live photo: Dominik Berchtold / OK Oberstdorf
After the cancellation yesterday due to wind, the ski flying weekend starts today with the rescheduled training. In the afternoon there will be a decision in the super team, in which the DSV Adler also want to be involved. skispringen.com reports live!
After the Ski Jumping World Cup first took place in the USA and then in Japan in the last two weeks, the world‘s best ski jumpers are returning to Central Europe this weekend: There are three competitions on the ski flying hill on the program in Oberstdorf this weekend.
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The official training with two rounds is scheduled for Friday, which had to be canceled on Thursday due to strong winds, before the decision in the super team is made in the evening. The fight for the overall World Cup will be exciting again on Saturday and Sunday when the next two individual competitions are on the program.
The last time people jumped on the impressive Heini-Klopfer ski jumping hill was in the 2021/2022 season. The fact that the World Cup is now returning to Stillachtal is also thanks to the numerous efforts of the organizers in Oberstdorf, who had to struggle with a lack of snow due to the recent high temperatures. It was only on Monday that it was clear that the last home World Cup for German ski jumpers could take place as planned.
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“The organizer pulled out all the stops to create the best possible conditions for the long ski flying weekend. We have great respect for the work that has been done, especially given the weather conditions of the past few weeks,” said national coach Stefan Horngacher before leaving for the Allgäu.
Horngacher has nominated a total of nine DSV ski jumpers for the last home World Cup. In addition to Vice Ski Flying World Champion Andreas Wellinger, as expected, local hero Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe and Pius Paschke will also be there, who together with Wellinger won the bronze medal as a team at the Ski Flying World Championships on Kulm.
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In addition, three other athletes are starting for Germany in the national group, which was last used in the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. “Since you can’t train ski flying, we’re taking the opportunity to introduce our young athletes to ski flying on a manageable facility,” explained the national coach, who decided not to use the full quota: apart from Martin Hamann and Luca Roth, only Finn became the winner Braun nominated, the fourth possible starting position remains unfilled.
The fight for the overall World Cup remains exciting: Ski flying world champion Stefan Kraft still has the best prospects, leading the overall ranking with a lead of 235 points. Behind the Austrian follows Ryoyu Kobayashi from Japan, who last passed Andreas Wellinger in Sapporo, who is in third place, 249 points behind Kraft.
In addition, the traditionally strong Slovenians around Anze Lanisek and Sapporo winner Domen Prevc as well as the Norwegians are still among the favorites.
The official training starts at 2 p.m., followed by the super team competition at 4:30 p.m. In addition to the live blog here, at skisprung.com you also have the opportunity to to follow all jumps in the FIS live ticker.