Four Viennese in the squad

The Vienna City Eagles make history again

Meghann Wadsak, Thomas Benedik, Fabian Plank and Sara Pokorny (from left) are in the Ski Austria national squad.(Bild: Stadtadler/ÖOC)

This has never happened before! For the first time in history, four ski jumping athletes from Vienna are in the squad of the Austrian Ski Association ÖSV. And this despite the fact that there are still no training facilities for ski jumpers in the Austrian capital.

While the two 16-year-olds Meghann Wadsak and Sara Pokorny are already familiar with this status from last season, the two girls now have two male club colleagues from the Vienna City Eagles as "support". The two also 16-year-olds Fabian Plank and Thomas Benedik are the first ever two Viennese in the ÖSV squad.

The Stadtadler still have no training opportunities in Vienna.(Bild: Ski Austria/Wiener Stadtadler)

"We are extremely happy for our four high-flyers," says "Ober-Stadtadler" Florian Danner, beaming about the great development. "You have to bear in mind that our 'fantastic four' are the only squad jumpers who don't have a ski jumping facility in their home state and have to travel to Upper Austria, Salzburg, Carinthia or Styria for every training session." In view of this, it is all the more impressive that Meghann, Sara, Fabian and Thomas are now making the next big leap.