“Children’s birthday!” Eisenbichler upset after qualifying

Markus Eisenbichler was upset after the failed first day of the tour, Karl Geiger made a solid comeback after surviving the crown infection. The exclusion of the Polish team overshadowed the turbulent start to the tour.

Markus Eisenbichler stormed out of the race, and Karl Geiger wasn’t overjoyed after the tour’s turbulent start: the DSV-Adler clearly missed the top positions in the standings in difficult wind conditions in the opening to the 69th Tournament of Las Four Hills in Oberstdorf.

With heavy snowfall and a ghostly backdrop at the Schattenbergschanze, local hero Geiger landed as the best German ski jumper in 14th place (114.0m) after surviving the crown infection. Eisenbichler didn’t top 25th by the same distance, and he was upset with the organization.

“It was like a children’s birthday party. It was not like a tour,” said the world champion. ZDF, “Without timing, we had long wait times in front of the elevator. That was better in the other World Cups.”

“Eisei”, who will compete in the decision of the top 50 in Tuesday’s first match (4.30pm on LIVETICKER), did not want to overestimate the result. “He says nothing. Tomorrow the weather will be pleasant again and everything will be relaxed,” said the Bavarian, sounding a bit calmer. Eleven of the twelve DSV eagles that started survived the qualification, including troubled kids Severin Freund, Andreas Wellinger and Richard Freitag.

Karl Geiger happy for his return

After a solid jump, Geiger was more than happy with the return. “It was a tough match, the wind is very good in the tower,” said the world ski champion: “I’m glad to be there.”

Meanwhile, the Polish stars around Kamil Stoch and defending champion Dawid Kubacki cannot be there. A few hours before qualifying, the Poles had a Corona GAU. The organizers announced the exclusion of the entire Polish team under the title “Bump”, as his teammate Klemens Muranka had tested positive.

Therefore, Stoch favorites Kubacki and Piotr Zyla have to be on the lookout, despite the negative evidence. Because Muranka’s colleagues belong to contact group 1. “That means: either they had direct face-to-face contact for more than 15 minutes or they were together in a closed room or in a vehicle for more than 30 minutes,” said Florian Stern, Secretary General at the inaugural competition in Oberstdorf. .

Eisenbichler considers Poland’s exclusion “sad”

Eisenbichler was shocked after the Poles were excluded. “It’s difficult. I think it’s sad that you decided it that way,” he said: “I want to compare myself to the best in the world, they are definitely one of them.”

If such a horror scenario could also threaten DSV’s eagles? National coach Stefan Horngacher remained confident. “We are still optimistic and we have our safety concept that works for us,” he said.

Organizers announced that the health department “had no other option” to protect all other athletes. Therefore, the classification was carried out with only 55 athletes from 15 countries. Austrian Philipp Aschenwald won the classification with a maximum distance of 128.5 m ahead of top Norwegian favorites Halvor Egner Granerud (122.0) and Cene Prevc (122.0) from Slovenia.

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