Marius Lindvik takes the win in Willingen

Norway’s Marius Lindvik won the final competition of the World Cup weekend in Willingen. On the HS 147 Muehlenkopf-hill, Lindvik came in ahead of Karl Geiger (GER) and Slovenia’s Cene Prevc. With his second place, Karl Geiger took back the overall World Cup lead from Ryoyu Kobayashi.

The Ski Jumping World Cup remains extremely exciting. Karl Geiger took back the yellow bib, that he just lost to Ryoyu Kobayashi yesterday. “It was a really cool competition today and I had two good jumps. Yesterday I was struggling with the conditions, but it’s an outdoor sport. Today my jumps were good again and I did what I had to do. I’m very satisfied with this second place”, said Geiger, who now has a lead of just three points over Kobayashi. The Japanese made up a lot of ground with a fantastic final jump, but with the fourth place, he could not defend the overall lead.

Today’s winner Marius Lindvik said after the competition: “It was a difficult competition for the jury, but I think they did a good job. Of course, it’s a lifetime goal to win a medal at Olympic Games, but I’ll take one day at a time. I’ll keep on working and then we’ll see how it goes.” it was the sixth World Cup win for Lindvik, the third this season. With his success in Willingen, Lindvik is now among the top contenders for Olympic gold in Beijing.