Four Hills Tournament in the live ticker: Home game for Karl Geiger in Oberstdorf - will he win again?

Created: 12/29/2021, 2:49 PM

From: Marius Epp, Antonio José Riether

Karl Geiger flew into second place in the qualification for the opening competition in his home country.

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The Four Hills Tournament starts on Wednesday afternoon in Oberstdorf, Karl Geiger is one of the favorites in the opening competition.

The spectacle in the live ticker.

• The Four Hills Tournament * starts this Wednesday with the opening competition in Oberstdorf.

• Local hero Karl Geiger already shone in qualifying on the Schattenberg the day before.

• The competition starts at 4.30 p.m., stay up to date with our live ticker.

Oberstdorf - The Four Hills Tournament is coming up at the end of the year, and the first act of the traditional winter sports event is taking place in Oberstdorf, Bavaria.

During the qualification on Tuesday, the native of Oberstdorf, Karl Geiger, gave a first taste of his skills and only had to admit defeat to the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi.

Both jumpers go into the competition as favorites, but Geiger warns of the competition.

Four Hills Tournament in the live ticker: Opening competition in Oberstdorf - Geiger managed to win at home last year

After finishing second in qualifying at the start in his home country, Geiger was optimistic.

“The basic idea fits.

I think I can approach it with good confidence, "said the 28-year-old after his 127.5 meter jump.

The German is also going into the 70th Four Hills Tournament as the overall World Cup leader and is therefore one of the aspirants for the first victory. Last year Geiger secured first place at his home game.

But he remains modest despite his strong preliminaries.

"Nuances will definitely decide, but I think a few others will have their say as well," said Geiger, referring to a duel with Kobayashi.

Other favorites are Austria's Stefan Kraft and Halvor Egner Granerud from Norway, who came third in the qualification.

Four Hills Tournament in the live ticker: Eisenbichler is annoyed after the qualification - six German jumpers there

In addition to Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler was also involved in the front, the Siegsdorf native jumped to sixth place, even if he still sees room for improvement.

“It's not quite optimal yet,” said the 30-year-old, who was able to regain some self-confidence with a 132-meter jump.

The full-time federal policeman only had problems with the landing.

"If the button opens a bit, it could work just fine," he added.

In addition to Geiger and Eisenbichler, three other Germans made it into the top 50 qualifiers.

Severin Freund (9th), Pius Paschke (17th), Constantin Schmid (20th) and Stephan Leyhe (38th) also compete in the Oberstdorf-Jumping.