59 jumpers from 16 national teams competed in the qualification for Sunday’s competition. 40 of the best players qualified for the competition. The competition organizers again made strange decisions from the very beginning. After just six jumps, they changed the starting beam three times.
Andrzej Stękała is disqualified!
Six Poles fought for promotion. Four qualified for the competition. The best was Piotr Żyła, who jumped 218 meters and took eighth place. after a jump of 208.5 meters, he was 16th. Right behind him, Aleksander Zniszczo was ranked 20th, who jumped 216.5 meters. It was his life record. Dawid Kubacki (199.5 meters) finished the qualification in 24th place
Andrzej Stkaa and Jakub Wolny dropped out of the competition. The former was disqualified for incorrect suit. The Pole did not even jump, because the disqualification took place at the top of the hill. On the other hand, Wolny jumped only 168 meters in terrible conditions and was 41. He lacked one position to qualify for the competition.
There was also a hill record in qualifying. Its author was the Slovenian Domen Prevc, who jumped as much as 242.5 meters.
– Squatting, but surely the new hill record in Oberstdorf by Domena Prevca – 242.5 meters! Is this the limit of the German mammoth, or maybe it is possible to jump 2-3 meters further and stop? – wrote on Twitter Adam Bucholz, journalist Skijumping.pl.
The Norwegian landed very close to the gang again in qualifying. “It seemed impossible, but Granerud just assured me it would happen. The day will come when he will finally land behind a gang – wrote Karol Górka, a Sport.pl journalist on Twitter.
The runner-up of the World Cup – German Karl Geiger – did a terrible job. He only jumped 173.5 meters and took a distant 37th place. The departure of Marius Lindvik was also a sensation. The Norwegian made a catastrophic jump – only 151.5 meters and he was only 52. Only six jumpers jumped worse than Lindvik.
The start of the Sunday competition at 16. The live broadcast will be available on TVN, Eurosport 1 and on Player.pl. Live coverage will be available at Sport.pl and the Sport.pl LIVE application.
Let us remind you that Saturday’s World Cup competition in Oberstdorf was successful for the Poles. As many as five of our representatives were promoted to the second series. Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi remains the leader of the overall World Cup ranking with 55 points ahead of German Karl Geiger.
Source: Sport
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