Leyhe again in the top 10
Stephan Leyhe also showed a strong jump in the comeback year after his cruciate ligament rupture. With 136 meters he flew back into the top 10 in ninth place. “The approach was better than in training, as was the transition. Then you notice that I can still fly a few miles from last year. I don’t yet know where to go. The sensitivity to when and how I get bored is still missing “, analyzed the 29-year-old after his jump.
Constantin Schmid with 131 meters and Pius Paschke with 129 meters qualified as 20th and 29th.
Friend 17 – but Olympia “relatively far away”
Severin Freund confirmed his ascending form. The three-time world champion was unimpressed by his suit disqualification in Oberstdorf, flew to 134.5 meters and 17th place. The 33-year-old, who started off the hill with the low start number 19, took the lead with his strong distance Competition, only the young Austrian Daniel Tschofenig with starting number 47 solved Freund in the Leaders Box of the front runner. But Freund was not entirely satisfied with his jump: “The landing wasn’t that good. It’s a bit difficult, the sun is right behind the mountain. You can do better.”said im friend ZDF.
If Freund continues his sporting upward trend in the coming days, the 22-time World Cup winner could even slip into the Olympic team of national coach Stefan Horngacher. A thought that is not necessarily very attractive to Freund, as it is in the ZDF said: “I don’t know, that’s relatively far away for the whole year. There are other goals for me this year. It was difficult to build up any emotion for the Olympics. For me, it’s not that I really want to go there.”
Wellinger 47.- “On the right way”
On the other hand, Andreas Wellinger wants to go to the Olympics – and after his failure in the Oberstdorf qualification, Wellinger presented himself better in Garmisch. With 127.0 meters, the two-time Olympic champion made it into the competition on New Year’s Day in 47th place and was satisfied: “It was a step in the right direction. It has become more even. The self-confidence is not that great. But I’m on the right path. Tomorrow it will be a difficult duel for sure. But my job is to make my jumps.”the 26-year-old told im ZDF.
Lisso and Hoffmann also survive qualification
From the so-called “National Group” in Garmisch, in which the second row of German ski jumpers got a chance to start on the big stage, two out of six jumpers were able to qualify for the New Year’s competition. Justin Lisso (Schmiedefeld) made it with 126.0 meters and rank 40, Felix Hoffmann (Suhl) with 126.5 meters and 45th place.
Hamann is only 0.5 points short
The tour ended after just one jump for Martin Hamann (Aue) with 122.0 meters and rank 51, Philipp Raimund (Oberstdorf) with 121.5 meters and rank 52, David Siegel (Baiersbronn) with 116.5 meters and Kilian Märkl (Partenkirchen) with 117.0 meters. The Saxon Hamann, who was only 0.6 points short of qualifying, was really unlucky.