Olympia 2018: All four Austrians qualified for normal hill, force fifth

World champion Stefan Kraft took fifth place in the qualification for the first Olympic ski jump decision from the normal hill as the best Austrian in fifth place on Thursday.

Also the three other ÖSV jumpers – Michael Hayböck as 26th, Manuel Fettner as 27th. and Gregor Schlierenzauer as 32nd – qualified for the competition on Saturday (from 13.35 CET).

The German Andreas Wellinger won the qualifying round ahead of the Polish four-hill tour dominator and double Olympic champion Kamil Stoch.