Halvor Is Granerud (22) impressed with a shared fourth place in the hoppernes verdenscuprenn in Japan on Sunday. Up to consequently won the match Ryoyu Kobayashi in third place was the 0.5 point. Now it turns out that Granerud was cheated for the shared third place.
Cause: The Norwegian judge Jørn Larsen gave Granerud error stilkarakter in the first jump. 17,5 – as he entered – would have been 18,5.
I can’t do anything other than grumble, ” says Larsen to Dagbladet.
I thought: “What in the world?” But I think he deserves the respect to admit the error, say Granerud.
VICTIM: Halvor Is Granerud has never been on the podium in the world cup . Not this time, it should happen, thanks to a Norwegian dommertabbe. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB scanpix Show more
the Newspaper can tell you here about the drama that unfolded in Sapporo on Sunday. At home in the Uk was at three o’clock on the night of the first mares put off. Japan is eight hours ahead, and just the greatest enthusiast took in the direct TV pictures from Asia.
Granerud jumped as number 40 and landed on the 131 meter in the first light. Stilkarakterer: 18,5 – 18,5 – 17,5 – 18,5 – 18,0.
Character 17,5 was provided by the Norwegian Larsen, who has been hoppdommer in the international skiforbundet FIS in ten years. But right after that he entered into the grade, he discovered his own error: Granerud should have had a 18,5.
Larsen says:
After an athlete has passed the fallgrensa, you have five to seven seconds to enter stilkarakteren. A jump is considered in three phases: Flight, landing and exit. We start on the stilkarakteren 20, and then we draw the points for each of the three phases.
” What happened was that I was going to give Granerud one point move for the leap, and 0.5 points pull for the landing. Instead, I gave him 1.5 points pull for the landing. It was the mistake. The explanation is that I looked at the monitor in the booth at the same time as I entered the character. On the screen, it came up 17,5 points, but Granerud should have had 18,5 points.
LAY FLAT: Jørn Larsen, photographed in Bergiselbakken in Innsbruck. Photo: Private Show more
Larsen continues:
– I can’t leave the stall where we stand. Therefore, I cried at Swiss timing (those who write out the length, style and points), but did not hear anything from them. When the inning was finished, I ran up to the technical delegates, Thomas Hasslberger. I said from what had happened, and asked him to change stilkarakteren on the official list. The answer I got: “Sorry, we can’t do that.” I replied: “I ask you please to do so.”
But the urgent prayer didn’t help. 17,5 was standing. Larsen says that he is after the race took contact with the Norwegian trainer, Alexander Stöckl.
I couldn’t do anything other than grumble. Happen human error. And that was what happened this time, ” he says.
This also happened with a japanese judge in the qualifying earlier in the weekend. He entered the stilkarakteren 11,0, while the other judges were at 16,0 and 17,0. This was not corrected afterwards.
Larsen says that the technical delegates – who also is the leader – can do about the character if it is obvious that a judge entered the wrong. But it happened a no of times this weekend.
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Granerud got outcome great consequence: He has never been on the podium in a verdenscuprenn. Now, it could have happened, but the Norwegian dommerbrøleren prevented this. The difference between third and fourth is 4250 swiss francs in prize money, or around 36 000.
I thought: “What in the world?” After the first jump I felt that I deserved more than the 55 stilpoengene that I got, tell Granerud to the Newspaper.
GOT an APOLOGY: Coach Alexander Stöckl. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB scanpix Show more
Coach Alexander Stöckl confirms that Larsen got in touch after the race.
He came over and told me that he had said from to the race management: I understood there and then that stilkarakteren did not constitute any difference with regard to location. And it is human to err, ” says Stöckl.
In the jump pulled the highest and lowest stilkarakteren after each flight. With three times the 18,5 that counting would Granerud had the same score as Ryoyu Kobayashi in third place, thus 236,1 points. Austrian Stefan Kraft won the front sloveneren Timi Zajc. These it would have been impossible to keep up with.
I asked Stöckl about he reacted on stilkarakteren, but he had not noticed it, ” says Larsen.
in General, you are doomed when you make a mistake, ” he continues.
– In the weekend did I evaluate 55 the jump in qualifying on Friday, 50 jumps in the first place Saturday and 30 jumps in the second half Saturday. Furthermore, the considered the I 55 jumps in the qualifying Sunday, 50 jumps in the first half Sunday and 30 jumps in the second half Sunday. A jump is considered in three phases. To together I did 810 reviews in the course of the weekend. And I missed one.
He adds:
Error the japanese referee did was much greater. The FIS aimed rather not this character.
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you say You would have given Granerud 18,5. What drew you to him?
I thought he edged the skis in utkjøringen. For this I pulled a 0.5 point. And so I withdrew 1,0 points for what he did in the light. In the air and landing, you can pull the max of five points. In utkjøringen you can pull the max of seven points – and it is by the case before fallgrensa.
Of the form
Granerud tells us that he was made aware of the Norwegian dommerfeilen after he came home from Japan.
It was just okay. Otherwise, had the flight home been extra long, ” he says. Overall, he is still satisfied with the result. This weekend is the new verdenscuprenn: This time skiflyging in German Oberstdorf.
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