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1.7 POINTS AHEAD: Halvor Egner Granerud beat Markus Eisenbichler by 1.7 points at the Swiss Engelberg. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
Recovery will never end for Halvor Egner Granerud. He won for the second day in a row at Engelberg, this time by 1.7 points, and became the first Norwegian to win five world championships in a row.
– That is incredible. I am speechless about this stability and how good each jump is. All the jumps are amazingly good, it feels absolutely amazing, Granerud tells the organizer.
Halvor Egner Granerud was in third place after the first half, after a jump of a whopping 139.5 meters, and had to score 2.9 points over Pole Piotr Zyla to secure the victory.
In the second half he landed at 135.5 meters and took the lead with 1.7 points ahead of Markus Eisenbichler.
So Yukiya Sato and Zyla waited …
Japan’s Sato landed a disappointing 121.5 meters and played out of the close fight.
Zyla had to land at least 131 meters, had demanding conditions and was extremely soft. The Pole landed at 127.5 meters and moved to third place. Thus, Granerud won for the fifth time in a row and set a Norwegian record for the number of wins in a row.
– This is completely crude. I don’t know exactly what to say … it’s just awfully fun to be me during the day, Granerud tells TV 2, saying it’s “unbelievably fun” to write in history books like it does during the day. .
You now have the record for total wins in a row at your fingertips. They are six, separated between Ryoyo Kobayashi, Thomas Morgenstern and Janne Ahonen.
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– Entering the history books is something all athletes dream of. This means that one is not only good, but also historically good, Granerud philosophized against VG after yesterday’s fourth consecutive win.
On December 28 the week of the jump begins with the classification and without a doubt it is a Norwegian who sails as the great favorite.
For the other Norwegian jumpers it was a disappointing afternoon. Marius Lindvik, Daniel-André Tande, Johann André Forfang and Robert Johansson finished outside the top ten in the second half, but the latter jumped sharply in the second half and tells TV 2 that it brings “a good feeling” to Christmas. . .
You are not alone in that.
