The individual competition in Zakopane is about to start at 13:00 CET. After yesterday's competition which was a bit surprisingly won by a Ryoyu-less Japan, Dawid Kubacki is the clear favourite for today's individual competition, with Klimov, Stoch, Forfang, Johansson, Sato, Nakamura, Geiger and Peier also in the battle for the podium. The weather is not perfect in Zakopane, but let us hope they can still jump today.
In the trial round, Kamil Stoch crushed the field, although he had ideal conditions which quickly became worse after his jump among the early jumpers. Klimov was best of the rest ahead of Kubacki and Johansson, who won last week and is still in very good shape. What made me glad, personally, was Schlierenzauer continuing his good jumps from yesterday and last week. It is a joy to see him smile again after his jumps - let us hope he can still compete at the top come wintertime!
