Bischofshofen - Ösi Wolfgang Loitzl is the flyer of the 57th The Four Hills ski jumping, Martin Schmitt, our eagle flew right into the world leader.
While Loitzl (28) also on Tuesday the 4th Jump in Bischofshofen / Austria won and are celebrating being the overall winner of the tour had landed at the Paul Schmitt Ausserleiter-meter ski jump at the 5th Place - and in a fantastic 4th Rank overall.
"The Wolfgang Loitzl today jumped into a different league," said Schmitt, "he has won the tour absolutely deserved. I am fully satisfied with fourth place in the overall standings. Today, I again had two good jumps, but others were a bit better. "
For Schmitt, who at the 3rd Jump in Innsbruck had been the first time in two years even as third on the podium, it was important that he stabilized his jumps "at a high level" has. "This is crucial," said the Tannhauser, who after years of stagnation, is now once again a very big leap trusts. "Of course it is hoped that, once again standing at the top," said Adler Schmitt.
Maybe it even works even at the World Championships in Liberec. Schmitt: "If we take the momentum out of the tour is in Liberec win a medal there." By "we," said the four-time world champion and his teammate Michael Neumayr (Berchtesgaden / yesterday, sixth, tenth place overall), Michael Uhrmann (Rastbüchel / Total -twelfth) and Stephan Hocke (Schmiedefeld / Total Fifteenth).
"After such successes, the German ski jumping has long yearned. The benefits, the harmony and the mood of the team were impressive, "said coach Werner Schuster. The Ösi coach has made the German eagle fly again!
