When jumping home in Willingen, the German Mixed Team has to increase, but benefits from a disqualification at half-time.
At the home World Cup in Willingen, the German Mixed Team has to improve in order to contest Norway or Austria. However, the DSV quartet benefited from one Disqualifcation with the competition.
With four rather moderate jumps on the gigantic Mühlenkopfschanze, the team from Katharina Schmid, Philipp Raimund, Selina Freitag and Andreas Wellinger are in third place. The gap to the Norwegians leading at half -time is already 48.5 points in front of a home backdrop. Austria has 17.2 points more than Germany. Japan lurks in fourth place.
Althaus and Raimund with problems
In the first round, the competition had hit one right away. EMA Klinec from Slovenia and Norwegian Thea Minyan Bjoerseth jumped to over 140 meters on the world’s largest ski jump. Katharina Althaus couldn’t keep up. The German, which was still dominant at the beginning of the season, landed at 130 meters and had problems with the Telemark.
Philipp Raimund, who was somewhat surprisingly, could not make up for the resulting deficit as a second jumper. The 24-year-old caught a jump “with lots of turns and twists” to 128.5 meters, as he himself said at the Sportschau microphone.
Germany brings Germany back
Selina Friday, who pushed the DSV team past Japan and Austria in second place with its safe 131 meters. “The jump was better than in training,” said Freitag, looking forward to the neatly filled backdrop in the Rothaar Mountains on Friday afternoon: “It’s mega fun and it’s nice that there are so many.”
Men’s suit: disqualification In Slovenia
The strong Slovenes were badly weakened because Timi Zajc was disqualified after his jump due to his approach. The chance of a podium was destroyed. It is not the first time this season that a Slovenian jumper was taken out of the competition because of such an incident.