Marius Lindvik repeats top qualifying jump in men’s large hill

 Halvor Egner Granerud of Team Norway competes during the Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification

Halvor Egner Granerud of Team Norway competes during the Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification

Norway’s Marius Lindvik was joined by compatriot Halvor Egner Granerud to earn the top two finishes in the men’s large hill qualifying competition on Friday. Lindvik soared to a jump distance of 135.0m and scored 136.4 points. Granerud took second jumping to 133.5m with 131.6 points. 

This is the second time Lindvik took first in a ski jumping qualifying round at the 2022 Winter Olympics. While he didn’t have the farthest jump in the men’s normal hill qualifiers, he scored the highest with 116.7 points. Lindvik performed another first place qualifying jump top jump in the men’s large hill qualifying round. 

The two Norwegians biggest threats going into the final on Saturday will be Austria’s Stefan Kraft and Manuel Fettner. Kraft finished outside the top three in fourth place behind Slovenia’s Peter Prevc, but could very well be saving himself for a big jump in the final. Fans saw the same tactic from Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi in the men’s normal hill qualification round when he placed fourth 

Kobayashi was expected to soar with ease to first. He later blew competition away with a huge jump in the final with 275.0 total points.

SEE MORE: Ryoyu Kobayashi ends Japan’s drought in the men’s normal hill

Karl Geiger of Germany was a large threat to ski jumpers coming into the Games, but has not been able to jump close enough to the K-point to maintain his status in any of his runs. He placed 15th in the men’s normal hill competition and could not help the Germany team secure a medal in the mixed team event.

American ski jumpers Decker Dean, Casey Larson, Kevin Bickner and Patrick Gasienica also could not come close to the Norweigians’ scores. They ended the qualification round in 38th, 43rd, 45th and 53rd. Gasienica was eliminated from the large hill competition falling outside of the top 50 to advance. 

Athletes will start the 1st round of the men’s large hill individual on Feb. 12 at 6:00 a.m. ET and the final will start at 7:00 a.m. ET.

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