The German ski jumpers hope for a World Cup medal in the team competition. Andreas Wellinger is aiming for his second success in Trondheim.
Ski jumper Andreas Wellinger hopes for his second World Cup medal in Trondheim on Thursday in the team competition. “Everything is in there. From first to not on the podium, everything is possible because many other nations jump well, ”said the Vice World Champion from the normal hill. His motto is therefore: “Simply attack”.
In addition to Wellinger, Philipp Raimund, Karl Geiger and Stephan Leyhe will start for Germany. The recently weak Pius Paschke has to watch.
Andreas Wellinger wants the next medal
“Norway is definitely a favorite again, then there are still Austria and Slovenia. It will be exciting, ”said Wellinger before the competition from the Großschanze (5:05 p.m. in the live ticker):“ The task will be that we rarely only jump 120 meters as possible. These are the points that can be lost quickly. It’s a bit the crux on the hill. “
Germany only outsiders
If you take the male results from the mixed, Germany is rather not a medal candidate: Wellinger and Raimund collected 522.2 points on Wednesday, less than the men from Slovenia (551.4), Norway (550.2) and Austria (533.5).
Especially in the second round, Raimund and Wellinger showed significantly better jumps. “We have to go on this path if we want to make a medal over the next few days. It was a good feeling to have a degree like this, ”said Wellinger. On Saturday, the individual from the large ski jump is still pending at the end of the World Cup.
Germany won World Cup gold in 2019 and 2021. Two years ago in Planica, it was only fifth in the victory of the Slovenes.