Image: GEPA pictures/ Gintare Karpaviciute (GEPA pictures)
The man from Salzburg sailed on 130.5 and 131.5 m and won with 266.1 points and 8.3 points ahead of Saturday’s winner Anze Lanisek (SLO) and Poland’s Dawid Kubacki (+8.4). Half-time leader Daniel Tschofenig fell back to fifth place, Manuel Fettner was eleventh after intermediate place five. Kraft had already received a special honor before the start of the Sunday competition. The man from Salzburg was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal for special services to Nordic skiing by Norway’s King Harald V, which has been awarded since 1895. Kraft spoke of a “great honor”.
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