German coup in the SkiSprung World Cup? The DSV eagles around Andreas Wellinger set a first exclamation mark on the last weekend in the season while ski flying in Slovenian Planica.
Andreas Wellinger secured the victory in the qualification on Thursday before his team -mate Pius Paschke (226 meters/228.9 points) with a width of 227 meters and a total of 231.1 points.
Particularly gratifying: Markus Eisenbichler, who ends his career in ski jumping after the season, flew to third place (238.5 meters/226 points).
The 33-year-old even had a long-term training in a difficult competition due to changing wind conditions. Then Paschke, later Wellinger, sits at the top of the qualifying ranking. Karl Geiger flew to the 19th, Felix Hoffmann on the 24th place.
Philipp Raimund, who was nominated for the weekend in Planica as the sixth jumper from the DSV, will only be able to play on Sunday when the top 30 of the overall World Cup contest the World Cup final.
The best non-German in the qualification was local hero Domen Prevc, who flew fourth with 224.5 meters.
Remarkable: With Piotr Zyla (5th), Kamil Stoch (6th) and Pawel Waat (9th), three Polish athletes placed in the top 10. The Austrian Daniel Tschofenig, currently the leader in the overall World Cup.
On Friday, from 3:00 p.m., the first individual will be about World Cup points.
Ski jumping: renewed disqualification in the Norwegian team
As the FIS announced, there was a disqualification again on the sidelines of the qualification due to a non -regulatory jump suit. The Norwegian Isak Andreas Langmo was affected.
He was starting with too much suit, it was said. So far, there are no signs of renewed manipulation.
Norway had sent Norway into the race for the World Cup final because the top athletes Marius Lindvik, Johann André Forfang, Robert Johansson, Robin Pedersen and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were blocked by the FIS because of the suit scandal.