Ski jumping: Four Hills Tournament today in the live ticker - explosive duel between Geiger and Kraft
Created: 12/29/2022, 2:40 p.m
By: Christoph Klaucke
DSV-Adler Karl Geiger has to deal with the Austrian Stefan Kraft at the start of the Four Hills Tournament.
© Daniel Karmann/dpa
The 71st Four Hills Tournament starts today with the first competition - with thousands of spectators in the Allgäu.
The start in the live ticker.
Ski jumping: Start of the Four Hills Tournament, Thursday, 4.30 p.m
Germany versus Austria:
Explosive duel between Karl Geiger and Stefan Kraft
Spectator boom in Allgäu: 25,000 fans expected at the start of the tour in Oberstdorf
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Oberstdorf – The Four Hills Tournament is the absolute highlight of the winter sports season in ski jumping.
On Thursday afternoon, from 4.30 p.m. here in the live ticker, is the start in Oberstdorf.
For the first time since January 2020, spectators are allowed to watch a tournament on the Schattenbergschanze, 25,000 fans are expected in the World Cup arena in 2021.
At the beginning there is an explosive duel between Germany's hopeful Karl Geiger and Austria's top jumper Stefan Kraft.
Four Hills Tournament |
December 29, 2022 to January 6, 2023 |
Location: Oberstdorf, Innsbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bischofshofen |
Record winner: Janne Ahonen (5) |
Defending champion: Ryōyū Kobayashi |
Germany versus Austria: Explosive duel between Karl Geiger and Stefan Kraft
“Unfortunately, I caught a bit of a bad co-partner.
If the jumps stay like this, I don't have to pee in my shirt," said Karl Geiger in comparison with Stefan Kraft.
World champion against world champion, former Oberstdorf winner against former Oberstdorf winner: Duels like this only happen at the Four Hills Tournament – and even then only rarely.
At the start of the tour in the Allgäu it's that time again.
Such duels are known in the history of the tour, especially from the times of Sven Hannawald.
During his triumph in 2001/02, the former ski jumping star skipped qualification four times and started with number 50 against the winner of the preliminary round.
Something like that is no longer possible 21 years later because nobody is fixed for the competition anymore.
Ski jumping in the live ticker: Geiger aggressive at the Four Hills Tournament
The fact that there is now a duel between the jump greats was not due to Geiger, who was on target in seventh place in the qualification.
But rather in strength, which was only 44th on a weak day.
The 29-year-old violinist can even gain something from the difficult task.
“It can even be an incentive.
He always jumps damn well in Oberstdorf.
But I still have reserves," said the man from the Allgäu.
After his previous performances in the World Cup, Kraft is one of the narrow favorites, Geiger is more of an extended one.
Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud won the qualification on Wednesday.
The last German victory so far in the Allgäu was achieved by the violinist from Oberstdorf two years ago.
And the DSV team has another hot iron in the fire alongside Olympic champions Andreas Wellinger and Markus Eisenbichler.
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Four Hills Tournament in the live ticker: "Raw diamond" Raimund surprised
22-year-old Philipp Raimund, who normally competes in the Continental Cup, i.e. in the second league of ski jumping, jumped 131 meters to 14th place is a special feature.
“You can hear the quake in the stadium.
It was a lot of fun."
National coach Stefan Horngacher was also very satisfied.
"He's a diamond in the rough," said the 53-year-old on ZDF about Raimund.
This Thursday he wants to prove it again from 4.30 p.m., here in the live ticker, at the start of the Four Hills Tournament (schedule, dates, hills - all information).
Raimund then meets the Finn Vilho Palosaari in a knockout duel in the competition.
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