Anze Lanisek and Austria's Chiara Kreuzer kick off 2023 Raw Air with Ski Jumping World Cup wins in Oslo

BySportsbeat

Updated 13/03/2023 at 17:59 GMT

Anze Lanisek and Chiara Kreuzer bounced back from World Championship disappointment to make the perfect start to the sixth annual Raw Air competition in Oslo. Lanisek took his fourth win of the campaign on the Holmenkollbakken hill, recording distance with his two jumps of 133.0m and 139.5m, giving him a total score of 260.2 that eclipsed Stefan Kraft of Austria.

Watch Lanisek's jump that secures him victory in Oslo and first place in Raw Air standings

A supremely consistent Anze Lanisek kicked off the 2023 Raw Air tournament with victory in Oslo.

Jumps of 133m and 139.5m took the Slovenian ahead of favourite Stefan Kraft, who failed to break the 130-metre mark, despite leading the standings after round one.

The Austrian slipped to second with Lanisek's brilliant final leap only bettered by third-place Karl Geiger.

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The German's second jump of 137.5 metres took him from 13th to the podium, his third bronze in four meets.

In the women's event, Chiara Kreuzer was the shock victor, coming from fifth to take gold with jumps of 125.5 and 126.5 metres.

The Austrian is sixth in the overall World Cup standings and surprisingly poor final leaps from world champion Katharina Altaus and world silver medallist Eva Pinkelnig left the field open for Kreuzer to swoop.

Kreuzer said: "I don't think it was difficult because I really enjoyed jumping here. I have no words because I didn't expect the win. The victory feels awesome."

Ema Klinec of Slovenia also improved by four places to take silver, while Anna Stroem leapfrogged Yuki Ito into third.

Raw Air action continues every day until 19 March, with the men's and women's Large Hill in Oslo concluding tomorrow evening.

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