World champion Halvor Egner Granerud was the best in qualifying with 142 meters before Tuesday’s third match of the Norwegian tour in Lillehammer. The best Slovenian was Anže Lanišek in seventh place.
Granerud beat his compatriot Johann Andrej Forfang by 0.6 points, who jumped half a meter less, the third was the Japanese Rjoju Kobajaši, who jumped 132.5 m, but was already 12.9 points behind.
All six Slovenians qualified for the match. Lanišek jumped 131 m and took seventh place. At the 1994 Olympic venue, Žiga Jelar was 11th (127.5 m), world champion from Planica Timi Zajc 16th (124 m), Lovro Kos 17th (128 m) , Domen Prevc 19. (126 m) and Rok Masle 35. (124 m).
Tuesday’s match will start at 16:10. It will be broadcast on TV Slovenija 2 and on MMC.
Kvalifiakcije: daljava točke 1. H-E. GRANERUD NOR 142,0 153,6 2. J.-A. FORFANG NOR 141,5 153,0 3. R. KOBAJAŠI JAP 132,5 140,7 4. R. JOHANSSON NOR 136,0 138,7 5. M. LINDVIK NOR 131,5 138,1 6. K. STOCH POL 129,0 137,7 7. A. LANIŠEK SLO 131,0 136,2 8. D. TSCHOFENIG AVT 129,0 136,0 9. S. KRAFT AVT 132,0 133,8 10. K. GEIGER NEM 128,0 133,6 ... 11. Ž. JELAR SLO 127,5 131,7 16. T. ZAJC SLO 124,0 125,5 17. L. KOS SLO 128,0 125,4 19. D. PREVC SLO 126,0 123,1 35. R. MASLE SLO 124,0 107,6
Source: Rtvslo
