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In addition to top jumpers Karl Geiger and Markus Eisenbichler, Pius Paschke, Martin Hamann, Severin Freund and Constantin Schmid also remain on the team. “We don’t want to cause a stir. After Bischofshofen we will think again about how to do it, “Horngacher told a news conference. The decision was made on Friday night.
Geiger in second place in the overall standings and Eisenbichler in fifth place awaits the overall victory before jumping to the Berigselschanze on Sunday (1.30pm, SPIEGEL.de live ticker; TV: ARD, Eurosport).
Horngacher decides for Schmid and against Friday
Friday, who had been proclaimed world champion in Seefeld in 2019, had reached the second round of the New Year’s competition, but did not go beyond 27th place. Horngacher justified the decision by saying that he had to choose between Friday and Schmid. »Constantin has already won a silver medal at the World Ski Flight Championships this season and was well ahead of him in the internal elimination. He is a young jumper of the future, “said the national coach according to the portal skispringen.com.
The 29-year-old ski jumper had already said Friday that he “just wanted to put a big hook on the year.” “It really sucked and so on. Really very bad. Until the start of the tour, Friday had not even been allowed to start for the German World Cup team. “It’s really difficult,” he said.
Wellinger is fit, who could not take advantage of his past performances after knee surgery, was expected to go out of shape after his failure to qualify for the second competition. In 2018 Wellinger had won individual gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
In addition to Freitag and Wellinger, Moritz Baer, Kilian Märkl, Luca Roth and David Siegel are no longer in Austria from the national group for the two home competitions in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
