Marius Lindvik takes home win in Oslo
Mar 05, 2022·Ski Jumping
Olympic champion Marius Lindvik won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Oslo on Saturday. In perfect conditions on the Holmenkollenbakken in Oslo, the Norwegian came in ahead of Markus Eisenbichler (GER) and Robert Johansson (NOR).
Only three hours after the win of his compatriot Silje Opseth, Lindvik secured the next success for the Norwegian team. "It's amazing to win in front of the home crowd. It's great when the atmosphere is good in the stadium and a lot of Norwegians and also people from other countries can meet here, it's really nice", Lindvid said. It was the seventh win in the World Cup for the 23-year-old.
Markus Eisenbichler was happy about his second place in today's competition: "The competition today was really nice. I like this hill, but most of the time it's really windy, but this weekend it has been great so far. The competition was good and really fair."
With Robert Johansson in third, Daniel Andre Tande in fourth, and Fredrik Villumstad and Johann Andre Forfang in ninth and tenth, the home team of Norway achieved an outstanding result today.
Cene Prevc, Ryoyu Kobayashi, Karl Geiger, and Stefan Kraft came in fifth - eighth. Ryoyu Kobayashi (1442 points) could slightly extend his lead in the overall World Cup to 67 points over Karl Geiger (1375 points), Stefan Kraft (806 points), remains in the lead of the RAW AIR Tournament ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi (790.9 points), Karl Geiger is third with 779.3 points.
The final of the RAW AIR will be held in Oslo tomorrow with the qualification (2 pm CET) and the competition (3:45 pm CET).
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