The German ski-jumping aces Markus Eisenbichler and Richard Freitag shone with second and third places in the qualification for the World Cup in Zakopane, Poland. At the sovereign victory of the local hero and overall World Cup leader Kamil Stoch (137.0 m) Eisenbichler jumped 136.5 m with a bigger start, Friday he jumped out of the same hatch as Olympic champion Stoch to 131.0 m. On the other hand he was able to reach 131.0 m from the same hatch as Olympic champion Stoch.
Andreas Wellinger, last year’s runner-up behind Stoch and before Friday’s World Cup runner-up in Zakopane, showed a weak jump to 116.0 m and only pulled in 38th place. in the competition of the best 50 on Sunday – before that a team competition is scheduled for Saturday (16.00 o’ clock in the LIVETICKER). Daniel Andre Tande (Norway) has decided not to travel to Poland because of a gastrointestinal infection.
Stephan Leyhe, last year’s Zakopane qualifying winner, in 18th (129.5 m) and Karl Geiger in 24th (128.5) jumped solidly. The 18-year-old Constantin Schmid, who was last spared at the World Flight Championship, came in 27th (127.0).