The hosts’ representative waived skip at a distance of 135 m and 130 m, thanks to which he overtook Kubacki by 7.2 points Kubackiwho was the leader after the first round, jumped 137m and 125.5m. Granerud he achieved 130.5 and 126 m, and fourth Stock – 133 and 123.5 m.
In the first series, I made a very nice jump. I made a mistake in the final series. It’s my fault Kubacki admitted.
Fifth was an Austrian Stefan Kraft. The following places were taken by the Slovenians: Anze Lanisek and Timi Zajc.
Piotr Zyla he ranked 14th after jumps over 131.5 and 124.5 m.33. Pawel Wasek (118m) and 38. Alexander the Destroyer (114 m) did not qualify for the second series.
Kobayashi he broke in front of his home crowd and won the first competition of the season. This is his 28th career triumph.
Whereas Kubacki He is on the podium for the 10th time in a row. Representing Polish is the boss of the world cup and is more than 100 points ahead of the second Granerud.
Kubacki in the 2019/20 season, when competitions were last held in Sapporo, also got on the podium – he took third place. Friday’s podium was his 35th career.
There will be two individual competitions in Sapporo this weekend. Saturday will start at 8 a.m. and Sunday at 2 a.m. Polish time.