Fettner surprises
ÖSV eagles lag behind at half-time
Jan Hörl was only beaten by Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi at the end of part one of the ski jumpers' Raw Air on Thursday in Oslo.
The four-time World Championship medal winner from Trondheim (two silver and two bronze medals) landed at 126 and 129 meters on the Holmenkollen and was beaten by the Japanese by 10.8 points. Germany's Karl Geiger came third, just 0.9 points behind. Hörl reduced the gap to World Cup leader Tschofenig to 132 points.
Austria's jumper, who is currently in top form, was in fifth place after the first round. However, he narrowly came out on top in a very close fight behind Kobayashi, who was clearly the best. "I knew it would be very close right up to the podium. It was a cool jump, it was with heart and confidence," said Hörl in the ORF interview. Surprisingly, the second best ÖSV man was team veteran Manuel Fettner in eighth place just ahead of Tschofenig. "It was a good day with four good jumps. It still hurts a bit, only four points behind second place. Especially when I know how unlucky my first run was," explained the 39-year-old.
Tschofenig is not complacent
ÖSV head coach Andreas Widhölzl spoke of a somewhat "sleepy" first run. "We went on the attack in the second." For overall World Cup leader Tschofenig, things could still get very tight in the remaining five competitions, but the Four Hills Tournament winner is certainly not feeling safe. "Jan is in impressive form. There's still a lot of ground to make up, but I'll fight tooth and nail," he said after the first round. In the end, he lost 51 points on the first raw air stage.
Tenth-placed Stefan Kraft let it slip that some things didn't fit together, but also that the set-up was already prepared for the upcoming ski flying, not least because of the now restricted equipment conditions (only one suit allowed). "I prefer it that way, it's more fun." Kraft is particularly looking forward to Vikersund, where the qualification, which is also part of the Raw Air, will take place on Friday from the large Bakken. Almost eight years ago, he set the still valid world record of 253.5 meters there. "I love going there, it's always one of the coolest weekends."
The man of the hour in the World Cup is Kobayashi, who finished third in the large hill World Championships. He followed up his two victories in Sapporo before the World Championships with his third en suite - his 35th World Cup victory in total. Following the bans for the Norwegians due to the suit scandal, only one local hero appears in the rankings at the traditional Holmenkollen venue of all places: Fredrik Villumstad came 27th.
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