– It’s a huge jump by Granerud. Now we can push the WC ghost away, said news commentator Christian Nilssen after the Norwegian’s first jump. Granerud has struggled so far in the championship, but was in third place after the first round and was seriously in the gold medal match. THE PALL PLACE SMOKE: There was no medal for Granerud, despite a good jump in the first round. Photo: Darko Bandic / AP But the medal was once again to be missed by Granerud. 130 meters was only enough for a 6th place for the Asker boy. The Norwegian is thus still without an individual medal in a skiing WC. – Right now I hate the WC. For my part, there have consistently been competitions that have been rubbish. Hopefully it will be better when we go to the sunny city of Trondheim next time, says Granerud to news after the race. It was home hope Timi Zajc who was to take the gold after a jump of 137 metres. Ryoyu Kobayashi took the WC silver after leading after the first lap. Dawid Kubacki took third place. JUBILEE: Timi Zajc delivered the best and won the WC race on home ground. Photo: Darko Bandic / AP – Råeste Granerud, Johann André Forfang, Marius Lindvik and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal all made it to the 2nd round of the big hill race in the WC on Friday. For Granerud, it seemed for a long time to be a big upswing after a disappointing World Cup so far. 131 meters held third place before the 2nd round. Thus, the Norwegian was in the gold fight before it was all decided. – It is one of the crudest things I have seen. It’s absolutely raw, said jumping trainer Alexander Stöckl about Granerud, who has tried and tried and now gets it out when it matters. But in the second half, things were to change. Granerud has been the winter’s supremely best ski jumper, but has not been fully rewarded so far in the WC. The normal hill race ended with an 11th place. Storbakken was another setback. In the Oberstdorf WC two years ago, he also led the World Cup, but he did not succeed as much then either due to corona infection. – What is the reason why you do not get it all the way in the championship? – It’s not a good thing to say. Today I achieve an achievement that I am quite happy with. I haven’t jumped much in championships, so that doesn’t help either. It’s only my fourth time participating. Sometimes you miss, other times others are better. It was close today, and it wasn’t about the efforts, Granerud answers to news. Giant jump Johann André Forfang also provided good hope and nailed it in the second half with a jump of 133.5 metres. Forfang thus went straight into the lead and held on to it until Stefan Kraft landed 136 meters down the big hill in Planica. Forfang was the second best Norwegian in 10th place in the end. Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal also delivered two solid jumps. The WC debutant climbed well from 24th place after the first round. He was eventually number 18, while Lindvik ended up in the place behind.
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