Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi also dictates the law in the qualification of Engelberg, absent Italy,

This afternoon in Engelberg (Sui) the qualification for tomorrow's race took place, which opened the pre-Christmas classic of men's ski jumping. As per tradition in Switzerland, the top nations do the dress rehearsals in view of the Tour of the four trampolines and also in this case the results have been interesting. Absent Italy who preferred to carry out a test in the Continental Cup.

Friday 17 December 2021 2 minutes reading time

During the weekend, the Italians will in fact be involved in the cadet circuit, which between Saturday and Sunday includes a double individual race in Ruka (Fin). Bresadola, with points in the World Cup last week in Klingenthal, Insam and Cecon will therefore try to hit a good result that could give morale in view of the Tourneé. Once again the best of the lot was Ryoyu Kobayashi, who after the success of Klingenthal has also laid down the law here. With the wind behind him, the Japanese landed at 136.5 m and supported an excellent telemark. At 3.2 points here is Timi Zajc, also at 136.5 m but with more favorable wind. The only one able to keep up with the two leaders was Jan Hoerl, third at 7.3 points. Behind great balance, with Johansson 4th, Stoch 5th and Lindvik 6th. Halvor Egner Granerud finished 9th instead, preceding the German Geiger, leader of the general classification, and Stefan Kraft. 15 nations are represented among the 50 qualified. Tomorrow there will be no Pole Piotr Zyla, eliminated due to a technical error in the deadlift phase.

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