Olympia 2022: Ski jumper Karl Geiger flies to bronze on the large hill – gold for Marius Lindvik

Former world champion Markus Eisenbichler also showed a strong competition and finished fifth.

For Karl Geiger Geiger it is the second Olympic medal of his career, four years ago he won silver with the team. In the individual on the normal hill, the man from Oberstdorf did not get past 15th place.

National coach Stefan Horngacher was visibly relieved on “ZDF”: “We drew the right conclusions.” Geiger’s performance also impressed his trainer: “That was an original Karl Geiger. We are all completely perplexed.”

Moved from sixth to third as part of the race to catch up Eurosport expert Martin Schmitt the comparison with another German medal at these games: “It was a Geiger finish when you compare Nordic athlete Vinzenz Geiger. How he earned the medal cannot be overestimated – also for the entire team. There was a spirit in the team again.”

Schuster about Lindvik: “New star in the ski jumping sky”

Eurosport expert Werner Schuster also saw a liberating blow in this competition. “Karl Geiger in third place and Markus Eisenbichler in fifth place: The German team breaks free and gets in shape in time for the team competition and thus has good cards again,” said the former national coach.

Schuster was enthusiastic about the new Olympic champion Marius Lindvik: “We have a new star in the ski jumping sky.”

After the first round, Lindvik was second behind normal hill Olympic champion Ryoyu Kobayashi, with a jump of 140.5 he overtook the Japanese in the final. Kobayashi took silver (292.8).

Constantin Schmid was 14th and consolidated his position as number three in the German team. Pius Paschke was 28th.

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