“It’s about our health”
Vinzenz Geiger can no longer compose himself after almost falling
December 15, 2023, 7:46 p.m
In a borderline competition, combiner Manuel Faißt secured the first podium under head coach Eric Frenzel in Ramsau. But the result becomes irrelevant. After the competition, Olympic champion Geiger is beside himself and rants and rants and rants.
Vinzenz Geiger scolded the jury like a fool, Manuel Faißt was only cautiously happy about his podium coup: In the wind and snow lottery in Ramsau and Dachstein, combiner Faißt secured the first German podium place in the era of the new head coach Eric Frenzel, but That seemed almost irrelevant at an event that was dangerous to health.
“That was simply ridiculous, you can save yourself that,” complained Olympic champion Geiger on ZDF: “It’s about the safety of the athletes, you should really question yourself.”
In the mass start competition – first you run together, then you jump – Geiger went onto the hill in third place at the half, but was caught by a gust after the jump. “I had no chance,” said the Oberstdorfer, who at least managed the short jump in the deep snow but was passed through in 16th place.
Norwegian Oftebro falls badly
The Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro, who was leading the jump, had a worse time of it and fell badly when landing in the deep snow. The Austrian Johannes Lamparter achieved a home win ahead of Norway’s top star Jarl Magnus Riiber and Faißt. For Faißt from the Black Forest it was the fifth third place of his career. “I’m pretty happy with that too,” he said.
“I’m very happy for Manuel, but it was very difficult today,” said Frenzel after a tough 90-minute jump. Vice world champion Julian Schmid came in seventh place, Pyeongchang Olympic champion Johannes Rydzek came eighth, and Terrence Weber also made it into the top 10 in tenth place.
In the women’s competition, Nathalie Armbruster had previously achieved the best German result of the season by finishing fourth in the competition using the usual Gundersen method. The 17-year-old vice world champion from Kniebis ran significantly forward from ninth place after jumping and was ultimately 19.6 seconds behind third place.
Once again, the Norwegian Gyda Westvold Hansen didn’t give her competition the slightest chance. In the 22nd race in the history of the Women’s World Cup, the world champion celebrated her 20th victory and the 14th in a row. After 5 km on the cross-country ski run, Westvold Hansen prevailed with a 42-second lead over her compatriot Ida Marie Hagen, while the Finnish Minja Korhonen was third, 1:42.1 minutes behind.