Team Norway wins on the Holmenkollen
Mar 07, 2020·Ski Jumping
The ski jumpers of Norway won the team event on the Holmenkollen in Oslo for the third time in a row. Johann Andre Forfang, Robert Johansson, Daniel Andre Tande and Marius Lindvik took the win in an empty arena with a total of 997.4 points, followed by Germany and Slovenia.
Like already on Friday, the Holmenkollen in Oslo was closed to the public due to the Corona-virus, the stands were empty. In this unusual setting, Norway's win was never in doubt. Especially Johann Andre Forfang and Marius Lindvik, who is now second in the overall ranking of the RAW AIR, showed strong performances.
"I will definitely fight for the overall win of the RAW AIR, but there are other strong athletes who also want to win and can win as well. This victory today was very good and very important for our entire team and each and every one of us", Marius Lindvik told.
The German team, with Constantin Schmid, Pius Paschke, Stephan Leyhe and Karl Geiger, was jumping strong and came in second, ahead of a very good Slovenian team. Once again, Constantin Schmid, who had already won the qualification on Friday, showed a convincing performance. With 380.4 points, Schmid leads the RAW AIR overall ranking just ahead of Norway's Marius Lindvik (379.5 points) and Slovenia's Ziga Jelar (378.9 points).
But Schmid didn't really want to think about a possible overall win after his second strong day: "The Norwegians definitely have to be reckoned when it comes to the overall win with after their performance today. But my personal favorite to win the RAW AIR is Karl Geiger. I don't think I'm among the favorites here", explained Schmid.
Ziga Jelar scored the most points for Slovenia today. Jelar, who already presented himself in strong shape in Friday's qualification, is surprisingly in third in the RAW AIR overall ranking right now. "For me, it's about showing good jumps. I don't think about any possible result in the overall ranking of the RAW AIR at all. If the jumps are good, then everything else will also be fine", said Jelar, who is also known to be an excellent musician in Slovenia.
The teams of Poland and Japan came in fourth and fifth today. Austria finished only sixth and with this result, the team of head coach Andreas Felder also lost the lead in the Nation's Cup to Germany.
With 4928 points, Germany now leads ahead of Austria (4870 points) and Norway (4375 points). Austrian head coach Andreas Felder explained: "I was expecting more today because they guys are in good shape. But today we were behind right from the start and tried to catch up. Unfortunately, some were too tense and then you can't show good jumps. Hopefully, we'll be able to perform stronger again tomorrow."
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