World Cup Career
Ahead of the 2008 season, his place on the national B team was reaffirmed. He achieved mediocre results during the autumn 2008 Continental Cup run, but his performances in the Norwegian Tournament secured him a place on the team for the 2008–09 World Cup opener in Trondheim. In Trondheim Evensen achieved a tenth place in the first race, and followed up with a twelfth place the next day. He was noted as a surprise achiever by the national media. Evensen himself described the competition as a "dream" and "completely insane".
A week later in Pragelato, Evensen achieved a seventh place. Being the highest-placed Norwegian in the race, he described the experience as "unreal". The next day, he was third after the first round, but as the second round was cancelled due to weather conditions, Evensen took his first World Cup podium. The podium was followed by several low rankings, however, on February 14, he again showed his potential by placing third behind Harri Olli and Anders Jacobsen in the Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, where he not only improved his own personal record to 223.5 m, but also jumped 0.5m longer than the previous hill record set by Roar Ljøkelsøy in 2004. His record was not acknowledged because Harri Olli had already landed on 225.5 m in the first round. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Evensen won a silver in the team large hill event.
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