Ski Jumping: Second in Engelberg on Friday – one tenth missing for victory

Ski jumper Richard Freitag (Aue) missed his third win of the season by a whisper. At the first World Cup competition in Engelberg, the 26-year-old finished one tenth of a point behind the Norwegian Anders Fannemel in second place and, with his fourth podium finish in a row, extended his lead in the overall World Cup.

Friday at the dress rehearsal for the Four Hills Tournament (30. December to 6. January) in Switzerland with jumps to 124.5 and 129.5 m to 253.5 points. With 133.0 and 127.5 m, Fannemel saved a tight cushion. Third place went to tour winner Kamil Stoch (Poland).

“It’s not foxing me. The first jump was not quite what it was supposed to be,”said Friday on ZDF television:”It’s really close up there. I can still enjoy the podium” Friday 2014 I won in Engelberg, but after that I only finished sixth in the Four Hills Tournament despite a one-day win in Innsbruck.

In the overall World Cup, Freitag leads with 440 points ahead of Andreas Wellinger (Ruhpolding). This is the first time in 17 years that a German ski jumper in a yellow jersey will be on tour.

Vice World Champion Wellinger, last year only 13. and 15. on the Gross Titlis ski jump, which he did not necessarily love, moved up from 21st place after the first run with a strong 133.5 m and a total of 242.2 points to sixth place. Karl Geiger (Oberstdorf) as eleventh (235.9) and Markus Eisenbichler (Siegsdorf) as twelfth (235.8) jumped solidly.

Stephan Leyhe (Willingen) finished in 25th place (211.5) and Pius Paschke (Kiefersfelden) in 27th place (205.9). Constantin Schmid (Oberaudorf), last still shining eighth in Titisee-Neustadt, missed the 33rd place. the decision of the best 30.

On Sunday, another individual jump will take place on the Gross Titlis ski jump before the short Christmas break. On the 29th. In December, Oberstdorf is due to qualify for the first show jumping tour.