Markus Eisenbichler, 33, is not among the six national team men, although he is the fourth best German in the World Cup at number 25.
26.12. 16:05•Updated 26.12. 16:49
The traditional Central European mountain week starts on Saturday in Oberstdorf with the qualifying for the suurmäki competition, but Germany already has enough Porina for the mountain week. On Thursday, the German Ski Association published the national team for the mountain week on its website, and the 33-year-old did not Markus Eisenbichler be among the six national team players.
Eisenbichler is the fourth best German in the World Cup at number 25, but was left behind when making the selections Stephan Leyhen (31:s), Philipp Raimundin (33) and a 20-year-old student By Adrian Tittel (47:s) behind.
Germany’s head coach by Stefan Horngacher according to him, the competitions jumped in Engelberg, Switzerland, before Christmas, were an internal qualification, which Eisenbichler lost to Raimundi.
– Eisenbichler will participate in the competitions again in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He will start there in the national group, Horngacher pointed to the hill week’s second race in Germany.
Eisenbichler is one of the long-term successful jumpers of the German hill squadron and is, for example, a six-time world champion and a three-time World Cup medalist on the flying hill, but he has not managed to win the Central European Hill Week. The previous German winner is Sven Hannawaldwhich was at its peak at the turn of the year 2001-02.
Now the pressure has been piled up to lead the World Cup Pius Paschken on the shoulders. Also Andreas Wellinger (6:s) and Carl Geiger (9:s) are among the favorites and were chosen for the German crew.
– We had a very good start to the season and we are currently the best hill jumpers in the world. The team has a positive atmosphere, and we are looking forward to the first highlight of the season, Austrian coach Horngacher said.
Mountain week continues after Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Austria’s Innsbruck and culminates as an epiphany in Bischofshofen. Representing Finland Antti Aalto, Niko Kytösaho and Kasperi Valto.