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Eisenbichler again with a strong performance

With the new year’s four-hills-tournament jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Markus Eisenbichler achieved the Podium. But again he can’t get past his adversary from Japan.

Markus Eisenbichler has jump with jumps on 138 and 135 meters and a second place at the traditional new year’s day in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, impression maintained, fully the German chances of winning the overall victory at the four hills tournament. “I’m mega happy,” said the currently best German ski jumper who had to be like in Oberstdorf, just a high-Flyer Ryoyu Kobayashi beaten. Ranked as one of about a Meter was missing. In the overall standings is now on a two fight of the 27-year-old Victory dorfer’s with the five years younger Japanese.

“This is a great starting position,” said national coach Werner Schuster in the ARD. Eisenbichler, who was bound as a second-to-Last of the hill, has already been pied in front of Kobayashi to a decisive trial of his euphoric team-mates and celebrated. That’s it for the second Time, just not to the victory was enough annoyed “Eisei” only briefly. Of course, he had hoped, “that it is enough for the first victory in a world Cup,” he said, but stressed immediately: “I’m enjoying it. You don’t see every day, that you are standing on the podium.”

Eisenbichler makes hope for more

In front of 21.000 spectators in the sold-out stadium at the Big Olympic ski jump in iron Bichler presented his exception to the form, as with his second place on Sunday in Oberstdorf with Power. “First of all, the first jump was the cream of the crop,” said Schuster. His current pupil, the could not transfer in the past, his often strong training performances in the Competition, has achieved a consistently high level. During the tour, he seems relieved and completely focused.

The Podium: The second-placed Markus Eisenbichler, winner Ryoyu Kobayashi, and the third Dawid Kubacki (l.-r.)

Of the twelve for the K. o.-duels of qualified DSV-jumpers six arrived in Garmisch the second pass and got to the world Cup points. As the second-best DSV-Adler, Stephan Leyhe Seventh. Richard Freitag missed, however, a long-awaited success. The 27-Year-old landed after a strong jump and a feeble attempt in the second passage, on rank 24. “It was for the feeling again real good”, had on Friday said after his set to 132.5 meters in the first round. Because he is a great jump but was able to leave with no further attempt to follow, he was only the fifth best German. David Siegel was ranked # 17, Karl Geiger came in 19th place and Constantin Schmid on rank 29.

Friend at other tour stops not more

While iron convinced Bichler and Leyhe, the effect of Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger apparently at a loss. After his 39. Place in Oberstdorf, the 23-Year-old retired after the first 50 jumpers. For Severin Freund, it ran even worse. The 30-year-old former guarantor of success in the German Team is looking for after two cruciate ligament tears and a long break after his Form and allowed as in Oberstdorf is also a competition jump. For him, the tour to the mid-term is over: Constantin Schmid takes a friend’s place in the squad.

A surprising debacle of the Austrian Stefan Kraft, experienced. The third of the prelude to jumping out of arbitration after a completely failed jump already after the first round – a big setback for the Austrian Team before the second tour-half in the home. After a day of rest, it will continue on Thursday at 14: 00 CET with the qualification at the Bergisel in Innsbruck.

ck/MM (dpa)

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