Training instead of the World Cup: Katharina Schmid skips the Ski Jumping World Cup in Villach. As World Cup overall 14th. the Oberstdorf resident has so far fallen short of expectations.
Without seven-time world champion Katharina Schmid, the German ski jumpers travel to the next World Cup station in Villach. As the German Ski Association announced on Tuesday (January 2nd, 2024), Schmid is missing from the two World Cup competitions on Wednesday (January 3rd, 2024, 11:30 a.m. in the live ticker) and Thursday (January 4th, 2024, 12:30 p.m. in the live ticker and live on the first). ).
Schmid: No top placement yet
According to the DSV, the trainers and the athlete decided “that Schmid skips the World Cup in Villach and completes a training block.” The 27-year-old, who won three gold medals at the 2023 World Cup, cannot yet repeat the successes of previous years this winter. At the “Two Nights Tour“She missed the top 10 twice, and the Oberstdorf native has not yet achieved a top 5 placement in the previous World Cups.
Friday leads a team of six
Women’s national coach Thoma Juffinger nominated Selina Freitag (Oberwiesenthal), Luisa Görlich, Pauline Heßler (both Lauscha), Agnes Reisch (Isny), Anna Rupprecht (Degenfeld) and Juliane Seyfarth (Ruhla) for the two normal hill competitions in Villach.
Behind the World Cup overall 14th place. Schmid is 16th in the World Cup on Friday. currently best German. But the 22-year-old Freitag didn’t make it onto the World Cup podium this winter either.