Stefan Kraft threw a round of eggnog in the red-white-red party vehicle heading to Bischofshofen and got in the mood with his Austria teammates for the historic heart-stopping finale of the Four Hills Tournament. After the defeat in Innsbruck, there was silence and perplexity among the German traveling group: overall victory and a podium are miles away, the gap to the dominant Austrians is huge – for Pius Paschke and Co. that’s all they can do on their “zero chance tour”. nor about damage limitation.

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