Von Eckermann continued the great battle

It was a tough course that the riders faced on the second jump of the VC Final in Omaha, USA, on Friday night and notable names such as Scott Brush of Great Britain and Daniel Deusser of Germany disappeared. The Swede was world number one in the four defects and the fastest time was enough to get 10th place in the night class, but it was even bigger in the overall standings.

When the points from the opening jumps are added together and also recalculated on errors, von Eckermann sits third on a perfect fault as the leaders Andreas Shaw, Denmark, and Pius Schweizer, Switzerland, share zero. There are now two final rounds left, where you get four fouls per impact.

– It’s not over, now we have to fight a little bit from the bottom and there are two difficult jumps on Sunday, so there are chances, says Henrik von Eckermann to SVT Sport.

“Now you can recharge, stay focused and ride two flawless rides”

With everything he rides for when the WC title is awarded on Sunday, he has a good feeling from last round number two.

– Today he felt better than yesterday, then I was in two barriers and they were still there, today we were in one of them and he fell. I didn’t ride optimally there, but you can see on the positive that I was fast and still managed to finish 10th.

– Now you have to recharge, stay focused and ride two flawless rides on Sunday and I did what I could, says Henrik von Eckermann to SVT Sport.

Wilma Hellstrom removed three blockers and is twelfth in the abstract with eleven errors.

On Sunday night, the decision will be broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play 01.05-02.45 and 03.40-05.00.