Kamil Stoch took a good second place today.
Ryoyu Kobayashi won the last individual competition before the upcoming World Championships in Oberstdorf (GER) in Rasnov (ROU) at Friday afternoon.
The Japanese won the first and only World Cup on the normal hill this winter, jumping on 94 mi 98,5 mi 257,9 point. It was 18. World Cup victory for the 24-year-old, who is currently the Japanese ski jumper with the most World Cup victories in history. He has so far shared this record with ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai, who has won so far 17 times.
"I'm happy with my jumps today, they were pretty good. I am also happy with the second podium of the season after last week in Zakopane and a very long drought before. We haven't had as many opportunities to train this summer, so i don't feel so good, as in previous years, but I am gaining more confidence just before the World Championships in Oberstdorf”- today's winner said.
Kamil Stoch took a good second place today na HS 97 z 92,5 mi 97,5 mi 256,3 pkt, of course, he is one of the favorites of the World Cup, where the first event will also take place on the plain hill. "I've had ups and downs in the last few weeks, so I'm very happy with today's jumps. I had to focus on my inrun position, which usually costs me a lot of energy. I'm glad, that improvements, that we introduced, they worked so fast. I love jumping, so every good jump always gives me a lot of satisfaction. Even if I didn't get on the podium today, I know, I took a big step forward. I know, that my jumps are much better now than they were a week ago – explained Kamil Stoch.
After some difficult weeks, the German Karl Geiger again showed good results today. Z 94,5 mi 96,5 mi 255,7 ranked third. An important result for him, just before the World Championships in his hometown of Oberstdorf. “My jumps in recent weeks have not been so good, so I'm incredibly happy with today's result and this, that I could fight for the podium in today's competition. I like the ski jump in Rasnov, I already won here”, Geiger said.
In addition to Stoch, the excellent result of the Polish team in fourth and fifth place was provided by Dawid Kubacki and Piotr Żyła. Daniel Andre Tande was the best Norwegian in sixth place, and Halvor Egner Granerud was disqualified in first place after the final round, because his suit did not comply with the regulations. Seventh place went to Pius Paschke from Germany.
It is surprising, that the Austrian veteran Manuel Fettner took the lead from Halvor Egner Granerud after the first round, and although he was unable to defend this position in the final round, then in eighth place he was still in the lead. Just behind him, his young teammate Daniel Tschofenig achieved by far the best result of his career in ninth place. The Swiss Gregor Deschwanden was also in the top ten today.
Halvor Egner Granerud z is clearly in the lead in the overall World Cup classification 1544 points, behind him Markus Eisenbichler (1018 points), who was disqualified for the same reason as Granerud today, and Kamil Stoch (944 points).