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In the end, Karl Geiger finished third in ski flying in Planica, but in the end nobody was interested in the sporting result.

The images of the worst fall in a long time had too much effect.

Germany's ski flying world champion impressively described his experiences around the accident of Norway's Daniel Andre Tande.

It was the turn of the 28-year-old man from Allgäu in the trial run directly after Tande and told “ZDF” about his conversation with the emergency services.

After the fall, Daniel Andre Tande slipped uncontrollably down the slope

Source: REUTERS

“I wanted to know what was going on right away.

So they said: You don't yet know whether he will survive.

You keep forgetting, it's a huge hill.

That is life-threatening, "said Geiger.

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The 27-year-old Tande received emergency care in the run and then taken to the hospital in Ljubljana by helicopter.

His condition was "stable", according to the FIS World Ski Federation.

“I hope that he is back among the living and that he will not be harmed.

That’s tragic.

It's a bad story.

All the best for him, ”added Geiger.

Markus Eisenbichler, who finished second on the day, said: "Thank God I didn't see it, otherwise - I think - I wouldn't have hopped today."

Trainer explains Tande's fall

Norway's ski jumping head coach Alexander Stöckl is shocked after the serious fall of his protégé Daniel Andre Tande.

“It's hard to watch when a jumper gets air under his skis and turns.

One can only hope for the best that everything will be all right with him.

That is the most important thing, “said the Austrian Stöckl on Thursday the Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Tande got into a lopsided position after jumping and after a flight at 78 meters, his body hit the porch of the ski flying facility in Planica.

Stöckl praised Tande's jump as "beautiful and with a lot of energy".

But then the 27-year-old flight world champion from 2018 "got some air under the ski tips," added the head coach.

"Then the left ski goes down, it rotates in that direction and lands on the back," said Stoeckl.