The World Cup 2019/20 in ski jumping continued in Willingen and was the greatest triumph in Stephan Leyhe's career. In front of his home crowd, he took his first World Cup victory.
Willingen - In the first of two competitions in Willingen, Stephan Leyhe celebrated the first individual victory in his career in ski jumping. Leyhe kept his nerve in front of enthusiastic fans and caused unlimited cheers.
It is finished! With jumps on 139.5 and 144.5 meters, Stephan Leyhe from Willingen took the first World Cup victory of his career on his home hill.
In front of 23,500 euphoric spectators, the 28-year-old prevailed ahead of Marius Lindvik from Norway and Kamil Stoch from Poland.
Ski jumping in Willingen: great emotions with Stephan Leyhe
Leyhe, who was also at the front in qualifying, was only 0.8 points behind Stoch after the first round, then set the highest distance in the second round with 144.5 meters and earned his first win in a single competition.
Leyhe grew up just two kilometers from Willingen and learned how to ski in Willingen. He now lives in the Black Forest, but is still at home on the Mühlenkopfschanze. The emotions at Leyhe and the fans in the finish area were correspondingly great.
Ski jumping: Kraft extends lead over violinists
The second best German was Karl Geiger, who finished fifth and landed just behind Stefan Kraft. The Austrian also showed himself stable in Willingen and extended his lead over Geiger in the overall World Cup. Leyhe leaps forward in the overall standings. Here is an overview of the overall ranking in ski jumping
Constantin Schmid was 21st, Pius Paschke 24th and Markus Eisenbichler 26th. Richard Freitag missed the second round.
On Sunday the schedule in ski jumping in Willingen is to continue at 10:15 a.m. with the second individual jumping. However, it is still unclear whether the competition can take place due to the storm "Sabine". chiemgau24.de keeps you up to date.
Ski jumping in Willingen: The result of jumping on Saturday
21.Constantin Schmid (Germany) -40.5
24.Pius Paschke (Germany) -43.1
26. Markus Eisenbichler (Germany) -44.8
The complete result from Willingen
Ski jumping in Willingen: the live ticker for jumping
17:48: Marius Lindvik from Norway comes second ahead of Kamil Stoch from Poland. With fourth place, Stefan Kraft defends the yellow jersey of the overall leader ahead of Karl Geiger, who is fifth.
5:46 pm: Leyhe is celebrated by his teammates and 23,000 enthusiastic fans. He grew up in a place two kilometers from Willingen, learned ski jumping here and today wins his first World Cup.
17:44: The jubilation knows no limits. Stephan Leyhe from SC Willingen wins his first World Cup in ski jumping in Willingen of all places.
17:42: Waaaaaaahnsinn! Stephan Leyhe celebrates the first World Cup victory of his career in Willingen of all places! Stoch jumps to third place with 137.5 meters.
17:41: Stephan Leyhe, what a jump! 144.5 meters, that's getting very close with Lindvik. He takes the lead, the audience explodes. Now only Kamil Stoch comes.
17:40: Boah, now it suddenly goes really far again. 143 meters for Marius Lindvik, who leads Norway. Now Leyhe is coming.
5:39 pm: The wind is getting better, power takes advantage of this and goes up to 141 meters. He gets more deductions than violinist, but is still in front. The Austrian extends his lead in the overall standings. Three jumpers still up.
17:38: Johann Andre Forfang from Norway gets very close. 137 meters, but that's not enough for the tour. Now comes Stefan Kraft, it's about the overall rating.
17:37: Karl Geiger with a great jump! 138 meters for the Oberstdorfer, that's the lead. The audience rages.
17:36: Peter Prevc also goes to 134.5 meters, it's a little better now. Second place for the Slovenian, now comes Karl Geiger.
17:35: Gregor Schlierenzauer solves this terrific. 134.5 meters, the Austrian takes the lead. And in these conditions.
5:33 pm: Dawid Kubacki is now a real benchmark. But even the winner of the tour has no chance in this wind. 129.5 meters, that's just seventh place.
5:32 pm: It's difficult with the wind right now. At the beginning of the second round we had an upwind, now there is a tailwind.
5:30 p.m .: Ten jumpers still up, Kobayashi leads Semenic and Sato. Two Germans are still up.
