The German Four Hills Tournament hope Karl Geiger failed in the qualification for the New Year's competition. The 29-year-old ski jumper qualified in front of 9,000 spectators for the competition on New Year's Day (2 p.m. / ARD and Eurosport), but fell well short of the high expectations with 119 meters as 30th.
A total of ten German jumpers qualified for the prestigious competition at the start of 2023. The best athlete in head coach Stefan Horngacher's team was surprisingly Philipp Raimund in ninth place. Poland's Dawid Kubacki (140.5 meters) secured victory ahead of Slovenia's Anze Lanisek and his compatriot Timi Zajc. In the overall tour standings, the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud, who finished sixth in qualifying, already has a cushion on his pursuers after his clear victory in Oberstdorf.
A slight upward trend could be seen with German record world champion Markus Eisenbichler. "Eisei" jumped 131 meters and made it to 14th place. "It was difficult in Oberstdorf. Everything didn't come together, then you sometimes quarrel with yourself. It just didn't work at all. I'm annoyed for a moment, then it was eaten again," said Eisenbichler on ARD. In the meantime he is looking a little more confidently to the rest of the tour. In Oberstdorf he was 33rd and missed the second round.
Unlike in Oberstdorf, this time the so-called national group was at the start. For David Siegel, Finn Braun and the disqualified Simon Spiewok, it was not enough for a place in the top 50 in the preliminary round. Former ski flying world champion Daniel-André Tande from Norway was also disappointed. His 112.5 meter jump was not enough for qualification.
The duels of the German ski jumpers:
Philipp Raimund (9/Oberstdorf) - Ziga Jelar (42/Slovenia)
Constantin Schmid (10/Oberaudorf) - Alex Insam (41/Italy)
Markus Eisenbichler (14/Siegsdorf) - Pius Paschke (37/Kiefersfelden)
Stephan Leyhe (15/Willingen) - Marius Lindvik (36/Norway)
Andreas Wellinger (19/Ruhpolding) - Philipp Aschenwald (32/Austria)
Felix Hoffmann (28/Heidersbach) - Naoki Nakamura (23/Japan)
Martin Hamann (29/Aue) - Jan Hoerl (22/Austria)
Karl Geiger (30/Oberstdorf) - Ren Nikaido (21/Japan)
Luca Roth (49/Messtetten) - Anze Lanisek (2/Slovenia)
(The number in brackets indicates placement in qualification)
