The Ski Jumping World Cup continues with the Norwegian Raw Air tour, where 11 Slovenian competitors will take part.
Robert Hrgota he took six jumpers north. In addition to the foursome that shone on Saturday with the title of world champion at the Nordic Championship in Planica – Timi Zajc, Anže Lanišek, Lovro Kos, Žiga Jelar – are they still in the team Domain Prevcwho also performed under Ponci, and young people Butter deadlinewho is in the team instead Petar Prevac. The most successful Slovenian jumper of all time is recovering after a fall during training on Bloudka Velikanka.
Skupno, po 23 tekmah od 32: 1. H. E. GRANERUD NOR 1652 točk 2. D. KUBACKI POL 1359 3. A. LANIŠEK SLO 1096 4. S. KRAFT AVT 1078 5. P. ŽYLA POL 822 6. A. WELLINGER NEM 743 7. R. KOBAJAŠI JAP 704 8. M. FETTNER AVT 584 9. T. ZAJC SLO 532 10. K. GEIGER NEM 511 ... 16. Ž. JELAR SLO 381 20. D. PREVC SLO 276 21. P. PREVC SLO 274 23. L. KOS SLO 251 46. Ž. MOGEL SLO 29 59. M. BARTOLJ SLO 11 67. R. MASLE SLO 6 68. M. VIDIC SLO 5
The jumpers will compete for the sixth time in this Raw Air tour. The older of the Prevc brothers was the best Slovenian in the total three times. He was fifth at the premiere performance in 2017, in 2020 Jelar took overall fourth place, and last year he was fourth Prices Prevc, who has already finished his career in the meantime. He defends the overall victory Stefan Kraftwhich is just like Kamil Stoch won the tour twice. The Austrian is the closest pursuer of Lanišek in the fight for third place in the World Cup standings.
“We want to crown the season in the flights in Planica. We still have some work to do. Anže is still chasing a ranking among the top three in the overall standings, we are chasing a place among the first three in the Nations Cup, but at the same time, of course, we need to repeat last year’s success at the final in Planica… Last year we set the bar very high,” said Hrgota a few days ago in Planica about the challenges that await them this winter.
After the Raw Air tour, jumpers are waiting for Lahti and then the traditional end of the season in Planica. They are last year eagles at the airport of the Gorišek brothers, they shone. They took the first four places in Friday’s race, got a team test, and Peter Prevc was also on the podium on Sunday. At the same time, Zajc got a total of Planica 7, and Jelar got a small crystal globe in flight.
Skupno, po 21 tekmah od 26: 1. E. PINKELNIG AVT 1482 2. K. ALTHAUS NEM 1202 3. A. O. STROEM NOR 1030 4. E. KLINEC SLO 975 5. S. FREITAG NEM 723 6. C. KREUZER AVT 665 7. S. OPSETH NOR 634 8. N. KRIŽNAR SLO 602 ... 19. N. PREVC SLO 304 20. U. BOGATAJ SLO 249 33. M. VTIČ SLO 107 37. K. KOMAR SLO 82 44. A. KOŠNJEK SLO 18 61. N. VETRIH SLO 1
The Raw Air Tour will begin on Friday in Holmenkollen with the qualifiers, which also go into the general classification of the special event. There will be individual matches in Oslo on Saturday and Sunday. Then there will be a move to Lillehammer, where the show jumpers will have completed the tour, and the show jumpers will also perform in Vikersund. The girls will also be flying at the Norwegian airport, the top 15 in the overall standings – otherwise the race will not count for World Cup points – will descend on Vikkersundbakken.
In the team Zoran Zupančič for Norway and later Lahti, there are five from the home world championship, Emma Klinec, Nika Križnar, Nika Prevc, Maja Vtic and Katra Komar. Nika Križnar defends the overall victory on the tour. Before that, she was the best domestic trump card twice Maren Lundby. In the overall standings of the World Cup, the Slovenian Ema Klinec is the highest ranked with five games to go, who is fourth, but has a good chance of finishing the winter in the top three.
Source: Rtvslo
