Still, Sven Hannawald is the measure of all things, because for 17 years, a German ski jumper won the four hills tournament. Prior to the Start of the weekend, the hopes of the DSV are behavior-Adler.
The major goal remains unchanged: 17 years after, Sven Hanna forest, to finally win once again a German ski jumper in the famous eagle trophy. “Since a couple of years, we are actually ready for it, yet it never was enough”, says national coach Werner Schuster, who is chasing after the “Hanna-forest-Phantom” to date, in vain. The Austrians took in his term of office, Olympic victories, world Cup title and the overall world Cup. From the German point of view, actually the most important success is missing.
Twice his team had failed “to absolute high-Flyers”: Severin Freund 2015/16 Stoch on the Slovenes Peter Prevc, in the previous year, in Innsbruck, difficult deposed Richard Freitag and Andreas Wellinger to Kamil. The poles of the feat, as the second knight to Hanna forest, the last German team to overall victory in 2002, the Grand Slam with four victories on the Day.
Hopes and Concerns
In the weekend in Oberstdorf, the beginning of the end of 67. Four-hills-tournament, German ski jumpers with equally large hopes and Concerns. Karl Geiger blows in his living room, ready to attack, the Olympic winner Andreas Wellinger must finally deliver, the struggling Stars Richard Freitag and Severin Freund will fight for the connection.
Ryoyu Kobayash: The Japanese jumps in the previous season at the Top level
The clear Top-favorite, however, comes from Japan: Ryoyu Kobayashi won by seven single jump so far this season with four and leads the overall world Cup standings scores. His biggest competitor for the overall victory, two poles. Tour expert Kamil Stoch could set with his third success in a row at the season’s highlight is the record of the Norwegian Bjoern Wirkola, has won so far Only three times in the series. Stochs teammate Piotr Zyla presents itself also constant. In the case of the General sample in Engelberg he was Second twice.
Paper is patient
On paper, the DSV-Team sounds impressive. Karl Geiger as a freshly minted world Cup winner, Stephan Leyhe, who jumped in Wisla for the first time on the podium of the highly talented world Cup-third Markus Eisenbichler, Olympic champion Wellinger, Freitag as a three-time world Cup winners the previous season, and finally, Ex-world champion friend as a returnee after a long injury break. Sounds lush, is in truth but fragile.
The clear number one violinist who arrived as a 25-Year-old finally in the top of the world and start on his home hill in Oberstdorf (qualification on 29.12., Decision on 30.12.2018) burns: “If I jump well, I can also land on the podium,” says the German. On the Podium he stood in his career so far, twice. More impressive is his consistency: In each of the previous season’s Competition, he landed in the Top 10.
Karl Geiger: The allgäu is at the Moment the best German DSV-Adler
Since Leyhe has made a big step forward, in the middle of the previous shadow men, the bearers of hope – also because the top people retrieve their potential only sporadically. Eisenbichler, for example, according to shoemaker, “in Training our strongest knight”, is actually a victory of the plane, but it shows as last updated in Engelberg with the places four and 48 within 24 hours of huge fluctuations.
Everything has to fit
Wellinger is not, despite the second place in Kuusamo in full swing. “At the Moment, it is trifles. I know what I can and want to,” says the 23-Year-old, in the year-on-year tour-the Second: “It can go very quickly.” Patience is asked at Friday. In the previous year, he came as a world Cup-leading the tour, from the Crash of the third tour-Jump in Innsbruck, he recovered but never fully: The results were moderate, large uncertainties in the landing led to a renewed fall in Nizhny Tagil and new hip pain.
And the biggest names are the least of expectations: the Team finally rest-Senior Severin Freund enjoys after his two cruciate ligament tears still period. “He is currently away and will not make the next jump to the big throw,” says Schuster. Nevertheless, friend is immensely important – for internal chemistry, and in his role as a darling of the public. His success in Oberstdorf, three years ago, was the last German victory in the tour. In the case of the jumpers, coach Schuster has to fit everything, so you can attack Kobayashi, Stoch and co. seriously.
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