Norway's Tande becomes Ski Flying World Champion
BySportsbeat
Updated 20/01/2018 at 23:16 GMT
Daniel Andre Tande of Norway was struggling for words after becoming the new Ski Flying World Champion with victory on the Heini-Klopfer-Ski Flying hill in Oberstdorf.
Daniel Andre Tande, champion du monde de vol à skis.
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The 23-year-old recorded a jump of exactly 200 metres to seal the win ahead of Poland's Kamil Stoch in second and Richard Freitag of Germany in third.
The fourth competition round was cancelled due to wind gusts of up to eight m/s, making it too dangerous for the athletes to compete.
It is Tande's first major international title and he becomes the third Norwegian to lift the trophy in front of a sold-out crowd of 25,000 people.
"Honestly, I don't know how to describe what I'm feeling right now. It's definitely a dream come true for me," said Tande.
"The waiting before the fourth round was different than in any other competition because it was about the final jump. I just tried to stay focused."
Tande's 200m jump on Saturday gave him a final total of 651.9, thanks to two jumps in excess of 200m on Friday with Stoch just behind on 638.6.
Freitag was third with 627.6 points after Saturday's only run with Stefan Kraft just missing out on the podium in fourth.
Stoch said: "It's difficult to say if it was more stressful to wait or to jump today. I tried not to think about that, I just tried to stay focused and concentrated on what I had to do.
"I wanted to make one more jump because I love ski flying.
"It's always a bit strange when you get the information that the final round is cancelled because you can't be that happy without the adrenaline from the jump. But it's nice anyway."
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