1-2 finish for Norway in Bischofshofen
Jan 08, 2022·Ski Jumping
Only two days after the final event of the 70th 4-Hills-Tournament, Norway's Marius Lindvik won the Ski Jumping World Cup in Bischofshofen (AUT). Lindvik took the victory ahead of his teammate Halvor Egner Granerud and Austria's Jan Hoerl.
"I'm really happy. I have been fighting hard during the 4-Hills-Tournament and it's really satisfying to win today. Hopefully, it will be a fun day tomorrow, we will try to give our best and give the other teams a hard fight. I'm looking forward to the team competition", Lindvik said just two days after finishing second in the 4-Hills-Tournament. It's the fourth World Cup win of his career for the 23-year-old, the first this season.
Second-placed Halvor Egner Granerud stated: "It's another good day in Bischofshofen for me, if been on the podium three times in a row here. It's the most stable and best part of the season for me and I'm happy with the progress I'm making at the moment. It was about time that Marius wins again, his second jump today was on a super high level." Granerud was also second in the final competition of the 4-Hills-Tournament on Thursday.
Local hero Jan Hoerl was extremely happy about his third place. "It is a special moment for me to be on the podium in a home competition. I had two good jumps today, I'm speechless and really happy. I hope that tomorrow will be just as good as today, we are very motivated for the team competition", said the Bischofshofen-native.
4-Hills champion Ryoyu Kobayashi came in fourth today, Philipp Aschenwald, who was in the lead after the first round, finished fifth, followed by his teammate Daniel Huber, who claimed his maiden World Cup win on this hill just two days ago and could once again show a convincing performance today.
Piotr Zyla was the best Pole in seventh, Karl Geiger was eighth and has now scored a total of 817 points in the overall World Cup, where he is 74 points behind the leader Ryoyu Kobayashi. "It was a difficult competition with quite a strong tailwind. The jumps were okay, and all in all, it was a good competition for me", Geiger said.
Markus Eisenbichler was disqualified in the final round because his suit did not meet the rules, the same fate was shared by Poland's Pawel Wasek in the first round.
The team competition in Bischofshofen starts on Sunday at 4 pm CET.
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