Prevc & Hoerl Top Training, Stoch Remains a Contender Ahead of Predazzo Grand Prix
Predazzo, โItaly – Domen Prevc of Slovenia and Austria’s Jan โHoerlโ delivered the longest jumpsโข in seperate training sessions leading up to โSaturday’s individual โคSummer Grand Prix competition at โขthe โOlympic hill Trampolinoโค Dal ben (HS143). Kamil stochโฃ of โPoland consistently placed among the โleaders, demonstrating strong form as โqualificationโฃ approaches.
prevc led the first training series with โคa leap ofโ 140.5 meters, besting โคStoch (134.5m) by 1.1 points.โค Hoerl then topped the second training round with a jump of 142 meters,โ exceedingโ Ryoyu โขKobayashi (137m) by โ13.8 points. These training resultsโค offer a crucialโ earlyโ indicator โขofโ athlete โฃperformance as theโค summer ski jumping season progresses,โค impacting โฃseeding for Saturday’sโ competition and providingโ valuable data for athletes and teamsโ to refine their strategies. Qualification is set toโข begin at 21:30 localโฃ time.
Theโข first training session saw Kristofferโ Eriksen Sundal (137m) โขfinish third, followed by Valentin Foubert (135m) and Hoerl (134.5m). โค Maciej Kot of Poland secured โฃeleventh place with 134.5m, while Aleksander Rzeczczoล (133.5m) and Dawidโ Kubacki (129m) finished โthirteenthโ and thirtieth respectively. Piotr ลปyลa landed at 126.5m, placing thirty-sixth. The first โขtrainingโ runs utilized starting โขbeams 18โค and 17.
Hoerl’sโค winning jump in the second training cameโ from the short run, specifically the 15th โbeam โat the request of his coach. Following Hoerl and Kobayashi, Manuel โFettner (136m) took third, with Stoch (136m) and Kubacki (134.5m) โขroundingโ outโ the top five. Maciej Kot placed โฃtenth (134m), while Rzeczczoล (131.5m) and ลปyลa (129.5m) finished twenty-eighth and thirty-fourth, respectively. The second training โขwas โคconducted โfrom the 17th platform.
Live results can be tracked via theโฃ FIS website:โฃ http://live.skijumping.pl/ and Berkutschi reports are available at: https://www.skijumping.pl/live-berkutschi/lgp.