Clear win for Norwegian mixed team fis-ski.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fis-ski.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ryoyu Kobayashi is back on top
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his first Ski Jumping World Cup win after a long drought. The Japanese took his first win since December 29, 2019, when he won the 4-Hills opener in Oberstdorf, on Saturday in Zakopane (POL). Poland s Andrzej Stekala finished second, Marius Lindvik of Norway was third.
It was the 17th World Cup win for Ryoyu Kobayashi, the 24-year-old now tied with Noriaki Kasai. No male Japanese ski jumper has won more World Cups than these two. In heavy snowfall, Kobayashi came in just the tiny margin of 0.3 points ahead of Poland s Stekala. I m very happy that I could win today. The conditions were good despite the snowfall because there was less wind than in the last competitions. When I was jumping everything was okay. I hope that it will go that well for me again tomorrow , Kobayashi said after the competition.
Halvor Egner Granerud just keeps on winning
Halvor Egner Granerud
Halvor Egner Granerud won the first of two Ski Jumping World Cups in Klingenthal. In the sleet in the Vogtland-Arena, the Norwegian came in ahead of Poland s Kamil Stoch and Bor Pavlovcic of Slovenia.
The great shape and the winning streak of Norway s Halvor Egner Granerud are incredible. It seems easy for the 24-year-old to win one World Cup after the other. In Klingenthal, Granerud took his third win in a row, the ninth this winter.
And just like in the recent competitions, Granerud scored a lot more points than his main opponents: On Saturday he had a lead of 12.6 points over Kamil Stoch. I m quite satisfied and I m happy with the way I managed to adapt to the stressful situation in the first round when I had to get off the gate and was told that there will be a trial jumper, but then there was no trial jumper. So I m happy that I was able to calm myself down. The fin