Four Hills Tournament: Richard Freitag third in qualifying – Daily Mirror

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Six German ski jumpers are in the third competition of the Four Hills Tournament on Sunday. Especially Richard Freitag woke with third place in qualifying hopes of a top result.

Richard Freitag switched after the third place in qualifying at Bergisel immediately in the attack mode. The great gig in the qualification for the third competition of the Four Hills Tournament this Sunday (14.00 clock / ZDF live) appeared the 23-year-old Saxony after the recent disappointments have made courageous. “I’m hot and I will bring the kettle to boil”, Friday announced unusually perky.
125.5 meters, it had only the Austrian tour favorite Michael Hayboeck, won the 128 meters, and let Stefan Kraft precedence on Saturday. In both waiting in the first round a hard K.

-o. duel. Total Leader power meets the four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland, the third-placed Hayboeck get it to do with his compatriot and World Cup record winner Gregor Schlierenzauer. The two veterans gave up the qualification.
Marinus Kraus finished with 120.5 meters in eleventh place. Severin Freund was compared with only 118 yards and ranked 15th Of the seven DSV jumpers reached Stephan Leyhe, Michael Neumayer and Daniel Little competition. “With Richard, I am very satisfied,” praised coach Werner Schuster. “We want to take our chance tomorrow and offer a very good level.” For the only disappointment caused Markus Eisenbichler, who resigned at 113.5 meters as in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Friday was not impressed by the recent setbacks and raised hopes of the sporting breakthrough in the tour. “I want to have fun and’m gonna knock me tomorrow. Let’s see what comes out, “he said. The Co-duel i n the first round against American Nicholas Fairall should ask him any problems before.
improvement there was at friend who dropped something in qualifying for a decent workout. “The jump was nothing. It was quite tough in the air, “reported the ski flying world champion. Nevertheless, he was confident for the showdown on Sunday: “The last jump was just a bit failed, but both training jumps were good. So good I’ve never started at Bergisel. “

As a viewer Andreas Wellinger expressed at the hill the thumb. The 19-year-old, a few weeks after a shoulder operation fails, had undergone a medical check at the University Hospital Innsbruck on Friday. “I have gained approval to move the arm actively”, Wellinger reported Saturday on ZDF. The team Olympic champion hopes to return to the World Cup in late January or early February. His teammates wanted the graduate for the outstanding tour stations luck. “The guys have what it takes and can forward attack”, Wellinger said. (AP)