Geiger flashes skills
For the Germans it was important to limit the damage after the weak performance on Friday. One in particular succeeded. Although Karl Geiger no longer had a chance to defend his title, he still moved up from 13th to 8th place.
Especially in the first round, Geiger showed that he can ski fly with a jump of 234.5 meters. “Really cool. That’s how we should have started yesterday“, he commented on his jump. In the final, he then jumped another 220.5 meters with a tailwind that had meanwhile come up.
Veteran Freund improves to rank 12
Second best German was Severin Freund. The 2014 ski flying world champion showed flights of 213 and 221 meters on Saturday and improved to 12th place. Andreas Wellinger (193/219.5 meters) moved up to 14th place, Constantin Schmid (197/213) was 17th.
Markus Eisenbichler, who found harsh words for his performance on Friday, also showed a better performance with jumps on 213.5 and 206 meters, but remained the worst German as 18th due to his large deficit. “It’s slowly getting better,” he said in the sports show. However, the jumps were not optimal.
National coach Stefan Horngacher was also pleased with the performance of his jumpers: “That was definitely a step in the right direction.In addition to Geiger, he particularly emphasized Wellinger and Freund.
Team competition on Sunday
On Sunday (March 13, 4:30 p.m.) there is still the team competition. The team on Slovenia is the big favorite. Behind it is an exciting fight for the medals. Norway has to worry about Robert Johansson, who had to drop out of the race on Saturday due to back problems. Other competitors for the German team are likely to be Austria and Poland.
“The starting position is not so bad“said national coach Horngacher: “We hope to jump for a medal.“Immediately after the jump, Horngacher did not want to say which four jumpers he would select from the five available.
Source: dko