World Cup in Oberstdorf: Four Hills Tournament opener live – trial round and individual competition

The article provides a live play-by-play from Oberstdorf, the first stop of the 74th Four Hills Tournament in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. It lists the KO pairings and explains that winners of the 25 pairs plus five lucky losers advance to the second round.

Key live updates include distances and provisional standings for many athletes. Highlights feature strong jumps by Domen Prevc (up to 141.5 m, near the hill record), Jan Hörl (136.5–140 m), Ryoyu Kobayashi (133–136 m), Timi Zajc (133.5 m), Philipp Raimund (133–136 m), and others. Several leaderboard changes are noted as athletes take the lead during the trial and first round.

Polish results are tracked closely. In the trial round the Poles’ placements were: Tomasiak 17th (124.5 m), Kot 36th (117 m), Żyła 38th (116.5 m), Wąsek 42nd (112 m), Stoch 50th (102 m). In the first round of the competition, three Poles—Kacper Tomasiak (128.5 m), Kamil Stoch (131 m) and Paweł Wąsek (122 m)—qualify for the final, while Maciej Kot (121 m) and Piotr Żyła (123 m) do not. The piece notes that Tomasiak, Stoch and Wąsek will be in the second series starting at 17:50.

Contextual sidebars link to features on German hopes for ending a long Four Hills drought, the atmosphere in Oberstdorf, Adam Małysz’s cautious outlook on Polish form and Dawid Kubacki’s absence, and a note on Andreas Wellinger’s struggles. The article also reminds readers of the hill record (143.5 m by Sigurd Pettersen) and that the competition is held on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf.