Overview
- Karl Geiger fell to 27th in Sapporo after a 114 m second jump, leaving him one last chance to meet the DOSB standard of either two top-15s or one top-eight before the qualification window closes Sunday night.
- Domen Prevc claimed his eighth win of the season and extended his overall lead, prevailing despite a broken boot buckle ahead of Japan’s Naoki Nakamura and Ren Nikaido.
- Philipp Raimund was the top German in 14th as Andreas Wellinger, Pius Paschke and Felix Hoffmann skipped Japan to train, with the national coach expected to nominate only four jumpers for the Games.
- In biathlon, Franziska Preuß shot clean yet finished fifth in the Ruhpolding sprint, highlighting a field so fast that error-free shooting no longer guarantees a podium.
- Selina Grotian secured a ‘half’ Olympic norm with 15th in Ruhpolding, and sport director Felix Bitterling signaled he may include her for Milan-Cortina despite not yet holding the full criterion.