Quadruple Tournament: Geiger Second in the qualification

Karl Geiger stretched the thumbs up and grinned completely satisfied. The man in the yellow jersey has put a decent qualification in his hometown of Oberstdorf at the start of the four-headed tour. The journey was very pleasantly short. I like the stadium here, I like the people here. It's nice here, even if the weather was not so playing, Geiger said after his second place in the Quasi on Tuesday, where he said In the whipping rain only Japan You Kobayashi had to give.

And that he is starting as a favorite? I'm really satisfied, said the 28-year-old — and grinned again. Geiger as second and Mark's railroads ranked six delivered a decent presentation that makes courage for the start on Wednesday. Overall, there were six German Springer in the competition — only Olympic champion Andreas Welling er flew past 51. Just under the final of the best 50 athletes.

At the start of the 70th edition of the traditional events, there were actually spectacular images that went from the Silver around the world. But they were massively distinguished from what the organizers presented. The cameras initially not started on record-breaking flights or great telemark landings, but severely severe scenes.

TV expert Sven Hannibal tried to protect himself with a huge umbrella before the precipitate. In the ARD he commented: A dilemma would, if you somehow impeded it and the conditions are not created. But that's exactly what happened in the episode — and it went amazingly good, you had meanwhile already assumed a cancellation.

A second radiant heater would have been quite good.

Severin friend

In the Letterbox, the German returnees Severin friend, who had gone with start number two in the lead and was no longer replaced for an hour. It's really a bit crazy and a pity. Before Christmas was perfect winter weather, which unfortunately looks a bit different today, said the Routinize.

A second radiant heater would have been quite good, he joked over the long time in the lonely box in the spout. In the end it reached for the 33-year-old ex-world champion to the ninth place, he has made the qualification for the prelude loose.

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According to race director Sandro Fertile whistle the wind partially with 13 meters per second in the Shanahan. That's really too much for the athletes, Fertile said. After a 30-minute break, it continued. The pace should be increased from now on to avoid a next weather front.

Instead of the minute, the athletes now flew every 40 seconds from the World Cup plant in the Allan. Despite the heavy rain, 50 to 100 enthusiastic about a hill, at least partially avoid the corona-added viewer exclusion.

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