Record odds and record lead: ÖSV eagles soar to unimagined heights

The ski jumpers have created a level of euphoria that not even the Super Eagles were once able to achieve.

If it’s true that you should stop when it’s best, then you should Andreas Widhölzl quickly run away. Things couldn’t get much better or nicer for him as head coach of the Austrian ski jumpers.

Cheesy is another auxiliary term for that Ski jumping fairy talewhich his athletes wrote on this tour.

Three Austrians (Daniel Tschofenig, Jan Hörl, Stefan Kraft) in the final ranking on the podium, separated only by trivial 4.1 points or converted 2,27 Meter – this phenomenal result will find its way into the history books of ski jumping.

“Simply fantastic, three times a triple win, that’s brutally good. There’s not much you can do about it,” Widhölzl cheered.

Euphoriewelle

Widhölzls range hunters and trophy collectors In the last few days, the ÖSV colleagues from the alpine ski camp have achieved what they are longing for four weeks before the home World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

You are on one Wave of success on the road and have one in this country Euphoria triggeredlike she has never experienced ski jumping in this form before. Not even during the heyday of the so-called super eagles around Gregor Schlierenzauer and Thomas Morgenstern.

The Austrians are apparently flying towards the new kings of the skies ORF achieved record ratings on this tour. 1.53 million people watched the finals in Bischofshofen, which corresponds to a market share of 58 percent.

The But the three-way fight was also rousing and highly dramatic. What would have happened if Stefan Kraft hadn’t had to wait for minutes before his final jump? Who would be the celebrated hero today if Jan Hörl hadn’t messed up his landing in the final?

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The mood in the team would probably have been similar, only with the roles reversed. While Daniel Tschofenig couldn’t stop beaming, Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft put a good face on the evil game.

“We knew that one would laugh and two would of course be a little disappointed. I can absolutely understand why it bothers them,” says coach Widhölzl.

Hörl was the jumper of the trio who flew the furthest on the tour: 1.095,5 Meter. Winner Daniel Tschofenig came quite close to the Pongauer (1.092,5 Meter), while Stefan Kraft already had a respectful distance (1.083 Meter).

The overall World Cup winner compensated for the missing meters with his posture scores: Nobody cut as good a figure as Kraft did on the tour 457.5 points received.

In this rating it becomes clear where Jan Hörl lost his tour victory: he only received from the judges 438.5 points. Daniel Tschofenig was the most consistent (450.5 points) and was the only one of the three ÖSV high-flyers to land on the podium in every competition on the tour.

256,530 euros for Tschofenig

With the greatest triumph of his career, the 22-year-old from Carinthia rose to another level in the prize money rankings. 100.000 Euro he received for his tour victory this winter 256.530 Euro earned.

The dominance of the Austrians can also be seen in the Nations Cup. With 4,029 points The ÖSV team has almost twice as many points as their pursuers Germany.

And Daniel Tschofenig and Jan Hörl each collected more points than the entire teams of the major ski jumping nations Poland and Slovenia.