Halvor Egner Granerud seals Four Hills title with Bischofshofen victory
Granerud made it three wins out of four ahead of Anze Lanisek and World Cup leader Dawid Kubacki at the Austrian resort.
Ski Jumping
Halvor Egner Granerud took victory at Bischofshofen to clinch his first Four Hills title on Friday (6 January).
The Norwegian jumped 139.5m to lead after the first round, and his second-round effort of 143.5m gave him a winning score of 313.4 as he added to previous triumphs at Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The 26-year-old was grinning before he even landed and told FIS afterwards, "I felt when I got into the in-run position, it felt really good. And then I managed to be a little bit cooler than in the first round.
"It was such a nice take-off and I just came out and the skis came quietly and the whole thing felt just amazing. And I just started smiling because I knew what was going to happen."
He added, "To be able to experience this in your sport is just amazing. The Four Hills is special and will forever be special. And the emotions get so much bigger... you really feel the pressure in the Four Hills, it's so immense. To be able to repeatedly perform jumps to the level I've done, I'm so proud of myself."
Granerud secured his 17th World Cup success ahead of Slovenia's Anze Lanisek (305.5) and Dawid Kubacki (303.7) who won the previous round at Innsbruck.
Pole Kubacki retained his World Cup lead on the same day he became a father for the second time.
Michael Hayboeck (297.6) was the first of the home jumpers in fourth place ahead of fellow Austrian Jan Hoerl (292.1), with Poland's three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch (143.3) in sixth.
Two-time Four Hills champion and last year's Bischofshofen winner Kobayashi Ryoyu was 17th as he builds towards the Planica World Championships starting in late February.
Olympic large hill champion Marius Lindvik finished in 19th.
Men's Ski Jumping Bischofshofen – results (top 10):
- Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR) 313.4
- Anze Lanisek (SLO) 305.5
- Dawid Kubacki (POL) 303.7
- Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 297.6
- Jan Hoerl (AUT) 292.1
- Kamil Stoch (POL) 289.9
- Peter Prevc (SLO) 288.6
- Manuel Fettner (AUT) 285.6
- Timi Zajc (SLO) 285.3
- Piotr Zyla (POL) 282.5
Men's Ski Jumping Four Hill Tournament final standings:
- Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR) 1191.2
- Dawid Kubacki (POL) 1158.2
- Anze Lanisek (SLO) 1129.0
- Piotr Zyla (POL) 1090.0
- Kamil Stoch (POL) 1087.9
- Stefan Kraft (AUT) 1077.5