walk 400 steps to get off: – Shit happens Halvor Egner Granerud does not envy the stars who had to attack the 400 steps: – It’s a long and tough stairs. – They got help from some children to carry the equipment. – They could have taken the equipment themselves, Granerud replies with a twinkle in his eye. He is happy that the episode happened in “perfect” Germany, instead of in Norway, and refers to the incident at Lillehammer earlier in the season: Among the athletes who had to go all the way to the top were stars such as Stefan Kraft and Andreas Wellinger. – It was a bit exhausting, but we are sports people, so it’s no problem to do it once. But it was a long road. Thanks to the children, says Kraft to news. PRESS MANAGER: Ingo Jensen Photo: Brede Bleiklie Thomassen / news Ingo Jensen, press manager for Hoppuka, confirms lift trouble, shaking and climbing stages, but emphasizes that there is no danger of the same happening during tomorrow’s New Year’s ski jump race. – The technicians are already here and fixing it. Tomorrow everyone can take the lift, he promises to news, before saying: – Shit happens. Five out of six Norwegians managed to get through the qualification for the New Year’s jump race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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