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Oberstdorf (dpa) - A complete set of medals at the home World Cup: Karl Geiger found it visibly difficult to describe the importance of this feat in words.
"It means so much to me, you can't put it on ink and paper," said the Oberstdorf showcase ski jumper about bronze from the large hill after a brief thought.
«This is really something special.
It's a home World Cup.
It is worth so much that you are really there at point X. "
At point X, Geiger was there three times in a very short time: last Saturday he won silver on the normal hill, one day later gold in the mixed team and on Friday he added the missing precious metal to his collection.
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A jump to 132 meters in the second round brought the 28-year-old from sixth to third place - a “rocket”, as Geiger himself called his sentence.
The man from Allgäu did not allow himself to be disturbed by a moment of shock: From the ski jump tower he saw his teammate and friend Markus Eisenbichler fall in heavy snow after landing.
“I swallowed a lot upstairs.
Fresh snow, stupid things can happen, "said Geiger, who quickly felt relief:" He got up straight away and pulled the snow out of his beard.
It will be ok."
Eisenbichler himself, who wavered between joy for the violinist and frustration over his faux pas after the competition, gave the all-clear.
“I'm well stretched, I know my body well.
I don't do much with falls like this, "said the 29-year-old.
“This is not the first time that it knocks me on the waffle.
If you're scared, you can go home straight away. "
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Eisenbichler left no doubt that he wants to jump in the team again this Saturday (5 p.m. / ZDF and Eurosport): “I won't let that be taken from me.
When something hurts me, I'm the most dangerous. "
In the team competition, Germany starts as the defending champion.
Eisenbichler announced: "Tomorrow we will attack as a team and get another medal."
Geiger is also confident, and the way he put it, it almost sounded like a threat to the competition: "We are well positioned and we have plans to do something again."
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210305-99-709249 / 2
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