Again no medal for the German ski jumpers. The quartet around Andreas Wellinger lands in fourth place.
The DSV eagles miss a medal in Trondheim. In the team competition of the Nordic World Cup, the quartet from Andreas Wellinger, Karl Geiger, Philipp Raimund and Stephan Leyhe with 1005.8 points landed well behind Norway (1065.3). The Slovenes (1080.8) won gold in front of Austria (1067.4).
In the event of manageable wind conditions, after hurricane -like gusts had prevented the combiners’ competition at noon, the German team lacked the equivalent of 33 meters too bronze.
Andreas Wellinger at the team competition in Trondheim
The good jumps of Wellinger (132.0+133.5) and Raimund (135.5+135.0) were not enough because Geiger (127.0+119.0) and Leyhe (122.5+127.0), who had prevailed in the race for the fourth winner Pius Paschke.
“Fourth at the World Cup is Saublöd”
“Fourth at the World Cup is Saublöd. Twice fourth at the World Cup is still a lot stupid, ”said Wellinger, because the day before, Germany had just failed on a medal. The German contingent had already landed fourth in the mixed competition.
“Fourth again … This is a bitter pill that you have to let sag,” said a disappointed violinist. “For me it went into my pants today, that frustrates me a lot. Otherwise I was a bank in the team. “
After a solid first round, the German quartet around Andreas Wellinger was also in fourth place, but was just under four points behind the Norwegians.