The WC in ski flying starts with qualification at 14.00 on Thursday. You can see the qualification on NRK1. – I was awake for around 37 hours before I passed out on the plane to Helsinki, says Robin Pedersen to news. On the night of Monday, Pedersen was asleep in Sapporo, Japan. The plan was to travel home to Norway, but then the phone came from the national team manager. – It was five o’clock in the morning Japanese time, so I was a bit foggy when Alexander Stöckl called and said I was going to the WC, he says. Good performances in the continental cup have secured Pedersen a WC ticket. But the journey from Sapporo to Kulm was arduous to say the least. Snowstorm in Japan and canceled flights ensured a journey of over 40 hours. He had twelve hours at the airport in Sapporo and twelve hours at the airport in Tokyo before the trip went to Europe. – Then I flew from there to Helsinki. And then from Helsinki to Munich. I’m a bit crazy now, he says, laughing. NTB has previously also mentioned the trip to Pedersen. – Not optimally, he meets news in Kulm on Wednesday – the day before the WC in ski flying. Pedersen arrived in Austria on Tuesday evening. – It is not optimal. But I only have to turn it on when I have to turn it on. Must be at work, he says. Pedersen has been in good form and holds the continental cup overall. The Continental Cup is level two for international show jumpers. – I’ve actually never jumped so stably and well for such a long time, so that’s the common thread I have to follow, explains Pedersen. DESERVED: Robin Pedersen after the overall winner in Sapporo last weekend. Photo: Private National team manager Stöckl believes that Kulm will be a good fit for the jumper who last participated at the highest level during the World Cup weekend in Lillehammer in December. – He has jumped very constantly at a high level. And I see that he has a very aggressive way of jumping, and that is something that is absolutely perfect when you are going on a ski-flying slope, says Stöckl to news. Missing equipment Qualifying for the ski flying WC starts on Thursday. But even if Pedersen’s room is decorated with jumping suits and other equipment, he is missing one essential part: Skis. – I’m not sure where they are, but I think they’re in Vienna, he says. The jumper from Mo i Rana has calmed down and believes that the ski will arrive in time. After all, there is only one day until the whole thing comes crashing down. – And if not, I jump on new skis. That solves me, he says and smiles. Norway sends a total of six men to Kulm. In addition to Pedersen, Johann André Forfang, Halvor Egner Granerud, Marius Lindvik, Daniel-André Tande and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal are also going to the WC. GOLD: Marius Lindvik won gold when the ski flying WC was held in Vikersund two years ago. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB The Norwegians have disappointed this season and the best Norwegian in the World Cup overall is Lindvik in ninth place. Pedersen is satisfied as long as one of his teammates is doing well. – I hope Norway will do well regardless, and I hope I have it as a team goal that we will do well. We have been good in the B team, and hope to continue with this here. Then there should be a breeding ground for a good performance in any case, he says. Because Lindvik is the reigning world champion in ski flying, Norway has five places for the individual competition. Thus, it is one of the selected jumpers who does not get the chance individually. Who it will be is not yet clear.
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