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Markus Eisenbichler
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Markus Eisenbichler and Karl Geiger ensured a dream start into the ski jumping winter with a German double victory.
Eisenbichler won in Wisla, Poland, after two strong jumps on 137.5 and 134.0 meters with 267.6 points, clearly ahead of his teammate Geiger (258.7) and slipped into the yellow jersey with the second World Cup victory of his career.
Third was the Austrian Daniel Huber (255.7).
Due to the corona pandemic, the competition took place with no spectators.
“This is so cool.
I'm just as happy about the yellow jersey as at Christmas.
I didn't expect that, ”said Eisenbichler.
The third violinist on the tour also cheered: “I think it's awesome, I'm really happy.
I don't know if we've ever started the winter like this. «In fact, only in 2000 was there a German one-two at the start in Kuopio, thanks to Martin Schmitt and Sven Hannawald.
Martin Hamann also caused a stir at the Adam-Malysz-Schanze, who was only half a meter below Stefan Kraft's hill record from 2013 with 138.5 meters.
The DM runner-up was unable to stop his dream flight, but remained uninjured and ended up in 18th place. "That was crazy, quite a grenade," said Hamann.
Andreas Wellinger, on the other hand, clearly missed the second round in his first World Cup in 20 months as 39th.
“I was nervous - a lot more than I know it to be.
I still have a hard time in such conditions, "said the 25-year-old on ARD.
Severin Freund, on the other hand, presented himself greatly improved.
The long-injured former world champion came in 25th and narrowly missed his first top 20 placement since December 2016.
Pius Paschke also convinced in twelfth place.
Meanwhile, Constantin Schmid was eliminated after a jump in 42nd position. Surprisingly, defending champion Stefan Kraft from Austria suffered the same fate, who was very unlucky with the wind conditions.
On Saturday, the German ski jumpers started the season with a second place in the team competition.
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