Marius Lindvik crowns his season in Vikersund
Mar 12, 2022·Ski Jumping
Marius Lindvik is the new Ski Flying World Champion. After his halftime lead on Friday, the Norwegian presented himself in amazing shape also on the second day of competition on the Monsterbakken in Vikersund (NOR) and claimed the title of Ski Flying World Champion 2022. Behind Lindvik, Slovenia's Timi Zajc came in second, Stefan Kraft of Austria was third.
Lindvik, who won large hill gold at the Olympic Games in Beijing, crowned a perfect winter with today's result. Lindvik is the first Norwegian to win the Ski Flying title on home soil in Norway and it's the first individual medal at World Championships for the 23-year-old. With today's success, Lindvik is the successor of Karl Geiger, who won the title in Planica (SLO) 2020. "I knew that it is going to be a tough competition today, I managed to not think about the result and focus only on my jumps. That worked well, both of my jumps were good and I'm really happy", Lindvik said after the competition.
After a strong second day, Timi Zajc could move up to second and finish ahead of Austrian Stefan Kraft. Zajc proved his outstanding Ski Flying skills with 243.5 m and 235.5 m. "Today was really my day. I was able to show long fights and set a new personal best as well. My two jumps in the competition were great and now I'm really surprised about the result", said Zajc, whose 243.5 m were the longest jump of the day.
Top favorite Stefan Kraft came in third. "Unfortunately the last jump was not that good anymore, I didn't risk enough. I feel like somehow I wasn't as ready today as on the first day. Now I can be disappointed for a short while, but winning a medal after such a difficult year is great. All in all my four jumps were okay", he said.
With Peter Prevc, Anze Lanisek, and Domen Prevc, Slovenian jumpers also came in fourth, fifth, sixth. This makes them the top contender for Sunday's team competition in Vikersund. The Slovenians are oustanding ski flyers.
Michael Hayboeck finished seventh, defending champion Karl Geiger was eighth.
The team competition at the Ski Flying World Championships will start on Sunday at 4:30 pm CET.
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