Karl Geiger
It was an amazing opening competition of the 69th 4-Hills-Tournament in Oberstdorf. After his Covid infection, Karl Geiger won the opener ahead of Poland's Kamil Stoch and Norway's Marius Lindvik. Geiger now has a very good chance of becoming the first overall 4-Hills-Tournament winner from Germany since Sven Hannawald in 2002.
It was definitely an exciting first competition of the 69th 4-Hills-Tournament. Favorite Markus Eisenbichler provided the first highlight of the final round with his 142 m jump. With this longest jump of the day, Eisenbichler could move up from 26th to fifth overall, his first jump was not good enough for an even better result today. Eisenbichler still has a chance to claim the overall title after this first competition. The top contender, Halvor Egner Granerud, finished just ahead of Eisenbichler in fourth. His chances to secure the title also remain very good.