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Niklas Bachlinger is in the right flow

Niklas Bachlinger is currently in strong form.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

Ländle eagle Niklas Bachlinger is going strong this winter. The man from Schoppernau has finished in the top ten in six of his seven Contintental Cup competitions and is now aiming for podium places.

After a difficult season last year, at the end of which Ländle-Adler Niklas Bachlinger lost his A-squad status, things are now going much better for the Lahti Junior World Champion this winter. He started with two second and one first place in the FIS Cup. After a quick "promotion" to the Continental Cup, he also followed this up with strong results in the second ski jumping class.

 In the seven competitions so far, the man from Schoppernau has finished in the top ten six times, most recently in Lillehammer (Nor), where the 23-year-old scratched the podium in fourth place. "Neither I nor the coaches thought it would work out so well straight away," says Bachlinger happily, "I haven't actually done anything differently in this preparation. But when you get into a flow, everything is easier."

And that's how it should continue now. This weekend he is jumping Conti-Cup in Kranj (Poland). "Or in Planica, if there's not enough snow in Kranj, it's not quite clear yet," says Bachlinger. And his goal for the season? "To get podium places to get back into the A squad!"