Halvor Egner Granerud: I'm hungry for more

The World Championships in Oberstdorf ended about a week ago, only one athlete is still there: Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud. This winter's best ski jumper has to stay in Oberstdorf until Tuesday due to his Covid-19 infection.

He left his mark on this winter as barely any other ski jumper has done before. Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud was the measure of all things and secured the overall World Cup title already before the final event in Planica.
We now had the chance to talk to Halvor Egner Granerud:

How are you doing today?
"Right now I’m feeling good. I’ve recovered over the last couple of days."

What was it like when you received the positive test result during the World Championships?
"It was tough. I had high hopes for the World Championships, but it wasn’t to be. It took some time before I did anything after the result was clear. I just stayed in bed, in shock, I guess."
The World Championships didn't end without a medal for Granerud, at least he was able to win silver in the mixed team competition.

"The biggest challenge was to arrange that I could move to a bigger place from the small hotel room. And of course, having limitations on what you can do is hard", said Granerud.

The Ski Jumping family lives up to its name: Staying with the Bauers, food from Karl Geiger
Looking for a place to stay during quarantine, they found a free apartment in the hotel of Andi Bauer, head coach of the German women's team, and his wife Irene.
"Irene and Andi Bauer are taking care of me, and I stay in one of their apartments. Karl Geiger offered to help me with food, but I already had it arranged so Irene brings me food. The offer was a really nice gesture of him", Granerud told.

The Bauer family will host Halvor Egner Granerud until Tuesday. Then it might happen that he can't return home to Norway for a couple of days, because of the strict travel restrictions there. Granerud might have to go to Planica directly or spend a few more days in Oberstdorf, it remains to be seen. Right now, Granerud is already looking ahead.

Granerud: "I'm hungry for more"
"There have been a lot of highs and some lows this winter. But from an objective point of view, the lows are only lows because of how high the highs have been. But it’s good motivation for the summer that there is still a lot to do, and even though I’ve achieved a lot this winter, I’m hungry for more", he said.

"I'm looking forward to Ski Flying in Planica since December"
"The season has been amazing. It’s been a dream come true to be the best. In Planica I hope to show more good jumps, and I’ve been looking forward to Ski Flying all the time since we were there in December. Obviously, there is some uncertainty as to how my body will feel and work after all this time of isolation, but now that I’m able to train a bit again I’m positive that my jumps will be on a high level", Granerud concluded.