[ad_1]
Karl Geiger won the first jump at the Four Hills Tournament in his hometown of Oberstdorf and thus fueled hope for a German’s first overall victory since Sven Hannawald (2001/02). The violinist infected for the last time with a crown won 2.8 points ahead of Kamil Stoch on Tuesday, who as a Pole wrote his own fairy tale: just a few hours earlier, the Polish team had received approval after the corona alarm and the blocking of the previous day. .
With the two Norwegians Marius Lindvik and Halvor Egner Granerud, as well as the German Markus Eisenbichler, other favorites from the 69th edition landed in places three to five. The ÖSV jumpers collectively fell back on the decision, Stefan Kraft was again the best Austrian in sixth place. Before the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Kraft is 17.5 points behind Geiger.
The third break Philipp Aschenwald landed in eighth place, Jan Hörl and Daniel Huber took eleventh and 13th places. Thomas Lackner jumped to the points in 24th place on the Tour debut. Markus Schiffner at 42nd and Michael Hayböck at 48th of the first round missed the final of the top 30. Eisenbichler slid in 27th place and then let the best distance of the day follow with a brilliant 142m set, which meant he was just 1.5m short of Sigurd Pettersen’s hill record.
Fight with the jury and bad luck
Aschenwald and his colleagues were unable to maintain their promising positions after the first round. In front of the last ten jumpers, which also included the trio Hörl, Kraft and Aschenwald, the jury shortened the entry by two hatches when there was a tailwind. Hörl (123.5m) lost four, Aschenwald (127) five and Kraft (125) one position.
Kraft’s joy for sixth place was great after a crown and forced setback. “Sixth, brilliant – a dreamy start,” cheered the man from Salzburg. The World Cup champion also spoke of unfair conditions, he was upset by the jury’s decision and the fact that there was no short wait when there was a tailwind. “Plus eight (wind offset, note) and the ‘Eisei’ has 0 points from two more hatches, that’s a bit difficult. But ski jumping is an outdoor sport, I’m super happy with the jumps.”
Aschenwald didn’t really regret the missed opportunity on the podium. “There was definitely more in the second round, but I’m happy to be in the top ten again,” said the Tyrolean, who had only landed in this area this season (eighth at Wisla).
Hayböck was greatly disappointed. With a jump to 112 meters and position 48, the fourth place in the World Championship of Flying Skiing missed the second round; Therefore, a first position in the general classification is out of the reach of Upper Austria. At first, Hayböck didn’t have an explanation ready. “It was a strange jump where I immediately noticed that something was wrong.” Huber was not entirely satisfied either. “It’s not entirely consistent. You need bombs to jump there (to the front).”
U-turn for Poland – Stoch second
After a U-turn overnight, the Poles were also there for the second leg of the day. The team was excluded from the first competition on Monday after a positive corona test from Klemens Muranka, but was allowed to come out of quarantine and jump after two more series of negative tests.
Therefore, the first round was organized with the 62 registered participants, the planned co-system, which is planned for the tour with 50 qualified participants, was discarded. A dilemma looms in the upcoming seasons in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (January 1), Innsbruck (3rd) and Bischofshofen (6th), but if infected athletes are discovered in more tests in the series, teams could follow the ‘path Polish ‘with other Choose tests. Actually, this is not foreseen in the hygiene concept. (apa)
