Andreas Wellinger jumped to third place in the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The day’s victory went to Anže Lanišek.
The dream of winning the Four Hills Tournament lives on. With another strong performance, Andreas Wellinger secured third place in the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and remains in the lead in the overall ranking. The day’s victory went to Anže Lanišek (295.80 points). Ryoyu Kobayashi came second (-3.2).
Wellinger: “It’s really good – keep going”
The already narrow lead in the overall ranking melted a little more. Kobayashi Wellinger was able to gain 1.2 points and is now traveling to Innsbruck with a 1.8 point lead. He will go on this trip “with a good feeling,” Wellinger reported on ZDF. “It was a good start to the new year. The starting position is really good – keep going,” was his conclusion.
For Karl Geiger, his hopes of a top placement in the Four Hills Tournament are over after his 16th place (-35.7). Pius Paschke was the second best German in 10th place. Stephan Leyhe came 13th, followed immediately by Philipp Raimund.
Exciting finale, complicated conditions
And this wish came true. With a strong jump, Manuel Fettner presented a difficult task for the following jumpers. Wellinger held his ground, showed another almost flawless jump and moved 3.7 points ahead of Fettner. But the lead didn’t last long. In complicated conditions, Anze Lanisek delivered a set of 137 meters – with bonus points, he moved ahead of Wellinger.
The external conditions did the rest. Despite a strong tailwind, Hörl had to start. The complicated wind conditions made it virtually impossible to get into the top ranks and so the Austrian ended up fifth. Kobayashi also had to wait a long time for permission to start – and was rewarded. The conditions improved noticeably. But it shouldn’t be enough for the sentence at the front. Neither for the day’s victory nor for the overall ranking.
Good Team performance of the DSV
Overall, the DSV team can be satisfied with the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Eight of the nine German starters qualified for the final round.
Pius Paschke convinced again. With two good jumps he landed in the top ten. Stephan Leyhe also showed a good performance, although he was not able to fully confirm his good impression from the first round, which he finished seventh, in the final. But with 125 meters we sailed to 13th place with a strong tailwind. A good result.
Philipp Raimund, who had lost a top position in the first round due to a wobbly landing, showed a very good second round, landed at 139 meters and temporarily took the lead. “The first one really bothered me. The landing was really bad. I’m more than happy with the second one. It was a good start to the new year”said Raimund on ZDF. In the end it was enough for 14th place, just ahead of his teammates Geiger (16th) and Constantin Schmid (17th). Martin Hamann ended up in 24th place, Felixx Hoffmann was 30th.