Andreas Wellinger has at least gave the troubled German ski jumpers at the home World Cup in Willingen.
When the Austrian Daniel Tschofenig was again victory, the two -time Olympic champion landed twelve and took some damage limitation three weeks before the World Cup.
Overall, the team of national coach Stefan Horngacher disappointed again, for the third time in a row there was no German in the top 10.
In addition to Wellinger, only Philipp Raimund (15th) reached the second round before 13,164. Already on Saturday, more than 15th place by Felix Hoffmann was not in there for the DSV-Adler, which started in such a shiny season.
John André Forfang (Norway) and Jan Hörl (Austria) landed on the podium behind four-hill touring Tschofenig, who could not be beat to 150.0 and 148.0 with flights to 150.0 and 148.0. In a row, it was not enough for the Germans in the eleventh individual competition. There had been a longer dry spell 14 years ago.
Behind Wellinger and Raimund there was also a big gap: The five -time winner Pius Paschke (31st) missed the second round, as do Karl Geiger (33rd), Felix Hoffmann (39th) and Adrian Tittel (45.).
Horngacher doesn’t have to worry about his job. “There would be a risk in a change, so that is not the topic for us,” said DSV sports director Horst Hüttel, but demanded: “It is now also up to Steff to draw the right conclusions.”