Quotes after the Qualification
Anze Lanisek (SLO):
Congratulation. How did you feel today?
Anze Lanisek: It was great, especially qualifying. I was really struggling to find my position. But yes, I did relax and I qualified; I really did enjoy that.
What are you plans for tomorrow?
Anze Lanisek: I just try to enjoy every single jump, every single try, that’s my goal - without any results in my mind.
How it is to jump in front of an audience?
Anze Lanisek: Yes, it’s great. It’s much nicer than to jump into an empty stadium.
Can you describe the jump and the feeling of flying? What’s the main difference?
Anze Lanisek : I would say go and try, but it would be too dangerous. No, when you get a really good jump and then you try to get in the second part, and you just try to make your position and just try to make as many meters as you can.
What are the main differences to the hill in Vikersund?
Anze Lanisek : Here, you are flying higher, and the altitude is much lower in Vikersund, so you feel more pressure. So here you need a litte bit more inrun speed to counterbalance that. It’s different because you go higher here and you don’t know if you have to fight or you have to wait a litte bit.
Marius Lindvik (NOR):
Congratulation. How did you feel today?
Marius Lindvik: I felt pretty good. The first round was very good, the second round was a little bit missing my position in the inrun, but I qualified – fifth place.
What are you plans for tomorrow?
Marius Lindvik: For sure, I want to fight for the podium. I‘ll try and do my best and then we’ll see how close it gets.
Can you describe the jump and the feeling of flying?
Marius Lindvik: It’s the best feeling if you do a good jump and you fly out of the hill – that’s a good feeling.
Stefan Kraft (Rank 1, AUT): "The conditions were perfect, two very good jumps. The first was outstanding, one of my best flights ever. The second was very stable, very well-behaved and I am very, very happy about the victory. I just had a difficult month before, where not very much fit. I started the season very very well. During the Four Hills Tournament it just didn't want to work out. And therefore I learned a lot from the difficult time, took a few steps back and now it's going very well again.
Severin Freund (Rank 17, WSV Rastbüchl): "In the second jump I was thrown back a bit, but honestly I'm not that dissatisfied. The first jump put me in a good position, in the second jump I was, I think, the only one in the group who had a tailwind. Then it gets quite difficult on a flying hill. There is more in it than what the result says. But you can't always get what you want. Tomorrow is another day with hopefully as many people and we'll go full
throttle again .“