At the World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt, national coach Stefan Horngacher wants to give away his last two places in Beijing. In addition to Severin Freund, Pius Paschke and Constantin Schmid, Andreas Wellinger has also been an option.
Wellinger: “It’s bitter”
However, Wellinger’s chances of getting a ticket have fallen rapidly. The Olympic champion suffered another setback on Friday after recovering from knee problems. With fighting for a starting place, “i.eUnfortunately I can’t do that now, and that’s bitter“So Wellinger.”What can I say? My knee is better again, I had medical clearance and I am allowed to jump,” he explained audibly dejectedly. “And then the shit corona test comes in between.” The 26-year-old went straight into quarantine. “shit gone“, he summarized the situation in an audio message.
Horngacher announces decision on Saturday
“The downside is of course Andi“, said Horngacher, who could see his team qualifying well. It was a top performance in terms of jumping. However, he didn’t want to rule out Wellinger’s nomination. He would only make the decision after the jumping on Saturday (4:15 p.m. /ARD) announce.
Trio fight for Beijing ticket
Severin Freund recommended himself for an Olympic starting place with 130.5 meters: “You always have your own performance in your own hands. The five that go will be good.” Now it says “all giving“In the internal competition for the remaining free places, however, Constantin Schmid (130.5m) and Pius Paschke (129.5m/15.) also announced their ambitions. “Zakopane was a bit of a wake-up call, it was very difficult for me,” said Schmid after tenth place. Why does he jump better here? “I don’t know why it is“. Only one thing is clear for him: “If you push yourself too hard, it won’t work.“
Geiger, Eisenbichler and Leyhe are firmly planned
Karl Geiger, who was able to catch up to the leading Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi in the World Cup, showed his good form again in the qualification. Behind Cene Prevc (135.5m) and Kobayashi (131.5m), Geiger (136m) jumped to third place. “I’m super happy. The first time I have so much fun on the hill.” Markus Eisenbichler (132m) was eighth. Stephan Leyhe (123.5m), already scheduled for the trip to China, 26.
Quartet qualified from the national group
Justin Lisso from the national group left a good impression and surprised sports show expert Sven Hannawald not only in training. With 119.5 meters, the 22-year-old bought the ticket for the jumping on Saturday. Richard Freitag (116) is also back in the World Cup. He wasn’t satisfied: unfortunately it worked.”not quite that much. I’m still way too late,” said the former top jumper.
Also there are Philipp Raimund (114.5) and Martin Hamann (107). David Siegel (106.5) just missed the jumping as 51st. The 25-year-old, after a cruciate ligament tear and most recently quarantine due to a positive corona test, is “happy to be back on the hill.”
Positive test at Polish top jumper
Other nations are also affected by positive tests: Polish ski jumping world champion Piotr Zyla tested positive two weeks before the Winter Olympics. This was announced by Poland’s association immediately before the World Cup weekend in Titisee-Neustadt. The 35-year-old, who surprisingly won the World Cup singles from Oberstdorf in February 2021, is the next case in the Polish team after the former Four Hills Tournament winner Dawid Kubacki was recently caught.
In order to be allowed to enter China, Zyla and Kubacki have to pass a total of four negative PCR tests after their recovery. There are currently other cases in the World Cup. Daniel-André Tande and Fredrik Villumstad from the Norwegian team tested positive for the virus. On Thursday, Johann André Forfang also received a positive test, as confirmed by head coach Alexander Stöckl. After all, he is confident: “It will work out,” explained Stöckl during the qualification in the Sportschau interview.
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Status: 01/21/2022, 5:00 p.m