– It was terrible to jump in these conditions. It felt like it was blowing in all directions and like the wind was coming from everywhere. It was chaotic. Robert Johansson was not impressed with the conditions during day two of the Raw Air competition in Holmenkollen. – It’s very difficult for me to have a day like this. It’s some shit, adds Johansson. REACTS: Robert Johansson had the run destroyed by the wind. He comes to news with strong criticism of the race. Photo: NTB Run off marked by delays due to wind, to the frustration of both athletes and experts. – I have a feeling that we could have been a bit out of this race, said news’s expert Johan Remen Evensen midway through the first half. – It would have been better to try a little later and try some other options instead of just driving through. Ryōyū Kobayashi gets Raw Air ruined by a round of bad conditions here, he continues. – He mostly gets slaughtered After the second half, Halvor Egner Granerud was mildly dissatisfied, like his teammate Johansson, the former also believes that the race should have been cancelled. – I think you could leave it alone, in a way. You get a list of results and you make Raw Air in general very unpredictable. One could just as well leave it alone, and then luckily there will be two rounds which means that it will most likely be deserved where people are placed. To a slightly greater extent, at least. – Did the conditions play a role? – It’s not exclusively circumstances, but I don’t think I’m being played well by the circumstances either. There is a bit of jumping around where I was yesterday, maybe a bit better. Granerud’s father is race leader in Kollen this Saturday. The son points the finger in the direction of the father, but does not want to put all the blame on him. – He mostly gets slaughtered after the race here, but I don’t necessarily know if it is his fault. It was not only the Norwegian jumpers who clearly expressed their frustration that the race was not postponed. On the TV pictures, you could see a furious Eetu Nousiainen on the plain. When he spoke to news a little later, the Finn had regained his composure. Nevertheless, he was critical of the fact that action was not taken when the wind conditions were not optimal. – Were the circumstances that made you react the way you did? – Yes, that is mainly why I reacted. I’m not the only one. It was a bit scary, says Nousiainen to news. – They are trying to get the race done, and that’s how it is sometimes, concludes the Finn. – Unfortunately not entirely fair Race leader and father of Halvor Egner Granerud, Svein Granerud believes it was right to run the race, but apologizes. – It has been very challenging and unfortunately not entirely fair, but at least a usable game. I understand well if a couple or three jumpers are quite angry with us, but overall it was surprisingly the same. – We saw that things were about to calm down somewhat, then we have had it so that we have followed the meteorologists, then we have had periods with decent conditions and others where we have had to wait. It has been demanding, continues the race director. Furthermore, Granerud senior responds to his son’s claim that the race should have been cancelled. – Yes, it is difficult to completely agree with him. As long as it is in some way justifiable, we must in some way carry it out. We have a number of international obligations to make it happen. Then of course we can say that it is an outdoor sport. We would have liked it to have been like last night, it was much more fun to be in the race management then. – Do you think it was right to race today? – Yes. Delivered in bad conditions The Norwegian jumpers struggled on home turf. Johann André Forfang once again delivered the best. After the first round, Tromsøværing was in third place behind Stefan Kraft and Timi Zajc. Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal also delivered a good first half, and was in fifth place before the victory was awarded. In the second half, it looked as if it was Forfang that the home crowd had to put their trust in once again. In contrast, it was Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal who was the best Norwegian. The 21-year-old delivered a very good jump in the second half, and was only beaten by Austrian Stefan Kraft.
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