Silver instead of gold?
Widhölzl: “Only humans and not machines”
The ÖSV ski jumpers did not convert their position as favorites in the World Championship team competition into gold, but did win silver in Trondheim. "They are just people and not machines," says coach Andreas Widhölzl.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Daniel Tschofenig, Maximilian Ortner, Stefan Kraft and Jan Hörl were beaten by Slovenia by 13.4 points on Thursday. Bronze went to Norway just 2.1 points behind the red-white-red eagles. The ÖSV quartet secured Austria's sixth medal at these World Championships, but after the dominance of our eagles this winter in second place, there was initially no great sense of celebration.
"We took silver, of course we would have liked to win gold, but it didn't quite come together. I'm happy with silver, it was a very close race", said Widhölzl and added: "It was still close with Norway, you can also go home with bronze". The coach defended his jumpers from possible criticism for missing out on the title. "They wanted to win, that's clear, that was also the goal. But they are only human and not machines."
The hoped-for gold did not materialize for Widhölzl's Olympic champion team again, but Kraft and Co. ensured the extension of the medal series in World Championship team competitions that has lasted since 2005 - and there are still some chances for the first gold until Sunday ...
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