Fourth World Cup win in a row for Halvor Egner Granerud
Halvor Egner Granerud
Halvor Egner Granerud remains the Man of the Hour among the world s best ski jumpers. The 24-year-old Norwegian claimed his fourth World Cup win in a row on Saturday in Engelberg. On the Titlis-hill in Engelberg, Granerud came in just ahead of Poland s Kamil Stoch and Anze Lanisek of Slovenia. Markus Eisenbichler was fourth.
Even if the competitions are very close recently, in the end, Norway s Halvor Egner Granerud always finishes on top. At least in the last four World Cups (1x Ruka, 2x Nizhny Tagil, 1x Engelberg) the man of the Asker Skiklubb was unbeatable. Granerud, who has never been on the podium in an individual World Cup before this season, sets the standards, he is the top favorite for Sunday s competition in Engelberg and he is the top favorite for the 4-Hills-Tournament, which starts on December 29th in Oberstdorf.
Slovenia Times
14. December, 2020
Planica – Norway won the team event at the Ski Flying World Championships at Slovenia’s Planica on Sunday, overtaking Germany in the last round as Halvor Egner Granerud performed better than Karl Geiger, who beat the Norwegian yesterday in the individual event. Slovenia bounced back from the turmoil in their ranks by finishing fourth.
The Norwegian team thus defended their gold medal from the previous Ski Flying World Championships to earn the fifth medal for the nation in team events.
After Geiger won the individual event and his counterpart Markus Eisenbichler finished third on Saturday, Germany were considered favourites to win their first team event, and they were actually at the very top all the way until the last round.
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Team Norway soars to gold in Planica
Daniel Andre Tande, Johann Andre Forfang, Robert Johansson, Halvor Egner Granerud
The Ski Flying World Championships in Planica (SLO) ended on Sunday with a fantastic team competition. Like on Saturday, the extremely exciting competition was not decided before the very last jump. But this time, the outstanding Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud and his team finished on top. Karl Geiger and the German team came in second, followed by the team of Poland.
Daniel Andre Tande, Johann Andre Forfang, Robert Johansson, and Halvor Egner Granerud claimed already the fifth team title in Ski Flying for Norway. The Norwegian also won the team competition at the Ski Flying World Championships in 2016 and 2018.
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