Halvor Egner Granerud was on the shooting team after the first round in Finnish Lahti, clinched in the final and finished in 2nd place in Lahti.
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With a score of 268.2, Granerud took a new lead, just 0.2 points ahead of Polish Piotr Zyla.
– I am very happy with the location, of course. But I understand that Stefan Kraft is jumping away from me today. I have a lot more to go on than what I got out today, but most people probably have, Granerud says to Viaplay.
Unfortunately for the Norwegian, Austrian Stefan Kraft delivered a cannon jump and crushed everyone with a score of 283.1.
– I’m a little surprised, but I love this hill. It’s my favorite hill. It was quite fun today, says Kraft to Viaplay.
Granerud was in fourth place after the first round after he had landed at 127.5 meters. Unfortunately for the Norwegian, he got an unsteady landing and was pulled heavily on the style. With 131.2 points, he had 6.4 points up to leading Ulrich Wohlgenannt from Austria, who was surprisingly in the lead, after 126 meters and 137.6 points.
– A bit embarrassing landing, Granerud said about the first jump.
Marius Lindvik jumped up strongly after a disappointing first half, but ended up only in a disappointing 11th place.
– It will be a bit too defensive in the first half. I just had to run up to the top before it was me again. But it was better in the second half. I managed to be a little more offensive there, Lindvik says to Viaplay.
Robert Johansson, Daniel André Tande and Robin Pedersen disappointed in the normal hill and finished in 23rd, 25th and 26th place respectively.
– It felt good, but I had nothing to fly on, Tande told Viaplay after the first round.
The race in Lahti was a replacement race for one of the canceled races in Sapporo. On Saturday, there is a team competition in the Finnish ski metropolis.
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