Summer Grand Prix in Hinzenbach: training, qualification and competition [LIVE]

The Summer Grand Prix enters its decisive phase with the penultimate weekend in Hinzenbach, Austria, on the normal hill, featuring two individual competitions. With just over a month until the winter World Cup season, the event offers an early look at form. Poland fields Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki, Kamil Stoch, Paweł Wąsek, Aleksander Zniszczoł, and Piotr Żyła. Dawid Kubacki starts the weekend fourth in the overall SGP standings and remains in contention for the title.

Training series 1 (gate 9) featured a host of international jumpers. Notable distances included: - Paweł Wąsek 87.0 m; Maciej Kot 84.5 m; Piotr Żyła 84.0 m; Aleksander Zniszczoł 82.5 m; Kamil Stoch 78.0 m; Dawid Kubacki 74.5 m. - Other standouts: Pius Paschke 86.0 m; Enej Faletić 86.5 m; Anže Lanišek 86.0 m; Vladimír Zografski 85.5 m; Yukiya Satō 85.0 m; Ren Nikaidō 85.0 m; Ryōyū Kobayashi 86.0 m; Philipp Raimund led with 88.5 m.

Training series 2 (gate 10, then raised): - Poles: Maciej Kot 83.5 m; Dawid Kubacki 82.5 m; Piotr Żyła 83.5 m; Paweł Wąsek 81.5 m; Kamil Stoch 79.5 m; Aleksander Zniszczoł 79.0 m. - Top marks included Daniel Tschofenig 88.5 m (session leader), Karl Geiger 88.0 m, Felix Trunz 85.5 m, Maximilian Ortner 85.5 m, Ren Nikaidō 86.5 m.

Qualification (scheduled 13:00) began from gate 9. Early highlights: - Strong jumps from Andreas Wellinger 92.0 m, Stefan Kraft 92.0 m, Stephan Embacher 90.5 m, Anže Lanišek 89.5 m, Niko Kytösaho 89.5 m, Daniel Tschofenig 92.5 m (provisional leader), Jan Hörl 93.0 m (longer but with issues on landing), with Kraft/Tschofenig near the top. - Polish results noted: Paweł Wąsek 85.0 m (solid), Aleksander Zniszczoł 83.5 m (qualified), Piotr Żyła 88.0 m (safe), while updates on Kot, Stoch, and Kubacki appeared earlier from training; further qualification results were unfolding.

The live blog tracks ongoing distances, leader changes, and the broader SGP context: overall standings led by Niklas Bachlinger ahead of Sakutarō Kobayashi and Naoki Nakamura, with Kubacki fourth and Poles Kamil Stoch sixth and Maciej Kot seventh before Hinzenbach. The first competition round was set for 14:15 local time.