Flops, mistakes, poor form: last chance for the ÖSV Adler in the team

No medal, one disqualification (Daniel Tschofenig) and an athlete who didn’t even make it to the final round on the large hill (Stefan Kraft) – that’s the miserable one Balance sheet of the Austrian ski jumpers after the first three competitions.

The Super team competitionwhich has its Olympic premiere today (7 p.m.), is that Last chance jumping.

Is there a conciliatory ending in the air or is it imminent? Crash like 2018when the ÖSV ski jumping team came away empty-handed at the Olympic Games?

Saturday’s competition on the large hill, as bitter as it was for the Austrians, at least gives a little reason for hope. Because Jan Hörl (5.) and Stephan Embacher (7.) were within striking distance of the world’s best and would have been in one with this performance Silver medal in the team competition fetched.

“Everything is possible from 1st to 5th place”

With Japan, Norway, Poland, Germany and Slovenia, tough competition awaits the Hörl/Embacher duo Head coach Andreas Widhölzl trust today.

“The two of them were the best on both the normal hill and the large hill. From first place to fifth place, anything is possible.”

Stefan Kraft Meanwhile, he will have to wait another four years if he wants to win an individual medal at the Olympics. Predazzo was a sporting fiasco for the three-time world champion.

“I didn’t find a concept here. That really bothers me.“

By Editor