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Daniel Huber only had to admit defeat to current Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR) in qualifying for the third competition of the Four Hills Tournament on Saturday. Huber landed at 127.5 meters and was second at the Bergisel with 128.9 points, just 3.3 points behind Norsker. ÖSV’s second best man was World Cup champion Stefan Kraft, sixth. Philipp Aschenwald landed in tenth place.
Twelve of the 13 Austrians qualified for Sunday’s competition, including Gregor Schlierenzauer. Only Stefan Rainer missed the World Cup in 55th place.
The most important co-duels of the first round of Sunday’s competition:
Steiner – Niko Kytosaho (FIN)
Lackner – Schiffner
Michail Nasarow (RUS) – Schlierenzauer
Leitner – Antti Aalto (FIN)
Sander Vossan Eriksen (NOR) – Hayböck
Listen – Daniel Andre Tande (NOR)
Severin Freund (GER) – Aschenwald
Simon Amman (SUI) – Geiger
Decker Dean (United States) – Kraft
Constantin Schmid (GER) – Stoch
Maciej Kot (POL) – Eisenbichler
Kahofer – Kubacki
Fettner – Huber
Victor Polasek (CZE) – Granerud
(APA) / Image: GEPA