Great! Daniel-André Tande won the qualification in Oberstdorf.

It must have been a good sign that the sun was shining from a blue sky, because Daniel-André Tande won the qualification with a strong jump on 139 meters. YES!

The atmosphere before his jump was highly charged, because the favourites such as Michael Hayböck from Austria (136.5 m), the German Markus Eisenbichler (137.0 m) and Kamil Stoch (POL, 137.5 m) have presented themselves really great. But then Daniel-André notched up one's performance and secured itself the qualification. He will be cope with his favourite role and tomorrow he`ll jump for the first stage victory at the 4 Hills Tournament. And his duel against the Frenchman Ronan Lamy Chappuis will make Tande with hands down.

But also the other Norwegians have presented themselves very well. Only Anders Fannemel was behind the expectations. Anyway he is qualified, but he his to fight against the strong and experienced Poles Kamil Stoch in the K.O. duel.

These are all the K.O. Duels for tomorrow:

1. Andreas Stjernen (126 m) versus Stefan Hula (POL)

2. Halvor Egner Granerud (124 m) versus Denis Kornilov (RUS)

3. Tom Hilde (123 m) versus Peter Prevc (SLO)

4. Robert Johansson (123 m) versus Michael Hayböck (AUT)

5. Anders Fannemel (117,5 m) versus Kamil Stoch

6. Daniel-André Tande versus Ronan Lamy Chappuis (FRA)

The first competition of the 4 Hills Tournament starts at 16:45 (CET)

full results here: data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/JP/3828/2017JP3828RLQ.pdf

start list 1st round - 1st stage in Oberstdorf: data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2017/JP/3829/2017JP3829SLR1.pdf

photo: berkutschi.com