Germany in third place in the team

Germany in third place in the team

Karl Geiger happily high-fived his teammates, then gave the thumbs-up with a big grin. Germany’s ski jumpers made it onto the podium at the team competition in Lahti, Finland. In the line-up of Constantin Schmid, Severin Freund, Markus Eisenbichler and Geiger, it was enough on Saturday for third place behind Olympic champion Austria with the […]

German ski jumpers just missed the podium in Lahti

German ski jumpers just missed the podium in Lahti

Karl Geiger cheered exuberantly, Markus Eisenbichler was just 5.5 centimeters short: The German ski jumpers narrowly missed the desired podium places in the snow flurry in Lahti, but still made a decent start in the final World Cup phase of the season in the first individual. Eisenbichler (127 and 125 meters) took fourth place on […]