A month before the World Cup in Trondheim, the battered German ski jumpers at the World Cup home game in Willingen in Northern Hesse missed the U-turn again. At the end, only Andreas Wellinger and Philipp Raimund reached the second round in front of more than 13,000 spectators. Wellinger became the best German twelfth, Raimund came in 15th place. Pius Paschke and the second day in succession Karl Geiger left after the first round. The Austrian tour winner Daniel Tschofenig won the double victory on Saturday and Sunday. “This is a shitty situation,” said Wellinger in ARD about perception in the German camp. “It won’t get better overnight either.”
Already on Saturday, no German had reached the top ten in front of 23,500 spectators. Felix Hoffmann was the best in 15th place. Since mid-December, there has been no podium for the German men in twelve individual jumping. A debate about national coach Stefan Horngacher, in office since 2019, wanted to further prevent DSV sports director Horst Hüttel on Sunday. A change of coach is “not an issue”. But Hüttel admitted: “We are very disappointed with the last few weeks.” Before jumping, he said: “The team of coaches reached the team 100 percent.” Hüttel emphasized that he continued to feel that everyone “worked together constructively” . Nevertheless, he accepted Horngacher: “It is now also up to Steff to draw the right conclusions.”
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