Olympia: Ski jumping live today - will the DSV eagles fight back?
Created: 02/12/2022, 07:57
By: Marco Blanco-Ucles
German hopes rest on him: Karl Geiger is regarded as the favorite for a medal on the large hill.
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On the small hill, things were anything but ideal for the German Eagles.
That should change today on the big layout.
The decision here in the live ticker.
Zhangjiakou - Missed second round by Markus Eisenbichler, 15th place by Karl Geiger and disqualification in the mixed competition.
However, the German eagles didn't quite get along at the Olympic Winter Games on the normal hill in Zhangjiakou.
Therefore, one should be very happy in the DSV camp that the competitions on the large hill are now coming up.
Olympia 2022: Paschke moves into the DSV squad for Leyhe
In individual jumping on the large facility, Eisenbichler and Geiger in particular - who celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday - want to show that there is more to them than was last seen.
National coach Stefan Horngacher has made a change in the squad of four.
Pius Paschke, who was doomed to watch on the normal hill, replaces Stephan Leyhe in the team.
Constantin Schmid completes the DSV quartet.
The 22-year-old finished eleventh on the normal hill as the best German.
It's a little more fun again
Markus Eisenbichler
In the qualification on Friday, two things became clear: On the one hand, Markus Eisenbichler came back impressively after not being nominated for the mixed competition on Monday - sixth place for the man from Siegsdorf.
"I'm on the right track.
It's a little more fun again," Eisenbichler said on
ARD
.
On the other hand, however, it was also shown that these Olympic Winter Games have not so far been those of Karl Geiger.
When the Norwegian Marius Lindvik won, the man from Oberstdorf came in twelfth.
After all: Compared to the training sessions, the birthday child showed a lot of improvement.
It remains to be hoped that Geiger can continue to improve in time for the competition.
(mbu)