Four Hills Tournament: Hörl wins ski jumping qualification – Paschke in eighth place

The German ski jumpers were also unable to keep up with the best in the qualification for the Bergisel jumping in Innsbruck. Philipp Raimund, the strongest athlete from national coach Stefan Horngacher’s team, took seventh place with a jump of 124.5 meters. Pius Paschke, who placed second in the overall World Cup, landed in eighth place with an equally long attempt. The Austrian Jan Hörl secured victory, ahead of the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang and Gregor Deschwanden from Switzerland.

All German starters qualified

The other German starters Andreas Wellinger, Karl Geiger, Felix Hoffmann and Adrian Tittel also qualified for the competition of the best 50 athletes this Saturday (1.30 p.m./ARD and Eurosport). Then the Bergisel with 22,500 spectators has been sold out again for a long time.

“The hut will be roaring,” exulted qualification winner Hörl. Most of the fans present in the spectacular stadium above Innsbruck will be hoping for the next chapter of the Austrian success story.

Before the third tour competition, Daniel Tschofenig leads ahead of his compatriots Hörl and Stefan Kraft. Paschke is the best German in sixth place. The 34-year-old is already more than 25 points behind first place. Geiger is eighth and therefore the second best German.

“Okay for today, but tomorrow it has to be better,” said Geiger on ARD about his qualifying jump of 120 meters, which resulted in 19th place. Coach Horngacher said with a view to the tour ranking: “Of course we’re not giving up and will really step on the gas tomorrow. The Pius is not that far away.”