Kamil Stoch on the lowest place of the podium in Willingen
Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud won the first of two World Cup competitions in Willingen on Saturday. With distances 147,5 mi 145,5 m and total 285,5 1 point ahead of his teammate Daniel Andre Tande and Kamil Stoch.
Today's victory in Willingen was Granerud's seventh victory this winter and with 1106 In terms of points, the 24-year-old has a clear advantage over Markus Eisenbichler (828 points) and Kamil Stoch (721 points) w klasyfikacji generalnej Pucharu Świata. „Moje dzisiejsze skoki nie były idealne, but they were really good. I was also lucky with the wind conditions, that's why the margin was so large. I am very pleased with the work, which I made today, maybe I could jump a few meters further in both jumps. My goal for this season has always been to win the overall World Cup and I am very pleased, that I was able to extend my lead today after that, how I lost points in Zakopane and Lahti “, Halvor Egner said. Granerud.
His teammate, Daniel Andre Tande, zakończył dziś zawody na drugim miejscu. Granerud i Tande zajęli również pierwsze i drugie miejsce w konkursie w Titisee-Neustadt 10 stycznia. „Wspaniale jest znów stanąć na podium. My jumps have been getting better and better over the past few weeks. I hoped, that today I will defeat Graneruda, but tomorrow i have to try again", Tande said.
The three-time Olympic champion finished third Kamil Stoch. Stoch powiedział po zawodach: "I'm happy with my performance, a podium is always a nice reward. I think, I did a pretty good job today, my jumps were at a really high level, so i'm happy. The conditions were much better than yesterday, much more stable today, and the wind did not disturb at all ".
The surprise of the day was provided by the Slovenian Bor Pavlovcic, który zajął czwarte miejsce. Dawid Kubacki i Norweg Marius Lindvik uplasowali się na piątym i szóstym miejscu, Ryoyu Kobayashi był siódmy.
Markus Eisenbichler was again the best German, który dziś zajął ósme miejsce. „Dzisiaj było dobrze, my form is stable. Eighth place, another result in the top ten, not bad, but when i see, how far I am behind others, I need to see, Why is it like that. My jumps are solid , they are not amazing, but they are fine, basically i'm happy ”, Eisenbichler said.
Four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann from Switzerland achieved his best result of the season by far 12. place. Do tej pory Ammann nie zdobył ani jednego punktu Pucharu Świata podczas tej zimy, so today was finally a success, and within four weeks he also earned a spot on the Swiss team for the World Championships in Oberstdorf.
Po trzech z sześciu skoków. Halvor Egner Granerud prowadzi w klasyfikacji generalnej Willingen / 6, a za nim Tande i Dawid Kubacki.
The second competition in Willingen will start on Sunday at 16:15 CET.