German Olympic hope throws Christmas tree from the balcony - clothing detail causes a stir

Created: 01/14/2022, 08:58

By: Andreas Knobloch

Katharina Althaus throws her Christmas tree from the balcony.

© Screenshot Katharina Althaus Instagram

She is the German medal hope for the Olympics.

Katharina Althaus wants to fly far - but a month before the start she let it fly.

Oberstdorf - It is a sport from which those responsible at the Olympics have high hopes, even if the competition is great.

Whether for women or men - many medals are possible in ski jumping.

Fortunately, the women are now also at the Olympics, because Katharina Althaus is a great hope.

Olympia 2022: Katharina Althaus wants to show everything in ski jumping

The winter athlete, who was born in Oberstdorf, already won a silver medal on the normal hill in Pyeongchang in 2018.

The 25-year-old has also been second overall in the World Cup twice.

And a month before the Olympics (as of January 12) she is again the second best in the overall World Cup.

The games in Beijing (from February 4th to 20th) will probably take place, even if the Corona variant Omikron has also arrived there.

Althaus has now gotten rid of ballast, namely her Christmas tree, which she throws from the balcony of her apartment in Oberstdorf.

She uses the hashtag "Knut", which is supposed to be reminiscent of the Swedish tradition.

Olympia 2022: Althaus throws a tree out of the window - barefoot

In Sweden, the traditional end of Christmas is celebrated on the twentieth day after Christmas. Families dance around the decorated tree one last time, children eat treats. The tree is decorated and literally "thrown out of the house". Firing the tree out of the window - similar to how Althaus does it - was once exaggerated in the Ikea advertisement.

Althaus didn't wait quite 20 days before she threw her tree off the balcony.

But what fans noticed most as she stood on the tiles in the freezing temperatures was that she was barefoot.

The ski jumper went outside without socks or shoes.

"You have to stay healthy," writes one fan. Another says: "I'm always barefoot too."

One comment simply says: "The tiles would be too cold for me to walk barefoot".

As long as Althaus stays ice cold in the first individual competition on February 5th, everything will be fine.