Halvor Egner Granerud remains unstoppable
Feb 05, 2021·Ski Jumping
Halvor Egner Granerud is currently unbeatable. After his two wins last weekend in Willingen, the Norwegian also proved that he is the best right now on the first day of the World Cup in Klingenthal.
Because there were exactly 50 athletes competing, the qualification was turned into a prologue and so Granerud claimed the prize money of € 3000.- in the end. But it was not only the win in today's prologue with a jump of 141 m and 153.3 points that gave the Norwegian a reason to celebrate in the arena of Klingenthal. Granerud has also proven that he is very hard to beat right now in the two training rounds earlier. After today, Granerud is the top favorite for the two competitions in Klingenthal.
The second place surprisingly went to Slovenia's Bor Pavlovcic. The 22-year-old, who did very well in Willingen already with the 4th and 15th place there, now has a chance to achieve his first-ever World Cup podium.
Dawid Kubacki was the best Pole on a rainy day in Klingenthal in third, Markus Eisenbichler was fourth and once again the best of the German team. Pius Paschke came in on a good ninth place, Constantin Schmid was 14th.
Norway's Thomas Aasen Markeng finished 38rd today, on the hill where he sustained a serious knee injury in a crash over a year ago. Everything went according to plan for Markeng today. After his very good performances in Willingen, Simon Ammann had to be satisfied with the 39th place today.
The first of two competitions in Klingenthal will start on Saturday at 2:30 pm CET.
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