After victory in Lake Placid
Ski jumping star addresses emotional news to cancer patient
09.02.2025 – 3:39 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The Norwegian ski jumping star Johann André Forfang secured the victory in Lake Placid. He then spoke about his father’s cancer.
When the Norwegian Johann André Forfang knew that his jumps had reached 130.5 and 121 meters for the first victory in the individual jumping of the weekend in Lake Placid, he tore up his arms. He clenched his fist and beamed into the camera. His team was pleased with him about the 259.5 points.
This success was particularly emotional for the 29-year-old. At the end of January, Forfang had spoken in the Norwegian newspaper “Nordlys” about how much his father’s cancer diagnosis met him. The win of the season on Saturday was all the more gratifying for the ski jumper.
Afterwards he said emotionally to the Norwegian public service broadcasting NRK: “It is great to be able to give the family back something in the present time. This is the best thing I can return if I can’t be at home. So that’s a We need energy sluggish for all of us. “
Forfang recently told the newspaper “Nordlys”: “It is the hardest time of my life. A dark shadow hovers every day.” Now he continued NRK in relation to his father: “I speak to him every morning before every jumping race and I know that that means a lot to him.”
The Norwegian ski jumping manager Jan-Erik Aalbu also told public service broadcasting about Forfang: “I am incredibly impressed that he managed to get ready with everything and concentrate on the right things. It is impossible to To put it into his situation, as an outsider you just have to pull your hat off.
For Forfang it was the first victory in 335 days. On Sunday he has the next chance for a podium in Lake Placid.