The Japanese skipped the training jump on Wednesday despite difficult conditions, but he won the qualification with a 141.5 m jump. There was the equivalent of just under 3,100 euros. Behind them were three Norwegians and three Germans, eleven of the 13 Austrians who entered qualified for the competition (4.30 p.m.).
Tour ninth Jan Hörl was the best of them as tenth, just ahead of Philipp Aschenwald. “I find it relatively difficult to track and I am very tense,” said local hero Hörl after his 128.5 m set. Constant rainfall made it necessary for the athletes to be let down quickly in the lane for fair conditions. Aschenwald had primarily shown in the training jump with 139 m and first place: “A cool jump, I haven’t gotten through one for a long time.”
Tour tenth Daniel Huber followed in 15th place in the competition, which had been moved from Innsbruck to Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze due to the cancellation the day before. At 124 m, Stefan Kraft was half a meter shorter than his closer compatriot and was 20th after missing Garmisch qualification .
Before the competition, there were around two hours for analysis not far from the hill in the Österreicher-Haus. This also applied to Manuel Fettner (31st), Clemens Aigner (33rd), Stefan Rainer (34th), Ulrich Wohlgenannt (35th), Daniel Tschofenig (36th), Thomas Lackner (40th) and Michael Hayböck (49th) .). Fettner lost a ski after landing, which thundered against the gang and broke. The 36-year-old himself was uninjured. Hayböck was not at all satisfied, but just managed to get up.
There were three red-white-red knockout duels for the competition, namely Fettner against Kraft, Tschofenig against Huber and Lackner against Aschenwald. Hörl has to deal with the Slovenian Timi Zajc, Habyöck with the Norwegian Kobayashi persecutor Marius Lindvik and Kobayashi himself with the Russian Roman Trofimow. Janni Reisenauer (51st) and Maximilian Steiner (54th) have left the national ÖSV group. You will get a second chance in the Thursday competition.
Source: Nachrichten
