12.27.14, 11:39
Four Hills Tournament
On this Saturday begins in Oberstdorf the Four Hills Tournament , The German ski jumping idol calls his six top favorites. That includes two newcomers.
By Melanie HaackBerlin. Six times in a row, you have to imagine this series once, six times in a row so recently won a ski jumper from Austria, the traditional Four Hills Tournament. Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer twice and then a complete surprise Thomas Diethart wore itself into the history books. With Diethart nobody had last year – he almost came out of nowhere and jumped into a frenzy. But after that it was over with ease, this season he is fighting for the connection and counts the start of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf (Saturday, 16.30 clock: Qualification / Sunday, 16.30 clock: 1. Go) not even the favorites
A story like that of Thomas Diethart should all those in the second and third row courage. “Of course you dream of such a thing,” says Markus Eisenbichler (23), twelfth in the overall standings and the newly promoted this season in the German team. “But that happens in my opinion only once every ten years. This time it will not happen that someone comes from below and the tour wins.”
However, it is as difficult as rare to tap from the amount of good ski jumper on an overall winner. Among the top ten are found at all jumpers from seven different nations. “It can happen so much, so much flow during the tour for you as an athlete that forecasts are always difficult,” says Sven Hanna forest, 40. His historic triumph in 2001/02 with four wins in four jumps is also the last been touring success of the Germans. Hanna forest dares despite the difficult forecasts a preview and identifies its six top favorites for this year’s overall winner:
Roman Koudelka
The 25-year-old Czech surprised this winter with the first three World Cup victories of his career. In the overall standings, he is in second place. Hanna Forest: “By his victory in Engelberg counts Koudelka to favorites, especially since he really jumps an effective system – in my opinion the most effective throughout the competition If all fair runs from the conditions here, everyone has their best jumps shows that he could be. be the end of the beginning. “
Severin Freund
After the Olympic gold medal with the team and his first major individual title, the World Championship gold medal in ski flying, wants to shine at the Four Hills Tournament, the 26-year-old German now finally. Currently, he is after a victory of the season in fourth place overall world cup. Hanna forest. “Although last two World Cups did not work so well in Engelberg, he can mitspringen in the Tournament for the win I think he has learned from past tours and standing on end, at least on the podium and win a victory can . I’d have thought the Germans three years ago you are but the expectations from the outside, perhaps also failed on their own expectations they usually know now a certain level of maturity, however:…. It can break everything very quickly when tour victory has enormous come together a lot -. not last the happiness But clearly, also the overall victory is possible for Severin “
Anders Fannemel
The 23 years. old Norwegian is surprising as the leader of the overall World Cup in the Four Hills Tournament. Just this winter, he took his first and only World Cup victory. Hanna Forest: “This young Norwegian is very dangerous – even if he is not very reliable jumps to the victory.”
Michael Hayboeck
The third of the overall World Cup this year is the greatest hope of the Austrians. Hayboeck, 23, who won with his teammates Olympic silver in Sochi in February, could expand the series of his countrymen. Hanna Forest: “He jumps more and more into a stable form and could last win even World Cup competitions I think, because he was too nervous It will be interesting how he can deal with the tour with the pressure from Austria…”
Simon Ammann
The two-time double Olympic champion, 33, has never won the Four Hills Tournament. Hanna Forest: “Ammann’s hard for me to calculate He comes to the hill, and then it will come at a time On other days he falls short of expectations He’s a shaky If all goes well, but it can range all the way forward….. “
Gregor Schlierenzauer
With 53 World Cup victories, the Austrians the most successful ski jumper in history. This winter, however, it is not going smoothly – eighth the overall World Cup. Hanna forest “. But he knows the hills as good as almost any other in this season he still has a few problems when Schlierenzauer should sniff the air in Oberstdorf, he can by his experience and good system to land in front..”
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