Oberstdorf (AFP) – The two co-favorites Severin Freund and Richard Freitag have a very weak start to the 63. Four Hills Tournament caught. When you win the Austrian Stefan Kraft is a friend in Oberstdorf had to settle for the best German team with a disappointing 13th place. Friday even came only 15th place.
“It was nothing too bad. There was not blame the wind, I was alone,” said Ski Flying World Champion friend (Rastbüchl), on the the Schattenbergschanze to 126 and 124.5 meters flew. With 255.0 points he was clearly behind force. The 21-year-old rising star celebrated his first World Cup victory with 291.9 points, ahead of Michel Hayboeck (Austria / 285.0) and the Slovenes Peter Prevc (283.9).
The highly rated as friend Friday (Aue / 251.4) was a week after his surprising win the World Cup in Engelberg also far below expectations. “The disappointment is already large. With but lacked some meters,” said the axis.
Olympic Team Champion Marinus Kraus (Oberaudorf), after the first round ninth, had to end up with the 18th place content. In the points it also managed Stephan Leyhe (Willingen), Daniel Little (Berchtesgaden) and Michael Neumayer (Oberstdorf) on ranks 19, 22 and 25. ‘/ P>
A very bitter day got off to Simon Ammann. The pre-tournament favorites from Switzerland, who had won last year in Oberstdorf, crashed after landing and did not make it into the second round. So that is terminated by the awaited first tour triumph after the first station of the dream for the 33-year-olds. “This is extremely annoying, the snow has a little stopped,” Ammann said.
After the first round pack their bags had from a German perspective Karl Geiger (Oberstdorf /. 38), Andreas Wank (Hinterzarten / 39.), newcomer Mark Eisenbichler (Victory Village /. 44) and Tim Fox (Degen field /. 47).
The tour continues on Wednesday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with the qualification for the New Year’s. The following stations are Innsbruck (3/4 January) and Bischofshofen (5/6 January).
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