In a dramatic finale, Ryoyu Kobayashi wins the New Year’s competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Japanese sits down very thinly against Markus. Eisenbichler through. Karl Geiger has to accept a major setback.
With jumps of 143 and 135.5 meters, Ryoyu Kobayashi secured victory in the traditional New Year’s competition of the Four Hills Tournament. The Japanese scored a total of 291.2 points on the Olympic hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday and narrowly beat Markus Eisenbichler, who came in at 141 and 143.5 meters (291 pts). Third place went to the Slovenian Lovro Kos with 135.5 and 138 meters (286 pts).
Kobayashi laid the foundation for his second victory in the second competition of the Four Hills Tournament in the first round. At halftime, the Japanese was still three points ahead of Eisenbichler, who had difficulties making his jump, especially in the first round.
Eisenbichler does not use Telemark
In the final round, the man from Siegsdorf showed the best distance of the day, stayed only half a meter below the hill record, but renounced the telemark. But Kobayashi countered with a shortened run-up and secured victory with a wafer-thin lead of just 0.2 points.
“I have a good feeling on the hill. I didn’t dare go telemark because I couldn’t see a line down there. But I am completely satisfied, ”explained Eisenbichler afterwards.
Karl Geiger twice with Windpech
In the battle for overall victory, Karl Geiger suffered a severe setback. In both rounds, the Oberstdorfer had to leave the Bakken in comparatively difficult conditions and did not get beyond seventh place with 130 and 127.5 meters.
“To be honest, I’m pissed off. I didn’t have it so well twice, but I could have done better, ”said the visibly disappointed violinist, who is now 32.3 points behind the leading Kobayashi in sixth place in the overall standings. The hottest iron in the battle for overall victory is now Eisenbichler, who is fourth, 21.1 points behind Kobayashi.
In addition to Eisenbichler and Geiger, Stephan Leyhe (10th), Constantin Schmid (20th), Andreas Wellinger (22nd) and Severin Freund (28th) have collected four further DSV ski jumpers World Cup points. Pius Paschke (31st), Justin Lisso (43rd) and Felix Hoffmann (46th) failed in their knockout duels and missed the leap into the final round.
Hörl best Austrian, Poland disappoints again
Jan Hörl was the best Austrian with 134 and 132 meters, behind the strong Norwegian Marius Lindvik (4th), in fifth place. In addition, the Japanese Yukiya Sato (6th), the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud (8th) and the Slovenian Timi Zajc (9th) made it into the top ten.
With Piotr Zyla (11th) and Jakub Wolny (23rd) only two Polish ski jumpers have reached the final, defending champion Kamil Stoch (47th) retired early, as at the start in Oberstdorf.
»Event overview: schedule & information about Bergisel jumping in Innsbruck
Tomorrow, Sunday, remains free for the ski jumpers. The Four Hills Tournament will then continue on Monday at Bergisel in Innsbruck: The official training starts at 11:15 a.m., and at 1:30 p.m. (everything live bei skispringen.com) then the qualification follows.
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