Olympic ski jump champion Andreas Wellinger believes that he and his team-mates have the class to end a 22-year German title drought at the Four Hills tournament. A German has not topped the podium since Sven Hannawald in 2002, then as the first man to achieve a grand slam by winning at all four stops of the German-Austrian event. This term Karl Geiger has two World Cup wins, Pius Paschke one, and Wellinger four podiums in a strong return from a severe knee injury. That gives the Germans confide
Simon Ammann
Due to the bad weather forecast for Sunday, the schedule of the Continental Cup in Innsbruck (AUT) was changed and both competitions there were already held on Saturday.
The first competition was won by Aleksander Zniszczol of Poland with 128 m and 127 m and a total of 259.5 points. This was already the eighth win in the Continental Cup for the 26-year-old.
The second place went to Norway s Anders Haare, with jumps of 126.5 m and 125.5 m that earned him 248.5 points. The leader after the first round, local hero Niklas Bachlinger, came in third with 129.5 m and 125 m and 246.8 points. It was his first podium in only his sixth COC competition.