2024-01-25 18:58:22
Strong winds at the Ski Flying World Championships at Kulm in the Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf region did not allow any training or qualification flights on Thursday. While two training sessions are scheduled for Friday (9:00 a.m.), the qualification has been canceled without replacement. On Friday at 2 p.m. 47 athletes are scheduled to start the individual competition – a maximum of four per nation or five in Norway due to the title defense. The top 30 reach round two.
“The whole day was extremely windy, especially up at the jump table,” said FIS race director Sandro Pertile. “We knew it was the most difficult day of the week.” He emphasized that training was “important on one of the most difficult ski jumps in the world.” But Pertile remained optimistic that a world champion might be crowned in just one round. There was no precipitation on Thursday, at least for the time being, following heavy rain the evening before. Basically, two individual rounds are planned for Friday and Saturday, and the team competition is planned for Sunday.
For the Austrians, world record holder Stefan Kraft and Jan Hörl, Michael Hayböck and Manuel Fettner, who won the team competition with him last Saturday in Zakopane, are pretty well seeded for the individual competition. Daniel Tschofenig and Clemens Aigner are hoping for an opportunity to showcase their skills in training and to make an impact.
They all didn’t even go to the ski jump on Thursday, but rather appreciated the information that was communicated to the neighborhood in a timely manner. Kraft and Co. took the postponement calmly. “We didn’t stress ourselves out,” said head coach Andreas Widhölzl. “We took it relatively easy and went to play table tennis.” In addition, a strength program and competition preparation were carried out. Basically, the regeneration day was good.
At the 28th Ski Flying World Championships, which was opened by FIS board member Patrick Ortlieb in the absence of FIS President Johan Eliasch, the athletes from a total of 15 countries lacked the strength to continue to regenerate and not risk anything with their health. The other ÖSV active members were present at the celebratory, half-hour ceremony.
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