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136.1 points were enough for the Salzburg man to finish fourth behind Slovenian Anze Lanisek (139 m / 138.6 points), Norway’s Halvor Egner Granerud (143 / 138.1) and German Markus Eisenbichler (135.5 / 137, 9). Michael Hayböck landed in 12th place, Daniel Huber in 15th, Philipp Aschenwald in 23rd, Markus Schiffner in 28th, Jan Hörl in 41st and Thomas Lackner in 46th.
In the elimination duels, Kraft faces the Polish Aleksander Zniszczol, Lackner faces the first German winner Karl Geiger. There is an Austrian duel between Aschenwald and Schiffner. In the other duels, Hayböck will face Piotr Zyla (POL), Hörl against Johann Andre Forfang and HUber against Slovenian Ziga Jelar.
Kraft in fourth place
With fourth place in the standings, Stefan Kraft was feeling confident for the New Year’s competition at Garmisch.
“It was a lot of fun today, it was a great qualifying, just behind the first. I felt really good, I finished well last year, ”said Kraft, who finished sixth in the opening competition in Oberstdorf. The New Year will also be calm and quiet because of the coronavirus pandemic, you definitely want to leave your back problems behind in the previous one.
Last year’s winner, Marius Lindvik from Garmisch, who traveled to Innsbruck to see a doctor due to a severe toothache, was not at the top of qualifying. The Norwegian finished third in the opening competition.
CoV case in the Russian team
There was unpleasant news in the run-up to qualifying for the Russian team. A jumper tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. “The affected athlete is in quarantine. In addition, three other members of the Russian ski jumping team, including another athlete, were classified as Category I contacts and also quarantined, ”said the organizing committee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
According to Martin Fleckenstein, the head of the medical committee, they are in constant contact with the health department and have agreed on the decision together. “During the day, the authorities will decide how to proceed with the people concerned and then inform them about the next steps.”
