Daniel Andre Tande wins on the Holmenkollen, Stefan Kraft takes the RAW AIR
Mar 06, 2022·Ski Jumping
It was a great final event of the RAW AIR 2022 on the Holmenkollen in Oslo. Daniel Andre Tande of Norway, who had such a serious crash in Planica last March, was back on top in the Ski Jumping World Cup in Oslo. Tande won Sunday's competition ahead of Slovenia's Anze Lanisek and Stefan Kraft of Austria.
It was the eighth World Cup win for Tande, the first for the 28-year-old since November 2019 (Ruka). "This is just an insane moment, I don't think anyone expected this, I absolutely didn't expect it myself. My jumps are getting better and better, I have been good in a few training rounds, but it's more difficult to show these kinds of jumps in a competition. We took it slow and gave ourselves time because nobody expected me to jump like this so soon again. It's easier to take such steps if you don't put any pressure on yourself and just try to enjoy Ski Jumping", said Tande.
Besides Tande, Austria's Stefan Kraft was the big winner of the second competition in Oslo. Kraft came in third today and secured his clear win in the overall ranking of the RAW AIR 2022. This year, the RAW AIR was held at only two venues due to the construction work at the hill in Trondheim and the Ski Flying World Championships next weekend in Vikersund, and Kraft took the win with a total of 1203.3 points, followed by Karl Geiger (1172.6 points) and Ryoyu Kobayashi (1162.9 points). It was the second time after 2017 KRaft could win the RAW AIR. "Winning the RAW AIR for the first time five years ago was really special, it was a long tour that ended in Vikersund with a world record. It was my best season so far. Now it's really good to be in such good shape again, I really enjoy this moment. Now I'm looking forward to the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund", said Kraft.
Anze Lanisek was very satisfied with the eighth second place of his World Cup career: "I'm happy about this second place because today I was able to relax a little bit and so I had much better jumps and also a very good result. In Vikersund I just want to enjoy Ski Flying as much as I can, the main goal is always to set a new personal best."
Markus Eisenbichler came in fourth, Karl Geiger followed in fifth. Cene Prevc, Ryoyu Kobayashi, Robert Johansson, and Daniel Huber and Halvor Egner Granerud, who tied for ninth, completed the Top 10 today.
The tragic figure of the day was Poland's Kamil Stoch, who was in the lead after the first round, but after a mistake in the final, he finished only 15th.
Ryoyu Kobayashi now leads the overall World Cup with 1478 points, ahead of Karl Geiger (1420 points) and Halvor Egner Granerud (1176 points).
The Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund are on the calendar of the ski jumpers next weekend.