17:29: Anze Semenic from Slovenia is second, then the best ten come from the first round.
17:28: Ryoyu Kobayashi also has problems, but the world-class athlete is still 135 meters and therefore in the lead.
17:26: Schmid has a good height, but the wind pushes him down. 130 meters, that's the eighth place. Paschke is tenth.
17:25: Pius Paschke is not in a good position. It already lands at 128 meters, much more was not possible there. The updraft from the landing slope has disappeared.
5:24 pm: Japanese double tour in Willingen. Sato lies in front of Junshiro Kobayashi.
17:23: We will soon see the next Germans with Pius Paschke and Constantin Schmid. Both shared the 15th place after the 1st round.
5:21 pm: Yukiya Sato moves to 139.5 meters. That is the clear leadership.
17:19: 139 meters and the lead for Junshiro Kobayashi. That would have been enough for the top five in the first round. It is quite possible that the jury will go back to the best athletes with the run-up length.
17:17: Vladimir Zografski also jumps far, 137 meters. That is the lead. The run-up length was increased for the second round, you can tell that clearly.
17:15: Robin Pedersen from Norway takes the lead. It's going well here in the second round.
17:14: Eisenbichler manages that, it was a good jump. 136 meters for the German, but he gets worse grades and is second.
5:13 pm: There is 135 meters to beat, which Robert Johansson has presented.
17:12: We will soon see Markus Eisenbichler. This is due to the poor placement from the 1st round.
17:10: So now it continues here. Anders Haar from Norway opened the second round with 125.5 meters.
Before the 2nd round: We will continue with the 2nd round here.
After the 1st round: Constantin Schmid and Pius Paschke share 15th place and are in the 2nd round as well as Markus Eisenbichler as 27th. Richard Freitag did not make it.
After the 1st round: Kamil Stoch from Poland leads with 0.8 points in front of Stephan Leyhe. The Willinger has real shares in the victory when he jumps home. Karl Geiger is sixth, 5.6 points behind Stoch. The leader of the overall standings, Stefan Kraft is fourth and has 0.9 points ahead of Geiger.
16:49: The leader of the overall standings, Stefan Kraft, had a bad wind. 135.5 meters is a good performance. He is now in fourth place after the first round.
16:47: Geiger shows a good jump, so he pushes himself in front. 138.5 meters, Geiger is fifth.
16:46: Dawid Kubacki does not go to the top either. 135 meters for the four hill tour winner, that's seventh place. Now Karl Geiger
16:45: Ryoyu Kobayashi cannot attack the top. The Japanese lands at 134 meters. Now only Kubacki, violinist and power come.
16:44: Kamil Stoch from Poland also goes to 139.5 meters. The grades are better, Stoch leads Leyhe. 0.8 dots in front.
16:43: Marius Lindvik from Norway goes even half a meter further. But he can not displace Leyhe, the German got more points. Now the top 5.
16:42: Leyhe delivers! In not so easy conditions, it pulls 139.5 meters into the slope. This is the longest jump and the lead for Stephan Leyhe.
16:40: Peter Prevc from Slovenia is second, now Leyhe is coming.
16:39: Now Stephan Leyhe is coming. The Willinger has shone here so far. Can he do it in competition?
16:37: Schmid and Paschke are still tied for seventh place. In the lead is now Johann Andre Forfang from Norway, who jumps 138 meters.
16:35: So, the top ten of the overall World Cup are coming. Now it's getting serious.
16:33: Constantin Schmid is the next German. And goes to 133 meters, which is completely solid. Schmid is sixth. And Friday's hopes are gradually waning.
16:32: Schlierenzauer remains ahead, we are still waiting here for the first jump over the 140 meters.
16:30: Pius Paschke from Kiefersfelden is fifth, the German continues to deliver consistent performances.
16:29: Gregor Schlierenzauer from Austria with 135 meters. That is the lead.
16:28: Kilian Peier lands at 114 meters. Eisenbichler is now in the second round. 30 out of 20 jumpers are through.
16:26: Even Eisenbichler is not yet safe in the second round. Another jumper must be worse than the world champion. Friday must hope that three jumpers are still worse. That is rather unlikely.
