Ryoyu Kobayashi (25) collected the second overall winner of his career in Hoppuka during Thursday’s race in the Austrian Bischofshofen. Marius Lindvik (23) was second and Halvor Egner Granerud (25) took 3rd place overall.
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Kobayashi led Hoppuka in total with 17.9 points at Lindvik before the last Hoppuka race. Lindvik had to perform optimally, but landed his first jump of only 126 meters. That brought him to the final round in a disappointing 23rd place, and the Norwegian hope of winning Hoppuka was thus as good as spoiled.
– I managed to deliver a more normal jump in the second half. Then I climbed a lot of places. But it is typical that you should be late (on the jumping edge) when you have been too early throughout the Jumping Week, but that’s the way it is. I am satisfied, Lindvik says to TV 2.
– I am very happy, Kobayashi says to the licensee via an interpreter.
The Japanese won a total of 24.2 points to Lindvik and 34.1 points to Granerud.
Lindvik’s second jump showed the potential that lives in him with a soar of 139 meters, but he was only number 10 in the final race. Daniel Huber (29) won, while Kobayashi was number five. It still held to be the king of the German-Austrian Hoppuka for the Japanese.
– There will be more fun things over the winter, so it’s just to enjoy, says Lindvik, knowing that the Olympics in Chinese Beijing are not far away.
Granerud took 3rd place overall after being second best in Thursday’s competition.
Norway was represented by a total of seven jumpers. Three of them advanced to the final round. Johann André Forfang (26) broke out in a duel with Russian Jevgenij Klimov (27) and Joacim Ødegård Bjøreng (26) suffered the same fate against Slovenian Ziga Jelar (24).
Daniel André Tande (27) was obviously disappointed after his soar of just 123 meters, which was his last contribution to this year’s jumping week. Fredrik Villumstad (22) ran out after a duel with Kobayashi after a jump of 121.5 meters. Robert Johansson (31) was number seven in Bischofshofen after two good jumps. The 31-year-old finished sixth overall in Hoppuka, 54.4 points behind the Japanese winner.
– We have two on the podium in total. In terms of teams, we have had a very good jumping week, says Johansson to TV 2.
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