Tschofenig celebrates the first World Cup victory: Impress Austria's jumping talent!

Tschofenig celebrates the first World Cup victory: Impress Austria's jumping talent!

Wisla, Polen - In Wisla, the ÖSV eagles bloom and especially Daniel Tschofenig proves nerve strength! The 22-year-old Carinthian celebrated a historic moment: his first World Cup victory! On Saturday, December 7, 2024, Tschofenig jumped with two impressive performances (132m and 135.5m) and won with 276.8 points-only 1.4 points ahead of the Swiss Gregor Deschwanden and 2.9 points in front of the German overall World Cup leading Pius Paschke, who only finished third. The excellent performance of the Austrian ski jumpers continued with Jan Hörl, who also ended up in the top 10 as fourth and Stefan Kraft as seventh, like laola1.at reported.

Austria remains in the upward trend

The World Cup in Wisla shows that the Austrian jumper can perform strongly even under difficult wind conditions. Jan Hörl improved by several places in the second round and finally ended up in fourth place, while Michael Hayböck also performed strongly as twelfth and Maximilian Ortner. Only Stephan Embacher had to be satisfied with the 47th place. All other ÖSV eagles made the jump into the second round, which underlines the team unity. "It is not a 0815 ski jump, she has her peculiarities," noted Tschofenig, adding that the ÖSV jumpers can be well adjusted to the different conditions. This is significantly incorporated into their successes, such as tt.com explained.

Despite the victory of Tschofenig, Pius Paschke is still number one with 376 points in the overall ranking, while Tschofenig is now in second place with 330 points. This shows that the competition for the overall World Cup victory is more exciting than ever! The next competition will take place on Sunday and the Austrian jumpers are ready to continue their impressive series!