SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP. Norwegians Tom Hilde and Bjoern Einar Romoeren showed the best jumps in the qualification for the third competition of the 59th 4-Hills-Tournament. Hilde jumped 129 m and got 134.4 points. "I'm able to show good jumps. I would be satisfied if I could do that again in the competition", Hilde said.

His teammate Romoeren, who not even reached the 100 m mark in training, landed after 129.5 m. After the really bad training jumps this distance was worth 132.7 points. "I did not have that much self-confidence, but then it worked pretty well", Romoeren told. "I just have to work even harder and focus on the positive, not on the negative, things." Romoeren was the best of the not pre-qualified athletes.

Kofler put Garmisch behind

Matti Hautamaeki, third in the 4-Hills-Tournament ranking, jumped on 127.5 m and proved that he is still one of the contestants for a top result. Adam Malysz, Kamil Stoch and the strong Russian Pavel Karelin also showed very good performances. Andreas Kofler put his bad jump from Garmisch-Partenkirchen behind and jumped 127.5 m. "Looking back doesn't help. I didn't watch the jump from Garmisch", he said.

Thomas Morgenstern and Simon Ammann, the leaders in the 4-Hills, skipped the qualification and will have to face duel's against today's best on Monday. The fans in Innsbruck did not get to see Ville Larinto. The Finne ruptured his cruciate ligament in the New Year's competition. His teammate Anssi Koivuranta told FISskijumping.com that the accepted the diagnosis professionally, wished the team good luck and started the trip back home.

The Germans showed some good jumps. Severin Freund, Richard Freitag and Pascal Bodmer were among the best. Also the Austrians Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner and Martin Koch jumped well and raised hopes for a top result on Monday in a sold-out stadium.

Schlierenzauer happy about "little comeback"

Gregor Schlierenzauer made his comeback in the World Cup and showed that he is on the right path with 122 m. "It's nice to make this little comeback", he said.

Martin Schmitt will have a day off on Monday. He had big problems during the flight and finished last. Also Dimitri Vassiliev could not qualify.

FISskijumping.com
02.01.2011 15:23

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