Hayböck flies past the bronze «kleinezeitung.at



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Michael Hayböck finished fourth in the Planica World Championship. The title went to German Karl Geiger, with a 0.5 point lead over Halvor Egner Granerud.

5:43 PM, December 12, 2020

Michael Hayböck on his way to a medal? © AFP

Pity! Nothing came of the long-awaited individual medal for Austria at the World Ski Flying Championships in Oberstdorf. Michael Hayboeck He was very close to the podium, but in the end the Austrian beat the bronze by 5.9 points. The German snatched this medal Markus Eisenbichler away from your nose. His compatriot Karl Geiger he won gold in his first world ski flight championship. The German sat ahead of the overall Norwegian World Cup leader Halvor Egner Granerud And with only 0.5 points of advantage! That’s not even half a meter!

No good news from Stefan kraft. The Salzburg resident, who suffered a back block during training on Thursday and traveled to Innsbruck for treatment on Friday, will not return to Planica for Sunday’s team competition. The Pongauer doesn’t feel fit enough to start. So on Sunday for the Austrian Hayböck rise, Philipp aschenwald (yesterday 18), Gregor Schlierenzauer (26.) and Timon-Pascal Kahofer in team competition.

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