Karl Geiger won the Ski Flying World Cup in Planica in just one round.
The day before, the Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande fell terribly.
Planica - Fear always flies with you, especially after a terrible fall like that of Daniel Andre Tande *.
But one person remained nervous: Karl Geiger * sailed away from everyone in the second ski flying competition from the giant hill in Planica and celebrated his third win of the season.
At the beginning of the season he had already crowned himself ski flying world champion on the same hill.
The Oberstdorfer sat on Friday after a scored round with a width of 232.0 m (237.3 points) ahead of the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi (231.0 / 227.7) and local hero Bor Pavlovcic (227.5 / 225.2) ) by.
Ski flying: Karl Geiger wins in Planica - Eisenbichler eighth
The final on the legendary "Letalnica" was canceled one day after the terrible fall of Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande due to strong winds and darkness.
Previously, team world champion Geiger had crowned himself ski flying world champion in Planica in December, and the 28-year-old also celebrated an individual victory at the start of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf.
Markus Eisenbichler *, who was second on Thursday, had to settle for eighth place after a flight at 223.0 m.
Pius Paschke (Kiefersfelden) could be satisfied as 20th with a lot of tailwind, Severin Freund (Rastbüchl) took 27th place.
Martin Hamann (Aue) as 39th and Constantin Schmid (Oberaudorf) as 42nd landed in the field that was tied off.
Previously, the qualification for the second competition in the "Valley of the Schanzen" had to be canceled due to the gusty wind.
On Saturday (10 a.m.) a team competition is on the program, before another single flight on Sunday (10 a.m. / both ZDF and Eurosport) concludes the long World Cup winter.
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