Winter sports: Strength jumps to qualifying victory, Huber fails

Stefan Kraft has already confirmed his strong start in Wisla with the ranks two (team) and three (single) in Ruka. As in Poland, the World Cup defending champion also won the qualification for top ten jumpers this season with a 144 m set ahead of the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang (138.5 m). Second best Austrian was Michael Hayböck (133 m) in fourth place.

Daniel Huber, on the other hand, was already the fatality of the new World Cup rule. The Salzburg man from Salzburg, who started the Olympic season with a strong sixth rank, caught a gust above the stem in changing conditions, landed at 87.5 metres and missed the 55th place. the qualification. Until last season, jumpers had been permanently qualified in the top ten of the overall ranking.

But his other ÖSV team-mates managed to make it into the top 50: Manuel Fettner (14. /127,5 m), Manuel Poppinger (22. /122,5), Markus Schiffner (27. /117,5) and Clemens Aigner (30. /116) will be with him on Sunday. The second World Cup weekend of the Olympic season in Finland will continue with a team competition on Saturday (16.15) and an individual race on Sunday (15.00).