Liberation at Bergisel

Tschofenig: “Sh…! Was almost desperate”

Daniel Tschofenig(Bild: AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

"I was almost desperate", said Daniel Tschofenig in the ORF interview at half-time at the Bergisel ski jumping competition. Of course, he wasn't referring to his - outstanding - jump in the first round, but his performance in the trial round and in the qualifying round.

Tschofenig really didn't get up to speed there. "I thought to myself: Sh...!", said the Carinthian. It "just didn't work". And then came the first round of the Bergisel competition in Innsbruck. 132.5 meters, three times a score of 19.5 - a real liberation. The fact that it's so close now is really brilliant for us. I was also surprised that it went so far, I was also unsure about the landing."

"I think we're all dreaming"
However, Tschofenig's lead didn't last long. Stefan Kraft overtook him and sailed into the interim lead. "Kraftl" was also beaming in the run-out: "I think we're all dreaming - like in a little movie right now or in some fairy tale. A triple lead against such a backdrop. I was already brutally nervous, but I got it down well. It's brutally fair today, it's really just nuances in the wind. 1, 2, 3 is wonderful - now we just have to pull it off."