Ski jumping from Zakopane live: Will Germany succeed in breaking free in team jumping?

Created: 01/14/2023 13:14

By: Patrick Mayer

Winter sports cult: the ski jump in Zakopane.

Here Andreas Wellinger goes from the ski jump.

© Michal Dyjuk/AP/dpa

Today is the second team competition in Zakopane, Poland.

The German ski jumpers Andreas Wellinger, Karl Geiger and Markus Eisenbichler have improved.

Follow the competition from 4 p.m. here in the live ticker.

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  The second team competition of the season is scheduled for this Saturday (from 4 p.m.) in

  Zakopane .

• Improved Andreas Wellinger

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  Markus Eisenbichler

  : DSV-Adler after the tour with increasing form.

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Munich/Zakopane - The Four Hills Tournament was ultimately a big disappointment for the ski jumpers of the German Ski Association (DSV).

How will things continue for the DSV-Adler in the further course of the season?

The turning point comes already in the team competition of Zakopane.

Ski jumping live: Andreas Wellinger and Markus Eisenbichler improved - DSV-Adler with improving form

This Saturday, the second team competition (4 p.m.) of the current winter is on the program.

Namely in Zakopane, the Polish cult winter sports resort not far from the border with Slovakia.

At the end of the World Cup weekend, the 50 jumpers will compete in the individual competition on Sunday.

After all: The German ski jumpers have shown themselves to be significantly improved after the disappointing Four Hills Tournament in the qualification for the individual jumping.

Two-time Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger (Ruhpolding) took fourth place on Friday after a strong jump of 135.5 m (142.2 points).

The Austrian Daniel Tschofenig secured victory in the qualification (138.5 m/149.1).

In the video: Granerud wins the Four Hills Tournament - DSV-Adler weak

In addition to Wellinger, the other five German jumpers also made it into the competition.

Karl Geiger (Oberstdorf) as tenth and Markus Eisenbichler (Siegsdorf) as 14th jumped into the top 15. Stephan Leyhe (Willingen) as 18th, tour surprise Philipp Raimund (Oberstdorf/19th) and Constantin Schmid (Oberaudorf/31st .) qualified confidently.

The Norwegian Tournament winner Halvor Egner Granerud, who is also the leader in the overall World Cup, had to settle for eleventh place.

Team jumping from Zakopane in the live ticker: How do the German ski jumpers perform in Poland?

So this Saturday the teams of the respective nations will face each other.

Germany is traditionally strong in team jumping.

At the Olympic Winter Games, the DSV-Adler took bronze behind Austria and Slovenia.

And today?

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