Kamil Stoch is one of seven Polish athletes unable to compete in Oberstdorf after a COVID-19 outbreak ©Getty Images

Poland's ski jumping team has been thrown a lifeline at the Oberstdorf leg of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup, following a second COVID-19 test showing up negative for one of its jumpers, Klemens Murańka.

Murańka had tested positive for the virus, meaning some of the leading athletes on the World Cup circuit were set to miss the first event of the Four Hills Tournament.

These included three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch, reigning Four Hills champion Dawid Kubacki and Piotr Żyła.

Andrzej Stękała, Aleksander Zniszczoł and Maciej Kot were also set to miss out.

However, a second test was conducted, clearing the team for tomorrow's competition.

Austrian Philipp Aschenwald topped qualification today, finishing with a points total of 134.9.

Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud, who will look to record a sixth consecutive FIS Ski Jumping World Cup victory tomorrow, was second in qualifying, ahead of Slovenia's Cene Prevc.

Austria's Daniel Huber and Japan's Ryōyū Kobayashi completed the top five.

Austrian Stefan Kraft returned to action, finishing 11th in qualification, while Karl Geiger of Germany returned from coronavirus to qualify 14th.

Norway's Daniel-André Tande finished 23rd, while Markus Eisenbichler of Germany - who is the only other athlete to win a Ski Jumping World Cup event this season - could only finish 25th.

Obertstdorf is the first of four World Cup legs making up the Four Hills Tournament.