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The 25-year-old won the classification held on Monday in heavy snowfall with a jump of 128.5 meters with 134.9 points ahead of the Norwegian season dominator Halvor Egner Granerud (123.8). Daniel Huber was fourth (123.3) just behind, Stefan Kraft eleventh (114.7) on his return.
All Austrians dominated the standings, so Michael Hayböck (16th), Jan Hörl (22nd), Markus Schiffner (31st) and Thomas Lackner (36th) are also at the start on Tuesday.
Even before qualifying, the Polish team surrounding defending champion Dawid Kubacki and Olympic champion Kamil Stoch had been excluded from the competition after a positive crown test from Klemens Muranka. “We were surprised that they took the whole team. That is not good for our sport, but if the German health department decides that way, nothing can be done anyway,” Kraft said in an interview with ORF.
In sporting terms, the man from Salzburg who returned after his Covid 19 infection and back problems was in the shadow of two of his compatriots. Aschenwald won more than ten points with the daily maximum distance ahead of Granerud, which could become the sixth jump in history on Tuesday to win six competitions in a row. “I took the opportunity and I am very happy,” said the Tyrolean. He knew his circumstances were “a little better” than many of his competitors.
But the jump also fit. “It was much better than the last one, it was a great jump,” emphasized Aschenwald. In the end he was not only able to cheer from a sporting point of view, since the winner of the classification received a check for 5,000 euros. Now you want to add more on Tuesday. “I’ll be sure to take the slack today,” Aschenwald said.
With Huber, the ÖSV eagle, who is the best on paper, also had a positive balance. “I wanted to speed up, I did it,” said the 27-year-old satisfied. Upon landing, he had to survive “moments of shock.” “When I landed, it cut off my ski, which shows that the jump only ends when you’ve come down. But it all worked out,” Huber said.
In difficult conditions, Kraft landed after 116.5 meters. “Unfortunately I was a little late to the jumping table and then it didn’t work out. I really like the hill here and I feel good so I’m really looking forward to tomorrow,” said the 27-year-old tournament winner. since 2014/15. In 2016, he was the last Austrian to win a traveling competition in Oberstdorf.
In one of the 25 eliminatory duels with the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang, Aschenwald meets the Swiss Dominik Peter, Huber meets the Japanese Yukiya Sato, Hayböck meets the Czech Viktor Polasek, Hörl meets the German Martin Hamann, Schiffner the Norwegian Marius Lindvik and Lackner on the Estonian Artti Aigro.
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