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Willingen (dpa) - First the party audience was missing, then the sporting successes failed to materialize - and finally the violent wind in the upland also blew the second individual.

Markus Eisenbichler and the German ski jumpers experienced a turbulent weekend at the prestigious home game in Willingen, but after a 143-meter dream flight and third place from "Eisei" they can travel to the next home game in Klingenthal with optimism.

With the first victory in 2021, nothing came of it on the huge Mühlenkopfschanze either.

Instead, the Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud dominated again.

The 29-year-old Bavarian followed the curses on Saturday with a podium finish on Sunday.

"Yes!" He cheered after the 113 minute run in the run - a second jump did not take place in view of the strong wind.

«It was all a bit happy today.

One had to hope, ”stated Eisenbichler.

The day before, after eighth place, it had sounded completely different: “What shit,” the emotional Bavarian shouted after the flight, before adding a few minutes later on ARD: “I'm pissed off, I'm really pissed off .

No shit. "

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While his rival Granerud wins victory after victory and is currently the best ski jumper in the world again, Eisenbichler and his buddy Karl Geiger are struggling with massive form fluctuations.

Granerud showed once more what makes him stand out with 149 meters on Sunday.

The competition became an ordeal for the athletes.

The jury initially broke off qualification in the afternoon and hoped that the strong wind would subside in the competition.

But the opposite was the case.

In the late afternoon, the wind was blowing into the landing slope at six to seven meters per second - actually conditions that are impossible for ski jumpers to control.

But the jury pulled through - under conditions that were not always fair.

"When the weather is like this, it's not a lot of fun," said former world champion Severin Freund.

Last year, storm depression Sabine prevented the jumping from being held on Sunday.

At that time the mood of the German team was completely different, after all, local hero Stephan Leyhe had won the first individual in front of full ranks.

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With his victory, the Norwegian Granerud not only earned 15,000 euros for the best ski jumper on the Willingen weekend, but also increased his cushion in the overall World Cup.

With 1206 points he is now clearly ahead of Eisenbichler (888), who can jump just as well, but does not show this as consistently as his opponent.

Eisenbichler, Geiger and Co. still have three competition weekends before the World Championships in the Allgäu.

The Klingenthal home game will be followed by further competitions in Zakopane, Poland, and in Rasnov, Romania.

National coach Horngacher wanted to see a significant increase on Sunday after the dreary Saturday.

“I think everyone knows what to do.

I expect significantly better jumps today, ”said the head coach from Tyrol.

Eisenbichler did it with flying colors.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210131-99-245894 / 3

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