Stefan Kraft surpasses the competition: Wellinger as the best German!

Stefan Kraft surpasses the competition: Wellinger as the best German!

Bischofshofen, Österreich - Stefan Kraft won the qualification for the final of the four -hill tour in Bischofshofen on January 5, 2025. The Austrian ski jumper jumped impressive 142 meters and clearly prevailed against his competitors Maximilian Ortner from Austria and Gregor Deschwanden from Switzerland. In addition, Andreas Wellinger was able to look forward to the best place in the German athletes, he reached ninth place.

In addition, other German ski jumpers were able to qualify for the final. These include Pius Paschke, Philipp Raimund, Karl Geiger, Felix Hoffmann and Adrian Tittel. The competition will take place on Monday at 4:30 p.m. and will be broadcast both on ZDF and at Eurosport. In qualification there were tensions in the fight for the golden eagle, since Fabian Kraft, Jan Hörl and Daniel Tschofenig are fighting for victory. Tschofenig landed in fourth place in the qualification leap while Hörl took sixth place.

Current stood in the tour classification

Pius Paschke is in sixth place in terms of the tour classification. However, he has a gap of over 21 meters onto the podium. He also lost the yellow jersey, which distinguished him as an overall world -cup,. National coach Stefan Horngacher commented on the ambitions of the German team and emphasized that the team will give everything despite the challenges.

For additional insights to the dominance of Stefan Kraft in the qualification and performance of Andreas Wellinger, interesting details in a report from SPIEGEL ONLINE . The first reports on the qualification results can also be read at Radio Ennepe Ruhr

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