World Cup in Lillehammer. Pictured from left are Stefan Kraft, Halvor Egner Granerud and Manuel Fettner in Norway on March 14, 2023.
Lillehammer (Norway) – Norwegian ski jumper Halvor Egner Granerud won the World Cup race in Lillehammer ahead of Stefan Kraft and leads the Raw Air Tournament miniseries standings ahead of his Austrian rival. The home favorite, who already triumphed at the Tour of Four Bridges this year, also consolidated his lead in the interim World Cup ranking with his eleventh victory of the season.
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Twenty-six-year-old Granerud, who already won Monday's qualification in Lillhammer, took the lead today thanks to the longest attempt of the day, 139.5 meters from the second round. Kraft, who was leading after the first half of the race, could no longer answer his jump and lost by 2.3 points in the final total. Thanks to a jump of 138 meters in the final, another Austrian, Manuel Fettner, moved from 16th place to third place.
The only Czech representative in Lillehammer, Roman Koudelka, did not advance to the race from the qualification.
The Raw Air Tournament mini-series on the Norwegian ski jumps, in which all jumps including the results of the qualifications are counted, will culminate at the weekend in Vikersund.
SP in ski jumping in Lillehammer (Norway):
Men: 1. Granerud (Nor.) 257.7 (135+139.5), 2. Kraft 255 .4 (138.5+132), 3. Fettner 235.9 (125.5+138), 4. Tschofenig (all Austrian) 235.8, 5. Geiger (German) 234.0 (130+133 ,5), 6. Forfang (Nor.) 232.9 (131.5+132), …in qualification 58. Koudelka (Czech Republic) 72.4 (106).
Raw Air Tournament standings (after 6 out of 12 competitions): 1. Granerud 1162.2, 2. Kraft 1157.2, 3. Lanišek (Slovenia) 1103.1, . ..60. Koudelka 198.5 , 3. Kraft 1338, 4. Lanišek (Slovenia) 1289, 5. Žyla (Poland) 835, 6. Wellinger (Germany) 820, …62. Koudelka 11, 82. Rýdl (ČR) 1.
