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The hopes were there, but in the end, the ÖSV Eagles are empty-handed even after their home competition in Innsbruck.
For the seventh time in a row, Austria remains without a podium at the Four Hills Tournament. The best ÖSV eagle in Bergisel is Stefan Kraft in eighth place, Michael Hayböck is still in ninth place.
“It’s a shame because they sell worse than they really are. I can only say it over and over again,” ÖSV head coach Andreas Widhölzl said in his first reaction. The form of their jumpers is not bad. “You can adjust them, but they sit on the top beam and they have to, too.”
“If the shape didn’t fit, I’d be really worried,” the Tyrolean continued. “It just lacks that lightness.”
Stefan Kraft did a good job in the difficult conditions. “It was difficult. It was similar with Granerud and Geiger, his jump in the first was worth a lot.”
Kraft sees positives
Kraft saw it that way too. “I am very satisfied, the jumps were very good. He was close, except for Kamil, who cheated us all. He was very close for the second and third”, says the World Cup, which had been slowed by a crown infection and problems back last winter. – Defending champion, who was also ÖSV’s sixth best man in Oberstdorf.
Like many others, the Salzburg resident struggles with the changing wind conditions in Innsbruck. “Maybe the necessary luck was lacking, but I’m still satisfied.”
The Salzburg native refers to his more than bumpy start to the season: “It was only my fourth individual competition this year. From experience, I always need to get into the rhythm. It is certainly different this year than in recent years when I was at the top. from the tour. -Form jumped. “
The omens were tough even before the season. Due to back problems, preparation was severely limited: “There were already a lot fewer jumps in the summer. Now there are 13 jumps. Everything is far from ideal,” said the 30-year-old.
Hayböck reports
Hayböck lost five places in fourth at halftime. “I’m certainly not dissatisfied,” says Upper Austria, which responded with old skis reactivated after two zero numbers in Germany.
“It was two or three meters too little to reach the podium. But thank God I have another result.” The 29-year-old has a good feeling from Innsbruck: “You can definitely separate the feeling from the result. After those results, you need the certainty that you can show good jumps again in the competition.”
Aschenwald: “My good first jump was not rewarded”
The rest of the team, however, was disappointed.
Especially with Daniel Huber (17th), who at least finished second in the standings the day before. And with Philipp Aschenwald, who actually wanted to step in for the battle for the tour’s podium at home, he only finished 22nd and remains the best Austrian in tour qualification as ninth.
“The general classification was not in my head. It bothers me that my good first jump was not rewarded.” The previous attack did not work. “Doesn’t help, the next attack will follow on Bischofshofen.”
Another loser of the day: Gregor Schlierenzauer. The record-breaking World Cup winner wanted to show his first appearance on this year’s tour in front of a non-national stage, but lost his duel by knockout with Russia’s Nobody Michail Nasarvw in the first round and left the ski jumping facility. bottom without saying a word.
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