World Cup
Wellinger wins ski jumping in the USA
Gets the first German World Cup win of the season: Andreas Wellinger. photo
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Andreas Wellinger gave the German ski jumpers their first World Cup victory of the winter.
Andreas Wellinger gave the German ski jumpers their first World Cup victory of the winter.
The 27-year-old jumped 129 and 125.5 meters in Lake Placid in the USA and won ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi from Japan. For Wellinger it was the fourth individual World Cup victory of his career and the first podium finish in an individual World Cup since November 2018. Austria’s Daniel Tschofenig was third.
Karl Geiger finished eighth on his 30th birthday, making him the second-best German. A week and a half before the start of the World Championships in Planica, Slovenia, Markus Eisenbichler also achieved a decent result with his tenth place. Kobayashi set a hill record with his jump of 136 meters in the first round.