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Drama at the Four Hills Tournament: Tschofenig triumphs, Kraft disappoints!
Austria dominates the 2024/25 Four Hills Tournament with a triple victory. Tschofenig triumphs despite dramatic decisions.
Drama at the Four Hills Tournament: Tschofenig triumphs, Kraft disappoints!
At the 2024/25 Four Hills Tournament there was an overwhelming triple victory for the Austrian Eagles, while German hopeful Pius Paschke fell short of expectations. Daniel Tschofenig was able to celebrate his first tour victory after a dramatic competition in Bischofshofen and celebrated on the shoulders of his teammates Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft. "Crazy! I can't believe I won," said the visibly overwhelmed Tschofenig. After a difficult first round in which he was only in fifth place, he unleashed an impressive jump explosion of 140.5 m and fought his way up the overall standings. Kraft, on the other hand, who started the race as the leader, had to wait longer due to unfavorable wind conditions and fell back to third place, which disappointed him very much: "Of course you are very sad and disappointed. I would have imagined the picture differently," explained Kraft, who was only 4.1 points short of his second tour title krone.at reported.
Austria's dominance and Germany's challenge
The dominance of Austrian ski jumping on this tour was impressive: eleven out of twelve podium places went to the ÖSV jumpers and shattered the previous record of nine podium places. Jan Hörl was happy despite his painful defeat in a direct duel with Tschofenig: “We are 1-2-3 and can be proud that we had such a cool fight for two weeks.” Hörl explained that the team's performance was a consolation for the bitter personal disappointment. In the Nations Cup, Austria now has a record lead of 1,759 points over Germany, which will probably have to accept deeper cuts in its performance. Paschke, who started the overall World Cup as the leader, only finished the tour in ninth place and was self-critical: “It was okay, but I can jump better,” he explained. The German ski jumpers now have to concentrate on the upcoming competitions and hope for a return to their old strength eurosport.de reported.