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Ruka (dpa) - Markus Eisenbichler is in great shape and flies from victory to victory in the ski jumping World Cup.

On Saturday, the Bavarian outran the entire competition by more than ten meters and, with the second individual win this winter, consolidated the overall leader's yellow jersey.

“He clearly confirmed that he is a worthy yellow jersey wearer.

He made great jumps.

He's very, very good on such hills, ”said national coach Stefan Horngacher.

The Polish rivals Piotr Zyla and tour winner Dawid Kubacki completed the podium, but had no chance against the high-flyer Eisenbichler (146 and 141 meters).

With a maximum of 200 points, "Eisei" is now at the top of the World Cup.

This Sunday (3:30 p.m. / ZDF and Eurosport) he can expand this cushion further.

"It was great.

I get so much speed.

I'm really happy that I'm in this shape.

But I know that I have to continue to work hard, ”said Eisenbichler, who had his only single World Cup victory in ski flying this winter, on ZDF.

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Pius Paschke in eighth and Karl Geiger in ninth completed a strong German result.

«Congratulations to Markus, also to the others.

That was a great competition for us today, ”said Horngacher.

For Eisenbichler's roommate Geiger, who finished second in Wisla a week ago with a double success, his friend's small series is not surprising.

“The 'Eisei' shows how it's done.

It doesn't surprise me now, ”said Geiger.

Eisenbichler had already outstripped the national competition at the German championship in October.

Behind the trio Eisenbichler, Paschke and Geiger, Martin Hamann (15th), Constantin Schmid (16th) and the former world champion Severin Freund also took 23 World Cup points.

Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger was left empty-handed as at the beginning.

In contrast to "Eisei", the international competition is grappling with other problems: lack of consistency, falls, corona cases.

Ski flying world champion Daniel Andre Tande from Norway injured his knee in a fall, the Austrians now also overall world cup winner Stefan Kraft has tested positive for Corona.

World class athletes like Kamil Stoch (Poland) or Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan) are currently unstable and far from Eisenbichler.

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