09:46
Riiber in the test round in front
The athletes have just had the opportunity to adjust to the prevailing conditions during the trial run. Jarl Magnus Riiber was able to show the best jump. The Norwegian landed at 101.5 meters and scored 86.6 points. With Franz Joseph Rehrl (83.2 pts), Stefan Rettenegger (78.5 pts), Ryota Yamamoto (78.1 pts) and Kristjan Ilves (74.3 pts) on the other ranks, the usual could Put suspects in the limelight. The German team, on the other hand, still has room for improvement. Julian Schmid still finished seventh with 69.3 points, but Geiger (14th), Frenzel (19th) and Faißt (26th) should still improve a little. Co-favorites Oftebro and Lamparter finished ninth and tenth respectively.
09:36
The starters for Austria
Austria has its highest hopes in World Cup leader Johannes Lamparter. However, the 2021 world champion did not get along so well in training with the system. On the other hand, the light athlete who runs with a high frequency should be able to cope quite well with the rather deep stretches in Planica. As a strong jumper, Franz-Joseph Rehrl is always good for a top place, but like his colleagues Stefan Rettenegger and Martin Fritz, he should be rated better on the large hill.
09:31
The German contingent
National coach Hermann Weinbuch has chosen Julian Schmid, Vincenz Geiger, Eric Frenzel and Manuel Faißt. Based on the impressions from the season so far, Schmid and Geiger can definitely have a say in the battle for the medals. With 17 World Championship medals, Eric Frenzel is a guarantee for major events, but he needs exceptional luck on the hill for the veteran to collect another one. Manuel Faißt also had to struggle on the hill recently. However, the eighth overall in the World Cup needs a top jump to be able to keep up with the front runners on the cross-country ski run. Not there is Johannes Rydzek, who didn’t get along so well with the normal hill in training and therefore has to let his colleagues go first.
09:24
The favourites
In the last few weeks there have been frequent three-way battles between Johannes Lamparter (AUT), Jens Lurås Oftebro (NOR) and Julian Schmied (GER). The three best-placed athletes in the World Cup will most likely be fighting for the medals again today. However, they should be joined by Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR) and Vincenz Geiger (GER). The Norwegian long-term dominator has reported back just in time after a lengthy history of illness and the Oberstorfer is also fit again after a somewhat severe cold from January. The outsiders include the strong runners Jørgen Gråbak and Ikka Herola as well as the strong jumpers Ryota Yamamoto and Franz Joseph Rehrl.
09:14
Today’s format
After the ladies started on Friday, the stage belongs to the men today. The individual normal hill competition in the Gundersen format is on the program. This means that the athletes will first complete a jump from the HS-102 hill before competing in distances from the ski jump over the 10km cross-country event for gold, silver and bronze.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the men’s World Championship decision on the normal hill! The live ticker starts in good time before the start of the competition.