It is not unusual for the skydivers of the Altenstadt sports promotion group to climb the podium at the end of an event.
At the most recent World Cup in Belluno (Italy), the athletes caused a special stir.
Belluno - It is not unusual for the skydivers of the Altenstadt sports promotion group to climb the podium at the end of an event. In the target jump, the soldiers are among the best in Europe. At the most recent World Cup in Belluno (Italy), the Altenstadters caused a stir. On the one hand, there was a purely German victory podium in the men's individual standings and, on the other hand, there was a large number of young jumpers who were also at the forefront.
Above all, the events among the juniors - including women and men under the age of 25 - provided in Belluno "additional topics of conversation among the competitors from 13 nations", as it says in a press release. Because eight of a total of 19 young athletes belonged to the sports promotion group. And the Altenstadter delivered not only quantity but also class, as the six top ten placements show. The best result was achieved by Sergeant Leon This, who took first place with a deviation of ten centimeters. The jumper from Altenstadt shared the victory with the Austrian Sebastian Graser with the same number of points; he was already multiple junior world champion. Third place went to Nils Kammer (13 centimeters) from Altenstadt. Staff sergeant Laura Heck (30 centimeters) stood out as the best junior;she was overall tenth.
Double victory for Erthel and Wiesner in the men
In the men's individual competition, only German jumpers took the medal positions. Sergeant Major Kai Erthel, who was runner-up at the previous World Cup in Bled (Slovenia), now took the lead with a deviation of just two centimeters. The winner of Bled, Sergeant Stefan Wiesner, came second with a difference of one centimeter. Third place went to a member of the sports promotion group who took part in the World Cup privately and for the "Paratec Factory Team": Sergeant Sascha Lasotta (4 centimeters). In view of the great competition, "it does not often happen that all three podium places are occupied by one nation," said the Bundeswehr. The Paratec factory team also included Gerhard “Conan” Wagner from Schongau: The veteran landed in the master class with a deviation of 19 centimeters in 33rd place out of 105 classifieds.
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The trip to Belluno was worth it: the successful jumpers of the sports promotion group with (from left) Kai Erthel, Mathias Demmler, Stefan Wiesner, Tatjana Gustke, Christian Kautzmann, Robin Griesheimer, Samuel Wallrath, Elias Kammer, Aaron Dulisch, Laura Heck, Christoph Zahler, Nils Kammer and Leon Der.
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In the women's individual classification in Belluno, there was no way around the Czech Daniela Macichova (7 / four zero scores).
Sergeant Tatjana Gustke (15 centimeters) placed himself behind.
For the 26-year-old it was - after the start in Rijeka - the second silver place this season.
In Bled she had to make do with a midfield position (16th).
In the team ranking, the first set of the sports promotion group (Wiesner, Erthel, Sergeant Christoph Zahler, Sergeant Christian Kautzmann, Sergeant Robin Griesheimer) had to fight in the first two rounds. After that, "everything went like clockwork again," according to a message. In the last round, the team fell one rank behind due to a deviation of eight centimeters. With third place behind teams from Italy and the Czech Republic, the jumpers were also satisfied. The second team (Gustke, This, Sergeant Nils Kammer, Corporal Elias Kammer, Corporal Mathias Demmler) also performed well with eighth place among 42 teams. The Altenstadt team also sent a third team into the race, which finished in 32nd place.With Heck and Corporal Samuel Wallrath and Aaron Dulisch (for him it was the competition debut) athletes from Switzerland and the Czech Republic jumped.
The weather conditions were - compared to previous years - "unusually demanding for Belluno", it said. There were rain showers again and again. A sudden approaching storm ensured that the final eighth round could no longer take place. This did not affect the satisfaction on Altenstadt's side. The coach, Sergeant Major Elischa Weber, spoke of the six medals of a “terrific interim result on the way to the season highlight in November”. Then there is the military world championship in Qatar.