Snow chaos in Engelberg: Despite the storm, the Austrians cheer!

In an exciting competition in Engelberg, the Austrian ski jumping elite dominated. Daniel Tschofenig secured first place and clearly prevailed with remarkable jumps of 135 and 137.5 meters. Gregor Deschwanden from Switzerland risked everything, but was not able to shine in the final round and took 5th place with 264.4 points, just behind the podium, as is .

The competition conditions were challenging: strong snowfall led to the interruption of the women's competition, which was finally completely broken off. While the women could not compete due to the adverse weather conditions, the men provided exciting duels. Tschofenig was not prevented by the competition, while Stefan Kraft, who came back to shape after less convincing achievements of the past few days, ended up in third place with good setbacks. This gave Kraft, the current World Cup title defender, the confidence that he needed so urgently needed strong appearance of the Austrians

The Austrians were strong and dominated the podium, with Jan Hörl in second place, which increased with an impressive jump of 138.5 meters. Tschofenig stated that the team was "very well positioned" and the victory wakes up hope for an overall Austrian victory on the upcoming four -hill tour. However, it remains to be seen whether the competition, such as Paschke, which is currently 79 points behind Tschofenig, can prevent this. The anticipation for the four -hill tour, which soon begins in Oberstdorf, is already noticeable, even if the athletes warn not to underestimate the competition and not to put the pressure too high.