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After the debacle in the team competition in Zakopane, the DSV-Eagles also lost the top overall positions in the individual category. Markus Eisenbichler made the top 10 in eighth place.
Markus Eisenbichler greeted the camera happily and after the conciliatory end to a disappointing weekend tried to be optimistic.
“Even on a bad day, I’m still close behind,” said the world champion demonstratively and positively after finishing eighth in the Polish Zakopane ski jumping Mecca.
He had to “just move slowly, calmly and patiently,” Eisenbichler said with concentration. The disappointment on Saturday, when the DSV-Adler around “Eisei”, Karl Geiger, Severin Freund and Pius Paschke did not pass sixth place with a huge deficit, was still visible in the bones. “The conclusion is quite modest,” Eisenbichler said.
The 29-year-old saved on Sunday with jumps of 129.5 and 134.5 m (279.1 points) in the top 10. Norwegian victor Marius Lindvik (296.5), who was just ahead of Anze Lanisek (Slovenia / 294, 2) and Robert Johansson (Norway / 292.9) won, but they were worlds apart. Second on the Tour, Karl Geiger, is also looking for his form and had to settle for a disappointing 25th place (260.3).
Geiger: “I have to let that sink in for a few days.”
That also worried the Oberstdorf resident, who actually wants to jump for the World Cup medals at home on his own doorstep in five weeks. “I will not be so smart from the weekend. It was not easy, I have to let that settle for a few days,” said the world ski champion: “I have reservations on the flight, that’s sloppy.”
However, improving team performance should give a boost. Pius Paschke convinced as thirteenth, also former world champion Severin Freund in 16th place and Martin Hamann directly behind could be satisfied. “We have taken a step forward. The band has marched forward, not backward,” emphasized national coach Stefan Horngacher.
His team did not show the best jumps, “but better,” said the Austrian. Heading into the World Cup, Horngacher is confident, also when it comes to Geiger’s capabilities. By then “Karl will be fully fit again and we will know what Karl can do.”
DSV-Adler in Zakopane: a weekend to forget
In any case, the German ski jumpers want to quickly forget the weekend in Zakopane, the attention is already fully on the upcoming competitions in Lahti, Finland. “I’m really ready for Lahti, I love the hill,” Eisenbichler said with a smile.
For the Bavarian it is also about the World Cup in general, as Norwegian dominator Halvor Egner Granerud did not surpass 23rd place in Zakopane. And for violinists there is also the opportunity to make amends. Because last year “Karl won there and we jumped really well,” Horngacher said.
With a view to the World Cup, there will be no rest, said the national coach, only for the dress rehearsal in Rasnov, Romania will be decided individually on participation.
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