– Who is going to stop that man? – VG

For the first time in history, Norway has won six World Cup races in a row. Halvor Egner Granerud has been in a class of his own this season, and he contributed greatly to this achievement, once again flying longer during the race at Klingentahl in Germany. He was the Norwegian’s ninth World Cup winner this season.

– I had high expectations of myself before the race. It was a nervous competition, but the last jump was very, very good. I started to smile on the run and told myself that I had to focus. It was a fun day, Egner Granerud says in an interview broadcast by NRK.

– It is indescribable what we are witnessing this season, concludes NRK commentator Johan Remen Evensen.

Egner Granerud is now approaching the highest number of World Cup victories in Norwegian jumping history. Roar Ljøkelsøy has the most (11), Anders Jacobsen is number two with ten, while both Roger Ruud and today’s winner have nine each.

The Norwegian was last in the first round, but kept his cool despite some trouble loading for the jump. Conditions were too good on the ground and the jumper retreated from the boom. The organizer simply feared that Egner Granerud would jump too far if he had been let down.

Stöckl decided to slow down the star jumper, but no one jumped further than the 24-year-old. At 140 meters, he led before the final round.

– Who is going to stop that man? He delivers all the time! shouted Remen Evensen.

Egner Granerud was, of course, the big favorite when everything had to be decided in the final round.

Once again, he was unaffected by the pressure of being last at the top. The Norwegian jumper hurtled down the hill and landed at 141.5 meters. It was a great victory, 10.5 points ahead of Kamil Stoch.

– He seems very calm in everything he does. He was not entirely happy with the first jump and made a better jump in the second half. He is an athlete who always seeks the best and tries to improve at all times, Alexander Stöckl tells NRK.

Also in the second half he jumped slower than several of the competitors. Bor Pavlovic put pressure on the best after the first half with a 142.5 meter super jump from ledge 15. Both Stoch and Egner Granerud, instead, managed to put the Slovenian behind them on the charts from ledge 13.

In 20 days, Egner Granerud and the rest of the Norwegian squad will jump for the first time during the World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. At the moment, this year’s jump kite is among Norway’s strongest medal candidates.