The silver medal at the World Championships in Planica is already very important to ski jumper Andreas Wellinger.
“I’ve always gotten a kick in the last few years. But I’ve always believed in myself and luckily I’ve finally been rewarded. If I let that sink in later, the medal will certainly have a high priority,” said the 27th -year-olds.
After his cruciate ligament rupture in June 2019, Wellinger went through a deep valley: he was not nominated for the 2022 Olympics and was never on the podium again before he celebrated his first World Cup victory in almost six days just before the World Championships on February 11 in Lake Placid years celebrated. A week later, his triumph in Rasnov confirmed his top form.
“The last few weeks have been extremely cool, that’s when I got my self-confidence,” said Wellinger. 1841 days after his Olympic victory in Pyeongchang in 2018, Bayern was only 130 centimeters short of the second major individual title of his career. Like two years ago, gold went to Poland’s Piotr Zyla.