Germany can still ski jumping. The DSV eagles are released in the largest form low of this season. Andreas Wellinger’s World Cup medal is reminiscent of the competitions two years ago in Planica.
World Cup silver from the normal hill for Andreas Wellinger. Few had this medal at the Nordic Ski World Championships on the note. The man from SC Ruhpolding only had to give up the Norwegian Marius Lindvik and landed before Jan Hörl from Austria.
Silver winner Wellinger: “never gave up”
“Boah, it feels damn good. It has been pretty tedious for the past few weeks. We fought a lot, we never gave up“, A visibly relieved Wellinger beamed at the ARD microphone. It was the first podium for the DSV eagle in Titisee Neustadt since mid-December. Wellinger had even stood on the podium in Ruka in early December-but at that time as the winner.
This also ended the weeks of the course of the cause for the form crisis of the German ski jumper. Wellinger himself admitted, “partly close“To have been.”But now I really succeeded in bringing energy from the first jump away, that I will be easy in the air that I can work with my feeling. And yes, I’m mega happy.“
World Cup silver thanks to “Drecksau” mentality
Wellinger could not really explain what had now led to the coup on the normal hill in Trondheim. Rather, he emphasized the mentality of himself and his routine colleague Karl Geiger, who narrowly missed the podium with fourth place. “Karl and I are just a dirty sow when it comes to major events. Then we throw everything on the balance.“
At “One or two small adjusting screws“But then it was turned, Wellinger admitted.”This made it possible for me that it is really easier that more energy comes in again. (..) That I get full and loosely down and then really have the position 30 meters after the edge.“
Memories of Planica
With the winning of the silver medal, memories became awake of the last Nordic Ski World Cup. Even before the competition in Planica, the DSV team fell into a hole after the now reliable fourth place in four. Only Andreas Wellinger had shown with his two victories in Lake Placid and the victory in Rasnov. In both jumping, however, the international competition spared itself, which is why Wellinger was not a definitive medal candidate in Planica at the time and still got silver from the normal hill.
“We cannot train at the major event. It looks a bit like this because we usually make it“, Grinned Wellinger.”Sure, I knew I can fight around the medals at the front and fight for victory. I have proven that myself in training for the last two days. But competition is competition and you have to deliver it.“
DSV team celebrates “giantLiberation “
Wellinger delivered and achieved the “Huge exemption“For the German ski jumping team.”In the past few weeks we have only been ninth in Sapporo and never any other“, the 29-year-old recalled.”But now at a World Cup where it is only about the first three to be there at the front is a huge relief.“
Team colleague Geiger also beamed despite the unfortunate outcome for him: “”Wells’ has a medal. We hoped that we would get a medal in singles. You have to do that first“He also showed himself happy and already formulated a little declaration of war on the competition:”We have a very strong team and do not let ourselves get down here. We accelerate.“
Andreas Wellinger, on the other hand, did not want to look too far forward and the competition from the big hill on Saturday. “Now we’ll let the whole thing sink.“