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Norway victorious in team contest at Lahti Ski Jumping World Cup Saturday, 23 January 2021
Norway won their first team event of the men s International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season, with individual leader Halvor Egner Granerud top of the podium once again.
Marius Lindvik, Daniel-André Tande and Robert Johansson were also in the winning team in Lahti in Finland.
Granerud produced a monumental round-one jump of 130.0 metres to score 141.2 points, more than 10 more than any his team mates.
Two good jumps from Johansson also helped the quartet to win the gold medal via a final score of 1,024.2 points.
Poland came second as Piotr Żyła, Andrzej Stękała, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki finished with a score of 1,018.3.
Halvor Egner Granerud wins the qualification in Innsbruck
Halvor Egner Granerud
Norway s Halvor Egner Granerud won the qualification for the third competition of the 69th 4-Hills-Tournament on Saturday. In Innsbruck (AUT), the 4-Hills overall leader jumped on 129 m (132.2 points) and came in ahead of Austria s Daniel Huber and Dawid Kubacki of Poland. It s been the first time ever that I ve managed to perform well here, my best result here previously was the 20th place, I ve also got some disqualifications and did not qualify for the final round, so I m really happy about today , Granerud said after the successful qualification.
Halvor Egner Granerud remains in fantastic shape, extremely consistent, in this form he is extremely difficult to beat.
Statemens after the qualification in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER):
Halvor Egner Granerud: All my jumps today have been great. In the qualification, I thought I got the hill record so I played it safe at the landing, which was stupid. With a telemark, I could have gotten six to seven points more. It was a really good day for me, a lot better than in Oberstdorf.
Karl Geiger: I m very satisfied, all three jumps were at a good level. They were not perfect yet, but that s a good sign. I will now prepare myself well for tomorrow and then take it jump after the jump. In the end, we will see the outcome.