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24e succès en carrière
Stefan Kraft, en pleine confiance, devient ce soir le troisième Autrichien au classement des victoires en coupe du monde. Il dépasse désormais Thomas Morgenstern et ses 23 succès avant de sa lancer à la poursuite d'Andreas Felder, 25 victoires.
Le record mondial de son ancien coéquipier Gregor Schlierenzauer, avec 53 victoires, reste trop haut perché pour le moment.
Ce soir, dans le magnifique cadre de Lillehammer, devant un public retrouvé, avec deux sauts à 135m et 137m, il devance le leader du général Ryoyu Kobayashi de 5 points et son seul rival pour le globe, l'Allemand Karl Geiger, de 8 points.
Devant son public Halvor Egner Granerud termine au pied du podium devant Jan Hoerl (AUT), Markus Eisenbichler (ALL), Cene Prevc (SLO) et Piotr Zyla (POL).
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Les réactions
Stefan Kraft (AUT):
"My first jump today was very stable, I had the feeling that it could work well always and on every hill. I then took more risk in the second round, it was close to the limit, but it still worked well.
I'm in great shape right now and I have a lot of self-confidence, but now we'll have to see how everyone jumps in Oslo. We will know more after the first day there."
Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN):
"I'm satisfied with the second place today because I was jumping better than yesterday. It was a nice and fair competition, the wind was really calm. The lead in the overall World Cup is not big enough yet, I have to keep on fighting. I will also try my best to win the RAW AIR, but it will be difficult."
Karl Geiger (GER):
"I was jumping a lot better today and I'm extremely happy that I could finish on the podium. It was a fun competition. The energy level is not that high anymore towards the end of the season, but it's the same for everyone. I'm feeling quite good and so we'll see what the next days will bring."
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