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KEEP A COOL HEAD: Halvor Egner Granerud in the top race at Planica on Friday. Photo: VID PONIKVAR / EPA
Halvor Egner Granerud (24) is in second place and is on the shooting team for the gold ahead of Saturday’s two decisive jumps at the World Ski Flying Championships.
He is only 4.6 points behind German leader Karl Geiger.
– It’s good that Halvor is in attack position before Saturday’s final jump, says Johan Remen Evensen as an NRK expert.
Robert Johansson is number five and also in contention for the medal.
German Markus Eisenbichler jumped 247 meters in his second jump. Granerud in the start number then achieved a lower speed than Eisenbichler and had to wait many minutes for the organizer to clear the approach and then for conditions to be good enough to jump.
However, Halvor Egner Granerud did 229.5 meters in much worse conditions than the German. So he got ahead of Eisenbichler after two jumps.
Robert Johansson on his first flight on Friday. Photo: Darko Bandic / AP
– He’s cold. Take a big leap under those circumstances, says coach Alexander Stöckl on the NRK broadcast.
– I’m impressed by your stability.
Karl Geiger led after the first round with Austrian Michael Hayböck in second place.
Robert Johansson jumped 220 meters in the first half and rose to 228.5 meters in the second half. Daniel-André Tande had 203 and 218.5 meters in his two jumps. Give 14th place after the first day.
Sander Vossan Eriksen is completely new as a ski rider, but he jumped hard at 207 and 208 meters.
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Last season’s World Cup winner Stefan Kraft is among those missing from Planica. There is only one virtual audience on the ski slope. Due to back problems, he was never a starter in Thursday’s tie. But the Austrians hope to prepare him for Sunday’s team competition.
Halvor Egner Granerud won the opening race at Ruka after a fantastic jump in the final round. It followed with a victory also in Russia.
Results after two jumps:
1. Karl Geiger, Germany 431.2.
2. Halvor Egner Granerud, Norway 426.6.
3. Markus Eisenbichler, Tyskland 425.7.
4. Michael Hayböck, Austria 422.9.
5. Robert Johansson, Norway 411.4.
