Title fights in Trondheim
First wind, then sheet: ski jumpers go away empty -handed at World Cup
Turbulence in the weather and failures on the hill: The second World Cup week is anything but round for the German team. The chances of further medals are disappearing.
Disappointed faces instead of brilliant medals: The German ski jumping team has to accept the next clear defeat at the Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim and also went out in the team competition. 24 hours after fourth place in the mixed, the team of national coach Stefan Horngacher did not come across the ungrateful fourth place in the occupation Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, Philipp Raimund and Andreas Wellinger.
Austrians only get silver
As in the mixed, the German and chief coach Horngacher only remained the role of the friendly well -wishers. “The task will be as rare as possible 120 meters. That is the crux,” Wellinger had announced confidently. Exactly this mishap with too short jumps passed in four out of eight rounds. Only Raimund was really stable as the third jumper.
The Slovenes were surprisingly flew around Anze Lanisek, who also left TopfAvorit Austria in the atmospheric granases Skiente with four-hill tour tour Daniel Tschofenig and host Norway.
After a violent storm around the city in Norway, the wind calmed down to the competition in good time, which could be started on time at sunset. The jumpers were more lucky than the combiners, in which the strong gusts caused a shift in the World Cup competition to Friday at noon.
Tormented view of Geiger’s mistake
The quartet of the German Ski Association (DSV) kept in the team competition properly and – especially in the person of Raimund – showed positive outliers. But the top three nations had significantly more substance in their own ranks and distant Germany.
Geiger, whose weak second jump was almost the end of the medal hopes, grabbed his head in disbelief and left the run with tortured gaze.
“I really didn’t succeed,” said the 32 -year -old violinist in the ARD. For Austria, silver was as much a disappointment as for Germany fourth place. Two months ago at the tour, Tschofenig, Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft finally outclassed the entire competition.
First Titellose World Cup since 2009?
On the normal hill, the ski jumping team had three medals in these title fights. Wellinger and Selina Friday each conquered individual silver, the women’s quartet around Friday won bronze. In the second week, a sporting fiasco with a total of four competitions threatens without a medal. The women are on Friday (4.30 p.m./ARD and Eurosport) with their singles, the men at the end on Saturday (3:45 p.m.).
The World Cup has so far not been running according to plan for the previously medal cross-country team and the combiners that are always defeated by Norway. The outliers go up in all areas, even more since the rest day. The German team, traditionally strong in major events, threatens the first Titellose World Cup in Liberec in Czech since 2009.
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Source: Stern
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