The 2024/25 ski jumping season is officially history. The German team experienced both ups and downs this winter. With Markus Eisenbichler and Stephan Leyhe, two well -known faces are now saying goodbye to the team. From the second row and the offspring there is too little pressure, says Sport.de expert Luis Holuch in his seasonal conclusion.
“From a German perspective, the season was not always easy, but the bottom line was positively ended,” summed up the ski jumping journalist and TV commentator.
During the final ski flying in Slovenian Planica, the DSV eagles took second place in the team competition behind Austria. Andreas Wellinger landed on the podium on Sunday.
German ski jumper between high and performance hole
At the beginning of the season, Pius Paschke had experienced a real high flight. Five victories jumped out for the 34-year-old. The veteran “pulled” the German team up to the four -hill tour, summarized it.
Then the DSV eagles fell into a “noticeable performance hole”, the analyzed the sport.de-Expert. As the best German ski jumper, Paschke ended the four -hill tour on sixth place. After that, hardly anything went for him and his colleagues for several weeks.
expert: Ski jumping season ends with hammer
The upswing then came to the Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim on time. Andreas Wellinger won the silver medal on the normal hill behind the Norwegian Marius Lindvik. Finally, it was assumed whether the 29-year-old could even receive gold afterwards. The reason for the speculation is the suit scandal in the Norwegian team.
“The hoped-for trend reversal has occurred with the Nordic Ski World Championship.
“Too little pressure from the youngsters”
With Markus Eisenbichler and Stephan Leyhe, two well-known faces from the German team say goodbye to the ski jumping pension. The density of the DSV eagles is therefore “thinned out even further,” said Holuch. The team will “position itself more or less by itself,” he said.
“The problem is that there is too little pressure from the offspring and the B team. This is a gap that should be closed, because after the next season with the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, further resignation is to be expected due to age. Of course, you think of Pius Paschke, who has jumped with fifth in the overall World Cup, of course, but of course Karl Geiger is not. Younger, “Holuch summarized the challenge.
According to the ski jump journalist, this topic must be discussed. “This has to be found in the coming weeks and developing a plan on how to start the Olympic season, introduce the offspring closer and ideally avoid a similar shape as this winter,” analyzed Holuch.