BISCHOFSHOFEN/OSLO (Dagbladet): Also in the last game he was in his own class and he beat the competition, it happened after coach Alexander Stöckl made the coach’s decision to slow down.
– I wasn’t sure, but I took a chance. He succeeded, he was completely wild, explains Stöckl to TV 2.
Wins with highest score ever.
The last time a Norwegian won the Hoppuka overall was Anders Jacobsen in 2007.
– Tried
Clas sports coach Brede Bråthen was moved after the feat,
– This seems damn well deserved for many people. Halvor should get more credit. So should parents and all those who have helped him. The group that surrounds our athletes is made up of extraordinarily talented people, but mostly good people. They stay together day and night so athletes have moments like this, Bråthen tells Dagbladet.
– I hope the Norwegians appreciate it. It is for these moments that we work day and night, he continues.
For Robert Johansson, the day was more about following his teammate than his competition.
– It’s terrible to wait, but you knew right away that it would work. This was a good moment that you will remember for a long, long time, Johansson explains to TV 2.
CHANCE: Alexander Stöckl can smile at Hoppuke’s victory. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB
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Scheie in ecstasy
Longtime NRK jump commentator Arne Scheie is ecstatic when speaking to Dagbladet seconds after the triumph.
– This is one of the biggest things I experienced for Norwegian show jumping. This is so big. Of course he wins. This is not just JUMPING HISTORY. It’s the history of sport, she explains passionately.
Moeper: – A small miracle
– This is completely wild. It’s incredibly great to experience. It’s the way he plays it that impresses me the most. It features eight awesome jumps! What a sporty he is, continues Scheie.
The NRK legend pays tribute to coach Stöckl for slowing down before Granerud’s last jump.
– This is absolutely correct by Stöckl. You see he jumps 143.5 meters. What would have happened if he had jumped off the same ledge? He had fallen. He had still won the jump, but he didn’t run. No, this is absolutely huge.
Espen Bredesen, who won Hoppuka himself in 1993/94, was delighted with Granerud’s victory.
– This was big, and it was about time. It’s just to congratulate, Bredesen tells Dagbladet.
– Are you surprised by the way he does it?
– No, I guess I don’t want the first race. But Hoppuka is something special and it is never decided until eight jumps have been skipped. We have already seen this with Tande. But Granerud is too good for that to happen. It wasn’t surprising towards the end.
– He was clearly the best in all of Hoppuka and is once again the winner. It’s been a few years since Norway won and it’s good to be part of the team when it happens again, teammate Daniel-André Tande tells Dagbladet.
Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg also congratulated her.
Superior
But this time Granerud was superior. He entered the final race with a 23.3 point advantage over Pole Dawid Kubacki, who became a father on the same day as the last race in Bischofshofen.
After the first lap in Bischofshofen he was leading the race, and had extended a further 4.9 points over Kubacki who was third, while the Slovenian Anze Lanisek.
The giant leap of the Norwegian put an end to the few hopes of the Poles.
– Granerud removes all doubts, wrote the Polish newspaper Sport.pl.
German voices: – Speaks for itself
– He can handle a crash in the second half, underlined TV 2 pundit Myhre.
– Hell
Kubacki made a huge leap in the second half but was still nowhere near a threat to Granerud. For the Norwegian he was two meters longer, and he also won the last race in superior fashion. He thus won three out of four races.
– That says a lot about how wild Granerud’s level was, underlined TV 2 commentator Peder Mørtvedt.
– He wins beautifully, writes Sport PL, who clearly wish Norway the victory ahead of Kubacki.
Granerud is the sixth Norwegian to win Hoppuka. Besides Jacobsen, Sigurd Pettersen (2004), Espen Bredesen (1994), Ingolf Mork (1972) and Bjørn Wirkola (1967, 68 and 69), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1965), Toralf Engan (1963), Olaf B. Bjørnstad (1954 ) accomplished the feat.
