Henrik von Eckermann made his championship debut for Sweden already during the 2002 European Championship in Copenhagen, where he won silver with the team.

Since then, he has belonged to the world's elite and has taken part in winning several championship medals with the Swedish national ski jumping team - not least a historic team gold during the Olympics in Tokyo last year.

- I love to keep doing what I do and there is always something new with the horses.

While it can be frustrating many days, and you say why is it not like yesterday, it is very exciting.

I find that very fascinating about the sport, it doesn't matter how much me and King Edward have won and done before.

It can still go very wrong right away – there are no guarantees.

Usain Bolt vs Henrik and King Edward

- It's not like running.

It was known that Usain Bolt had a good day... so he won't be fourth.

But we can still come last even though we have won three Grand Prix before.

During the Olympics in Tokyp, King Edward made history as the third horse ever to go flawlessly through the Olympics.

After continued top results this year, he was now ranked in July as the world's best jumping horse.

- His power, it is something incomparable.

It is a very small horse but an incredible powerhouse.

I don't feel that he has any weakness really, the weaknesses lie with me, says von Eckermann.

And continues.

- When something gets strange, or wrong, there is always an improvement for me.

Then an impact can always happen, they are not machines.

Favorite tipped before the WC

The WC jumping starts on Wednesday with a time jumping.

The Swedish team, Olympic champions, come to Herning as gold favorites in the national competition and with strong individual medal chances as well.

- It's like in all championships you want to be number one.

Then there is only one who will be, so the chance that one will be the percentage is perhaps not that great.

But I always have the goal of being number one, if I don't have that, I don't go into it wholeheartedly and it feels strange.

See a longer report with Henrik von Eckermann ahead of the WC