JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Kjetil Jansrud confirmed he’s the skier to beat on the downhill course for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, winning the test event by a comfortable margin Saturday.
The first downhill course in South Korea also won mostly praise from skiers and the International Ski Federation.
“If you want to be the best you have to ski anything,” Jansrud said. “This is more than an acceptable Olympic downhill. The way it’s running now it’s almost a little too fast because the jumps are so big. But that makes it exciting.”
Giving Norway its 17th World Cup win of the season, Jansrud was nearly flawless and clocked 1 minute, 41.