Niko Kytösaho’s payday – achieved the best World Cup ranking of his career and joked about the weather in Norway | Sport

Niko Kytösaho was seventh at Holmenkollen in the Ski Jumping World Cup. Kytösaho was enjoying the spring sun, even though it was snowing in Holmenkollen.

Niko Kytösaho achieved the best World Cup ranking of his career at Holmenkollen on Sunday. Kytösaho was seventh among the world’s best. He defeated all the German and Polish jumpers from the greats of the sport. Only from Slovenians Dome Prevc got ahead.

Kytösaho’s previous career best was ninth place in the Willingen competition a little over a month ago.

– Ever since Willingen, we have been waiting for the next top 10 ranking. This is an important thing when it comes to the second top 10 ranking of the career. When I’ve jumped well, I haven’t been lucky. When you haven’t jumped well, you’ve been lucky. Today everything fell into place. It was a good result. I am satisfied, Kytösaho said.

Is it payday today?

– Yes, today is payday, Kytösaho smiled.

Kytösaho nets prize money of 3,700 Swiss francs, or a good 3,850 euros, for seventh place.

Kytösaho was in eighth place after the opening round, but moved up one more place in the second round.

– The second jump was pretty much the same as the first. The other one had a clearly worse wind gap. I thought I was too slow to take off when there wasn’t that much pressure under the skis. However, there weren’t too many downsides. Even the top guys couldn’t jump further, Kytösaho described.

Kytösaho has traveled many times on the Raw Air tour of the Norwegian Games. What’s burning here?

– Probably this raw Norwegian air. In spring, the mood is always a little higher. Sun shines. It’s not so dark. It’s always nice to be in Norway, Kytösaho hosed down in the snow.

Kytösaho’s expectations will not increase after the day’s performance, because he has considered a top ten ranking realistic before.

– The goal is to jump in next Sunday’s final, to which the top 30 can make it. It requires that you can jump all the rounds. You can’t afford to pull any bullshit.

The Raw Air tour continues in Trondheim on Tuesday and Wednesday. The tour culminates next weekend at Vikersund airfield.

Kytösaho already flashed earlier this season, when he reached the seventh place in the lentomäki at the World Championships. Former head coach of the Finnish national team and Urheilu’s ski jumping expert Tommi Nikunen has not seen anything more special in Kytösaho’s change of direction with the coach’s eyes.

– Jumping looks easier. Niko has probably realized things on the emotional side. Movement on the jumper table takes 0.2 seconds. There are not terribly conscious things to do in it. It’s more about emotional issues, Nikunen assessed after the first round at the Sports Studio on Sunday.