Overview
- Domen Prevc led qualifying in Oberstdorf with 139.5 m, ahead of Germany’s Philipp Raimund, as titleholder Daniel Tschofenig placed third.
- Raimund’s 132.5 m jump reinforced his breakout season, which already includes four World Cup podiums and fourth place overall.
- Local favorite Karl Geiger finished 53rd at 106.5 m and will miss the opener, saying he plans to try again at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
- Six Germans advanced to Monday’s event: Raimund, Felix Hoffmann (12th), Pius Paschke (21st), Andreas Wellinger (39th), Constantin Schmid (44th) and Luca Roth (46th).
- The first competition airs at 16:30 CET on ARD and Eurosport, after a qualifying session that left Ryoyu Kobayashi seventh and Stefan Kraft 33rd.