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Andreas Wellinger at the World Cup in Sapporo
Photo: Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
The German ski jumpers were unable to intervene in the fight for the podium places at the end of the World Cup weekend in Japan. Karl Geiger took twelfth place as the best jumper from national coach Stefan Horngacher's team on Sunday in Sapporo. The 31-year-old jumped 121 and 128 meters. Andreas Wellinger, who had finished third the day before, ended up in 16th place. For the 28-year-old, it was the second-worst World Cup result of the season.
In the overall World Cup, Wellinger is still third behind leader Stefan Kraft from Austria and the Japanese Four Hills Tournament winner Ryoyu Kobayashi. Geiger is in fifth place. The Slovenian Domen Prevc secured victory ahead of Kobayashi. Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal from Norway came third.
From the German team, Philipp Raimund in 17th place and Felix Hoffmann in 19th place scored World Cup points. Stephan Leyhe and Pius Paschke were eliminated after the first round. The 51-year-old Japanese Noriaki Kasai also didn't make it into the second round this time - unlike on Saturday. The ski jumping legend finished 43rd.
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