Two Nights Tour
German ski jumpers have no chance, Nika Prevc wins
Nica Prevc from Slovenia secured victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. photo
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For the first time, female ski jumpers are taking part in a World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Will there be a Four Hills Tournament soon? The sports director in the German Ski Association is cautious.
The German ski jumpers are fighting for the title at the premiere of the Two Nights Tour There was no chance of podium places. Luisa Görlich took tenth place as the best athlete from coach Thomas Juffinger’s team.
Nika Prevc from Slovenia secured victory in front of 3,500 spectators at the Great Olympic Ski Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ahead of Norway’s Eirin Maria Kvandal and Abigail Strate from Canada. Three-time world champion Katharina Schmid, formerly Althaus, ended up in twelfth place as the second-best German.
Hüttel comments on the Four Hills Tournament
The Two Nights Tour with the second stop in Oberstdorf is intended to be the next step towards a Four Hills Tournament for women. In the two Austrian towns of Innsbruck and Bischofshofen there are no World Cup competitions around the turn of the year.
Horst Hüttel, sports director at the German Ski Association (DSV), commented cautiously on ARD about the prospect of the tour. “Of course the women want a Four Hills Tournament at the end. That’s their dream,” said Hüttel. “And if the athlete is no longer allowed to dream, then I think he can stop. And they dream and it’s also realistic to tackle it one day.” He didn’t want to commit to a specific time. The DSV and the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) have been in discussions about this for years.