The Slovenians dominated the qualification for the home ski flying World Cup in Planica on Thursday (March 24th, 2022). Anze Lanisek (233 meters) won ahead of Timi Zajc (235.5 meters). Third was the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang (225.5 meters). As the best German, Constantin Schmid came in twelfth with 230 meters.
Geiger lands behind Kobayashi
Karl Geiger has not yet been able to present himself in the duel for the overall World Cup victory in ski jumping against the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi. In qualifying, the man from Oberstdorf flew 16th with 219 meters. World Cup leader Kobayashi was eleventh with 224 meters. However, the qualification has not yet had any effect on Geiger’s 66-point deficit in the overall standings, since no points are awarded here.
German quintet
Markus Eisenbichler (218.5 meters), Andreas Wellinger (221.5 meters) and Severin Freund (207 meters) also achieved the jumping of the top 40 on Friday as 18th, 30th and 34th.
Leyhe misses Friday’s competition
Stephan Leyhe was 41st with 204.5 meters and missed Friday’s competition by 2.1 points.
Quali pushed back from morning
The qualification, which was actually planned for Thursday morning, had to be postponed to the afternoon because there had been problems with the inrun track at temperatures of more than 15 degrees Celsius. The water film that formed on the ice track due to the high temperatures became a danger for the jumpers – which is why the qualification was pushed back.