LIVE: Opening competition of the 69th Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf

Karl Geiger leads after the first round of the inaugural competition of the Four Hills Tournament, but his teammate Markus Eisenbichler leaves precious meters behind. The fight for victory in Oberstdorf is still exciting. Live now!

With a jump to the best distance of 133.5 meters, Markus Eisenbichler wins the trial before the opening jump of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. The excitement in the first competition is guaranteed, now live!

62 athletes from 16 nations begin the 69th edition of the Four Hills Tournament on Tuesday. After the Polish team has received approval for the competition after another series of negative tests, the competition will take place without a knockout mode.

The German team is represented with a total of twelve athletes in the first round. In addition to the current World Cup team, national coach Stefan Horngacher has nominated a national group of six who can gain experience at the World Cup in Oberstdorf. Hopes in the fight for the first German general victory since Sven Hannawald rest mainly on Markus Eisenbichler.

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In yesterday’s qualifying, which has been negligible ever since, Eisenbichler did not pass 25th, but the Siegsdorf native remained impressively strong in practice. “I got along well in practice, in qualifying I just didn’t have a good driving experience when I started,” said the three-time world champion.

The top seed for overall victory is a Norwegian – after five consecutive World Cup victories, Halvor Egner Granerud is the undisputed World Cup leader overall. He could become the first Norwegian overall winner since Anders Jacobsen 2006/2007. “I am fully aware that I am the big favorite. I can’t lie well enough to say I wouldn’t be, “Granerud said beforehand.

The test round starts at 3pm, followed by individual competition at 4:30 pm In addition to the live blog at this point, you also have the option on skispringen.com to follow all the jumps on the FIS live ticker .