Ski jumping crisis: German team athletes without a podium in Zakopane!

Ski jumping crisis: German team athletes without a podium in Zakopane!

In the past week, the German ski jumper in Zakopane Poland once again exposed themselves to high pressure and were unable to show any convincing performance in the last competitions. The individual competition for Karl Geiger and Co. ended disappointing, while the Austrian team under the leadership of Daniel Tschofenig continued to impress.

Yesterday's competitions on January 18, 2025 only brought the Germans to fourth place in team jumping. With 1,110.0 points, they left the Austrians (1,170.4 points), Slovenes (1,129.6 points) and Norwegians (1,122.9 points) behind them. The best jumper of the DSV team was Karl Geiger, who triumphed with jumps of 136.5 meters and 139.5 meters. Wellinger, Paschke and Raimund could not keep up in terms of performance and urgently need to work on their shape. Wellinger said he lacks the "free flying", which may be an indication of the mental blockade of the past few weeks.

The Situation of the German jumpers

The German team has not reached a podium for over a month, which puts confidence in the jumpers to the test. Pius Paschke completed the individual competition in Zakopane in a disappointing 32nd place and had to re -evaluate his claims and hopes. Wellinger expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation and stated that small successes are urgently necessary to get the team back in

national coach Stefan Horngacher assessed fourth place as "positive", although the results in the training were unable to convince beforehand. However, this leaves many questions unanswered, especially in view of the mixed start of the season, which has started positively for Paschke with five individual victories, but has shown a clear downward trend since mid -December. ARD expert Sven Hannawald criticized the continuous weak performance of the German jumper and demanded urgent improvements.

Austria dominates ski jumping

In the meantime, the Austrian team continues to demonstrate its dominance. Tschofenig succeeded in team jumping in Zakopane and in the individual competition of the very big litter and it shows a stable shape. The voices of the German jumper became loud that they want more variety and want to hear less about the Austrian hymn, which in the last competitions always