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Halvor Egner Granerud also won the second Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil on Sunday, which took place without the Austrians after another crown event at Team ÖSV. Daniel Huber, Thomas Lackner, Manuel Fettner and Jan Hörl, who finished second on Saturday, were not present due to positive Covid results. Markus Schiffner and Maximilian Steiner were negative, but they didn’t start either.
In the absence of his favorite partner Huber, Granerud led a triple Norwegian success in the dress rehearsal for the World Ski Flying Championships in Planica next week. He scored his third successive success just ahead of Robert Johansson and Marius Lindvik.
While the Norwegians and also Germany’s Markus Eisenbichler (fourth) are in top form, it is currently unclear which lineup Austria may be with in Slovenia. Those who tested positive in Russia, their coaches and other supervisors are threatened with a longer quarantine there, their appearance in Planica is in any case excluded. Even the FIS race director Sandro Pertile, who was also found infected in Russia, will not be able to attend the World Championship.
ÖSV athletes Stefan Kraft, Michael Hayböck, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Philipp Aschenwald, who are in isolation at home, had already been diagnosed with corona infections at the end of November. Head coach Andreas Widhölzl did it too. The decision on its possible publication in the World Cup must be made on Tuesday or Wednesday after the new crown tests, as explained by Mario Stecher, sports director responsible for the jumpers.
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