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LEADERSHIP AFTER ROUND 1: Halvor Egner Granerud applauds after solid first jump at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Photo: Geir Olsen, NTB
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN / OSLO (VG) Halvor Egner Granerud (24) led the New Year’s jump race ahead of Dawid Kubacki (30). When the Pole clinked 144 meters and a new hill record, the Norwegian had to settle for second place. But he leads Hoppuka overall.
Dawid Kubacki jingled with a big jump and a new hill record of 144 meters in the final round. After the super jump, there was a break before Granerud was allowed to go downhill. The jury considered slowing down, but that didn’t happen.
Granerud finally got the green light and made a good jump of 136 meters, a meter shorter than the first jump. He stayed in second place, 7.2 points behind Kubacki.
– If there had been big jumping tournaments, Garmisch-Partenkirchen would have been the most rewarding to win. This was a competition that I really wanted to win, and it’s a bit sad that it didn’t turn out like that, but now I intend to do other interesting things, says Halvor Egner Granerud, confirming that he is the outright winner in the toughest jumping tournament of the world. think.
Hoppuka hasn’t had a Norwegian winner since 2007. Then Anders Jakobsen won. He is now a jumping expert at NRK.
– There’s something about staying upstairs. It is just demanding. Then you have to go down and back up and realize that it is due to the conditions. The fact that he delivers the way he does is powerful, NRK expert Anders Jacobsen summed up after the competition ended.
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Overall at Hoppuka, Granerud leads four points ahead of Karl Geiger with two races remaining.
– He complies and is on the podium, and leads the general. It’s very good, said a satisfied national team coach Alexander Stöckl to NRK.
NEW BAKKER RECORD: Dawid Kubacki was second behind Halvor Egner Granerud after the first half. Here he applauds a new record in the final jump. Photo: CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP
Poland also had a very strong competition, and had three men in the top four. Piotr Zyla was third and Kamil Stoch fourth.
Geiger with a bad first jump
German Geiger won the opening race on Tuesday, but missed his first jump on the first day of the year, finishing a modest 14th after the first lap. He jumped 138 meters in the final round, and managed to correct the overall position with fifth place in the New Year’s jump race.
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Johann André Forfang impressed in his second jump with 139 meters and finished in ninth place.
Daniel-André Tande has been shaky lately, but the final jump at Garmisch-Partenkirchen of 133.5 meters was a rebound. He finished it in 15th place. Robert Johansson was number 18, while Sander Vossan Eriksen did not reach the final round after losing his duel with Egner Granerud.
On Sunday, he is ready for the third race at Hoppuka in Innsbruck, Austria.
P.S.! Marius Lindvik, who won the New Year’s jump race a year ago, missed today’s competition due to a jaw operation at Innsbruck hospital.
