Overview
- Slovenia’s Domen Prevc claimed his ninth World Cup victory of the season in Sapporo ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi and Daniel Tschofenig and widened his overall lead.
- Karl Geiger finished 14th for his best result of the winter, meeting only a half Olympic norm, and with the window closed his nomination is considered unlikely.
- Germany holds four men’s quota spots, and Felix Hoffmann, Pius Paschke, Andreas Wellinger and Philipp Raimund have met the full DOSB criteria, with the roster due Jan. 20.
- Philipp Raimund placed ninth as the top German finisher in Sapporo.
- Veteran Noriaki Kasai failed in qualifying, ending his bid for a ninth Olympics and leaving him tied with Claudia Pechstein at eight appearances.