16:24: Now we see Markus Eisenbichler. Siegsdorfer is also struggling this season. Here in Willingen, Eisenbichler is at 128 meters. He is not happy.
16:22: But the jumpers after Friday also have a hard time. Nevertheless, the German has to tremble if he still stays here.
4:20 pm: Richard Freitag goes off the hill. The first German jumper cannot free himself from his form crisis here, 126 meters is no more than seventh place. That becomes tight with the 2nd round.
16:18: Jakub Wolny from Poland takes the lead with 135.5 meters. We are increasing.
16:16: Vladimir Zografski from Bulgaria goes to 131.5 meters. He is third behind Ziga Jelar and Anze Semenic from Slovenia.
16.14: It doesn't go very far here. We have seen two jumps over 130 meters so far. But even 150 meters are possible here, Willingen is the largest large hill in the world.
16:12: So, the first 15 are below, now we will see the better group. before the favorites come to victory in Willingen at the very end.
16:10: Unbelievable what's going on here again. That is 23,500 spectators in Willingen, the atmosphere is excellent.
16:08: Ziga Jelar from Slovenia currently leads the competition confidently after jumping to 135 meters. The other jumpers are still a long way from that.
16:06: Now the first short break.
16:04: The conditions are changeable, but you can at least jump. That looked very different yesterday.
16:02: We are the first German to see Richard Freitag with the start number 21. He was followed by Markus Eisenbichler with 27, Pius Paschke with 32, Constantin Schmid with 35, Stephan Leyhe with 44 and Karl Geiger with 49.
16:00: So, here we go in Willingen. The first jumpers leave the hill.
Before jumping: the jumpers will go down, then it starts here. Great atmosphere in Willingen, everything is done.
Before jumping: Today the wind is going well in Willingen. Nothing should stand in the way of jumping.
Before jumping: Stephan Leyhe wins the qualification ahead of Stefan Kraft from Austria and Timi Zajc from Slovenia. Karl Geiger is fifth. All six German jumpers are in the first round at 4:00 p.m.
Before jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi and Dawid Kubacki have problems and are significantly behind Leyhe.
Before jumping: Stephan Leyhe confirms his strong form and in the qualification, with 145.5 meters, knocks out the biggest distance by far.
Before jumping: tomorrow's competition will be held much earlier than originally planned. The first round begins at 10:15 a.m.
Before jumping: Richard Freitag and Markus Eisenbichler are there after the competition. Both have survived the ongoing qualification.
Before jumping: the qualification that should have taken place yesterday is currently underway.
Before jumping: The training session has already been completed, local hero Stephan Leyhe from SC Willingen showed the second best jump.
Before jumping: After the qualification was canceled yesterday due to strong winds, today you can jump here in Willingen.
Before jumping: Hello and welcome to the live ticker at chiemgau24.de for ski jumping in Willingen. Today is the first of two individual competitions, starting at 4:00 p.m. We provide you with all information in advance in the live ticker.
Ski jumping in Willingen: The preliminary report on jumping on Saturday
The focus in Willingen is again the fight for the overall World Cup in ski jumping. Stefan Kraft took over the yellow jersey from Karl Geiger in Japan, but the distances between the top athletes are small.
Stephan Leyhe, who jumped onto the podium for the first time in the season and knows the hill in Willingen very well as a local hero, presented himself in great shape in Sapporo. Ski jumping: All dates in the World Cup 2019/20
Ski jumping in Willingen: wind changes the competition program
The program on Saturday will be tight for the jumpers. The start of the World Cup ski jumping in Willingen, Hesse, was violently jarred by strong winds. After several interruptions, the training was stopped on Friday and the qualification could not take place either. All information about ski jumping in Willingen
A training session is scheduled to take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. The qualification should start an hour later, the competition as planned at 4:00 p.m., as the organizers announced.
Ski jumping in Willingen: jumping on Sunday is preferred
In addition, the competition actually scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday was brought forward. The individual competition should now start at 10.15 a.m. For example, strong wind with gusts of wind is forecast for Sunday. Ski jumping: All information about the World Cup 2019/20
In Willingen, qualification is of particular importance: the qualification jump, like the four jumps in the competition on Saturday and Sunday, is included in the Willingen Five classification. The winner of this rating will receive 25,000 euros in prize money. Last year, the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi won the rating.
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