Halvor Egner Granerud caps good season with second Crystal Globe and Uncooked Air title in Vikersund

Halvor Egner Granerud turned the primary Norwegian man to win two Crystal Globes earlier than wrapping up the general Uncooked Air title on a memorable day in Vikersund.

The house jumper, who received his first world crown in 2021, was confirmed as World Cup champion when his closest challenger, Poland’s Dawid Kubacki, pulled out of Sunday’s competitors attributable to private causes.

Granerud has received 14 occasions this season and his 2058 factors put him in an unassailable lead.

He then went on to complete second behind Stefan Kraft, who jumped 246.5 and 235.5 metres to attain 497.4 factors and take gold within the last occasion of the Uncooked Air sequence.

A part of the World Cup season, Uncooked Air is a no-break 10-day match in Norway and Granerud arrived at Sunday’s last competitors forward within the standings following 4 wins.

His silver medal was sufficient to attain 2932 general Uncooked Air factors, simply 18.2 greater than Kraft, whereas Slovenia’s Anze Lanisek accomplished the rostrum in third.

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