Marcus Eisenbichler of Germany came in on top after a jump of 225.5 meters (222.5 p.), while Michael Hayböck took the second place. The Austrian achieved a personal best with 242.5 meters (216.0 p.). Norway’s Halvor Egner Granerud was third with a flight of 221.5 meters (215.6 p.). All four home representatives made it to tomorrows competition, the best being Bor Pavlovčič (220.0 m, 202.8 p.) who finished in 11th place.
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Eisenbichler wins qualifications
For the first time in history we’ve seen qualifications for the individual competition of the FIS Ski Flying World Championships under the floodlights.