The German Four Hills Tournament hope Karl Geiger failed in the qualification for the New Year’s competition.
The 29-year-old ski jumper qualified in front of 9,000 spectators for the competition on New Year’s Day (2:00 p.m. / ARD and Eurosport), but with 119 meters as 30th he fell well short of the high expectations.
“In general, I didn’t start that well today. It wasn’t a clean blade. That also has its reasons, we have to do better tomorrow,” said Geiger. Specifically, he named the center of gravity in the inrun track, which he had not found.
National coach Stefan Horngacher said: “It wasn’t quite as ideal. It’s not that stressful. We had the task of coming in easily. Karl lost his balance a bit, but nothing dramatic.”
Philipp Raimund surprised as the best DSV eagle
A total of ten German jumpers qualified for the prestigious competition at the start of 2023.
The best athlete in head coach Stefan Horngacher’s team was surprisingly Philipp Raimund in ninth place. Poland’s Dawid Kubacki (140.5 meters) secured victory ahead of Slovenia’s Anze Lanisek and his compatriot Timi Zajc.
In the overall tour standings, the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud, who finished sixth in qualifying, already has a cushion on his pursuers after his clear victory in Oberstdorf.
Improved Markus Eisenbichler
A slight upward trend could be seen with German record world champion Markus Eisenbichler. “Eisei” jumped 131 meters and finished 14th.
“It was difficult in Oberstdorf. Everything didn’t come together, then you sometimes quarrel with yourself. It just didn’t work at all. I was annoyed for a moment, then it was eaten again,” said Eisenbichler on “ARD”. . In the meantime he is looking a little more confidently to the rest of the tour.
In Oberstdorf he was 33rd and missed the second round.
Unlike in Oberstdorf, this time the so-called national group was at the start. For David Siegel, Finn Braun and the disqualified Simon Spiewok it was not enough for a place in the top 50 in the preliminary round.
Former ski flying world champion Daniel-André Tande from Norway was also disappointed. His 112.5 meter jump was not enough for qualification.
The duels of the German ski jumpers:
Philipp Raimund (9/Oberstdorf) – Ziga Jelar (42/Slovenia)
Constantin Schmid (10/Oberaudorf) – Alex Insam (41/Italy)
Markus Eisenbichler (14/Siegsdorf) – Pius Paschke (37/Kiefersfelden)
Stephan Leyhe (15/Willingen) – Marius Lindvik (36/Norway)
Andreas Wellinger (19/Ruhpolding) – Philipp Aschenwald (32/Austria)
Felix Hoffmann (28/Heidersbach) – Naoki Nakamura (23/Japan)
Martin Hamann (29/Aue) – Jan Hoerl (22/Austria)
Karl Geiger (30/Oberstdorf) – Ren Nikaido (21/Japan)
Luca Roth (49/Messtetten) – Anze Lanisek (2/Slovenia)