Even a cold can't stop Karl Geiger. The German ski jumper makes it onto the podium again in the Finnish cold. The chances of winning the yellow jersey are getting smaller.
Lahti (dpa) - In the fridge of Lahti Karl Geiger once again let his teammates celebrate - but permanent rival Stefan Kraft was once again stronger and took Germany's best ski jumper away from victory.
In the fight for the yellow jersey, the day's second violinist (128.5 and 130.5 meters) thus lost 20 more points to Victor Kraft from Austria (129.5 and 129.5 meters), who now had 138 points five jumps before the end Leadership lies. "I am very satisfied with him today. He started a little badly but then got into the hill well. I hope we can continue like this at the weekend," said national coach Stefan Horngacher.
Just in time for the competition, Geiger seemed to have recovered from his persistent cold. After both jumps, the 27-year-old from Allgäu showed his fists and cheered, later he said on the ARD: "I am very well, I am extremely satisfied. I am really happy." Geiger added to his infection: "Fortunately we are ski jumpers and not endurance athletes. It is well recovered. You can see that it works."
Geiger can no longer make up the 138 points behind Austria's high-flyer on his own. For the remaining five singles in Northern Europe - Lahti, Trondheim, Lillehammer, Oslo and Vikersund - strength would have to go wrong and violinists would have to start a real winning streak. Athletes like the Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande, who came third this time, would have to push himself between violinist and force more often.
The other DSV athletes had a moderate run on Friday: Constantin Schmid finished eleventh, also Stephan Leyhe (16th) and Markus Eisenbichler (17th) jumped behind expectations this time. "We have to continue working with Markus. The first was good, the second was a step backwards," said Horngacher about the three-time world champion Eisenbichler.
Severin Freund experienced a setback, who was back for the second weekend after a break of almost 14 months. 107.5 meters and rank 46 were not what the 31-year-old former world champion had hoped for. "Apparently I haven't been to Lahti for too long. I haven't quite found the key to go a few meters further," he said.
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