An amazing start to winter for German ski jumpers.
It was a great start to the World Cup season for German ski jumpers in Wisla, Poland. In an exciting competition, Markus Eisenbichler scored his second World Cup victory, second place went to Karl Geiger, and behind him the Austrian Daniel Huber.
“I didn't expect to win, although I knew, that I'm in good shape. It was a tumultuous competition, but now i'm just extremely happy, that I could have won my second World Cup victory” – explained Markus Eisenbichler, who now also wears the yellow pants of the World Cup overall leader. “It's fantastic, I'm really glad, that now I can wear a yellow shirt. I feel like a little kid at Christmas. This has always been a childhood dream for me. This, who was wearing a yellow jacket, he was always such a great guy to me", said an overwhelmed Markus Eisenbichler after his win.
For the German team, it was only the second victory in Wisła after that, how Andreas Wellinger stood on the podium there in 2014 year.
Karl Geiger finished the German success in second place: “It was an exciting and intense competition, because the wind conditions changed a lot. The result is amazing, I am extremely happy. I don't know, did our team ever start the season with 1 i 2 place. It's confirmation, that we trained well in the summer ", Geiger said.