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They are allowed to jump, they are not allowed to.
They are allowed to jump, they are not allowed to.
Or is it?
In the corona chaos surrounding the Polish ski jumpers, a surprising turnaround is brewing at the Four Hills Tournament.
The Poles around Kamil Stoch, Dawid Kubacki and Co. should still be allowed to start if a third series of corona tests turns out consistently negative.
The FIS World Ski Federation announced this late on Monday evening.
The Pole Klemens Muranka had initially tested positive for the virus, whereupon the team was excluded from the tour start in Oberstdorf.
When another test by Muranka turned out negative in the evening, the Polish side said that they wanted to start in the Allgäu as well.
Criticism of the organizers
Should Muranka and his colleagues all test negative in the third round, all 62 jumpers would be at the start on Tuesday (4.30 p.m. / ZDF and Eurosport).
The usual knockout duels would then be omitted.
In addition, in this case the Poles should have the opportunity in the afternoon to catch up on training jumps on the Schattenbergschanze that were canceled on Monday.
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Source: dpa / Daniel Karmann
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In addition to the corona problem, other factors contributed to the chaotic start of the tour.
Markus Eisenbichler, who finished the qualification behind ski flying world champion Karl Geiger (14th) as the second best German in 25th place, struggled with the organization.
The 29-year-old had to wait a long time for his jump and later gave way to his displeasure: "It was kind of a children's birthday party," he said and gave as an example: "You had to wait forever at the lift."