Gold goes to Slovenia
But the final didn’t go without a setback either. In the Norwegians, Odine Anna Ström was disqualified.
With Slovenia (1001.50 points), one of the favorites deservedly celebrated the Olympic victory. The quartet of the Russian Olympic Committee (890.3) jumped to silver, Canada (844.60) surprisingly flew to bronze.
German team stunned
The competition had started well for the German team. Katharina Althaus jumped 104 meters free with silver in her pocket. Selina Freitag with 88 meters, Constantin Schmid with 101 and Karl Geiger with 101.5 meters put the team on course for a medal.
But then she was second in the ranking and was disqualified by Althaus. That put Germany out of the competition.
Horngacher speaks of “Punch and Punch”
“Apparently the suit was too big“said women’s head coach Maximilian Mechler in the ZDF interview. The decision is incomprehensible, since the same suits had previously been used, national coach Stefan Horngacher explained the situation. “It was really pleaser,” said the 52-year-old. “You’re starting to measure things differently now at the Olympics.”
Even Karl Geiger could only shake his head. “Wow, that’s really a tough number” he said stunned. “Mega bizarre that three have now been taken out.”
Team Manager Horst Hüttel: Scandalous
“We’re all pissed off“said team manager Horst Hüttel after consultation with Japan and Austria. “The girls say we all jumped the same suits as in the individual competition.”
If you take out three of the top athletes, the FIS has to question whether everything is okay. “Scandalous“, Hüttel called the situation.
Drama also for Japan and Austria
An elated Sara Takanashi, who had missed out on gold in the singles, flew to 103 meters and quickly had to trade joy for great disappointment. The 25-year-old was disqualified because of her suit. Japan made it into the final in eighth place.
In the Austrian team, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz suffered the same fate, but the red-white-red ski nation was still in the final in sixth place. Germany, on the other hand, was out. China also missed the decision.
Source: Margot Lamparter