The 58th Four Hills Tournament 2009/10 (official name 58th International Jack Wolfskin Four Hills Tournament ) is a series of ski jumping competitions organized by the FIS between December 29, 2009 and January 6, 2010 as part of the Ski Jumping World Cup 2009/2010 .
At the first competition in Oberstdorf the Austrian Andreas Kofler won and got a big lead over the other tour favorites, especially the Swiss Simon Ammann and Gregor Schlierenzauer , also from Austria. Although Schlierenzauer triumphed in the second and third competitions, he was only able to reduce his deficit on Kofler, but not completely catch up. Before the final competition in Bischofshofen, a duel between Kofler and Schlierenzauer for victory was generally expected. When his team-mate Thomas Morgenstern won , Schlierenzauer missed his chance and fell back to fourth place in the overall tour, behind the Finns Janne Ahonen and the defending champion Wolfgang Loitzl . However, thanks to another top result, Andreas Kofler secured the tour victory.
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World Cup and Favorites
Before the Four Hills Tournament, six individual World Cups had already been held; the season started at the end of November, one month before the start of the tour. After the first jumping of the winter was characterized by bad wind conditions and thus a number of failures of favorites, a duel between the Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer and the Swiss Simon Ammann developed in December . The last five competitions before the tour were won by one of the two, so the situation at the top was almost identical to that of the previous year . At that time, these athletes had also dominated the first competitions of the season, but only took second and third place in the overall ranking of the Four Hills Tournament.
Overall World Cup before the Four Hills Tournament
The prognosis for the Four Hills Tournament was unanimous in the media, a duel between Schlierenzauer and Ammann was expected. The Swiss himself said before the tour: “Of course it looks like a duel. But there are a number of candidates who want victory and are out to beat us. ”Schlierenzauer also said that there are strong competitors - especially in the Austrian team - such as defending champion Wolfgang Loitzl and other team-mate Andreas Kofler . After a year break, the Finn Janne Ahonen , five-time overall winner, returned to the World Cup. Ahonen described the start of the tour as “nothing special”, but said at the same time that he was physically in the best shape of his life, anything could happen.
German team
The seven-man German squad was led by Martin Schmitt , who took part in a Four Hills Tournament for the fourteenth time. Despite his experience, Schmitt said before the tour started that the fascination was unbroken. Although he himself described his form as not as good as last year, the German national coach Werner Schuster still relied on him and the other established players such as Michael Uhrmann and Michael Neumayer as executives: “They have enough routine, enough class to make one especially in Oberstdorf good start to deliver. They really like the hill. "
Of the younger athletes, 18-year-old Pascal Bodmer in particular attracted attention at the start of the season when he finished second at the World Cup opener and was seventh in the overall World Cup before the start of the tour. The young jumper himself said of the expectations that were bound to him as a "bearer of hope": "I don't see myself as a German bearer of hope on the tour, I just jump." The national coach said similarly: "Pascal, I would just jump even if he is currently the strongest German in terms of potential. ”In addition to Bodmer, 18-year-old Richard Freitag was nominated, as well as junior world champion Andreas Wank and 26-year-old Stephan Hocke .
As one of the two organizing nations, Germany was allowed to nominate 13 athletes for the second competition, the New Year's Show in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In addition to the seven jumpers already mentioned, Severin Freund , Maximilian Mechler , Felix Schoft , Julian Musiol , Christian Ulmer and Tobias Bogner , all of whom had previously participated in the World Cup without success, started here. As the best German, Pascal Bodmer came in seventh overall.
Austrian team
The Austrian line-up, also comprising seven jumpers, was considered to be the strongest of the tour. On the one hand, Austria led the nations ranking in the World Cup, on the other hand, four athletes from the Alpine country were among the top six in the World Cup. The German national trainer Werner Schuster said: “The Austrians are currently vastly superior to all others.” The Austrian trainer Alexander Pointner also stated victory as a goal: “We don't need to gloss over anything. We all worked so that we want to win the tour. "At the same time, he declared his athlete Gregor Schlierenzauer a contender for triumph:" It would be deeply piled if he wasn't counted among the favorites. "
In addition to Schlierenzauer, defending champion Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler were among the best ski jumpers of the winter so far. Kofler was the only athlete to have placed in the top ten in every competition. The team was supplemented by Martin Koch , Stefan Thurnbichler and Lukas Müller . The latter had not been used in the World Cup earlier that season, but only started in the second-rate Continental Cup .
Michael Hayböck , Markus Eggenhofer , Andreas Strolz , David Unterberger , Mario Innauer and Manuel Fettner completed the team at the Austrian competitions . Innauer and Fettner prevailed against other ski jumpers in an internal elimination.
Swiss team
As with the previous tour, the entire Swiss team in 2009/10 initially consisted of just two athletes. In addition to Simon Ammann , who was traded as a tour favorite, Andreas Küttel also started . He had triumphed at the 2009 World Championships on the large hill in front of Martin Schmitt when the competition was canceled after one round. In this Four Hills Tournament, however, Küttel was not considered a contender for victory, especially since he had never reached the top ten in the World Cup before and was placed 23rd in the overall standings. Pascal Egloff and Rémi Français entered the competition at the second stop on the tour, but subsequently also skipped the competition in Bischofshofen.
Oberstdorf
The Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf (2006)
The jumping in Oberstdorf took place on December 29th, 2009 on the Schattenbergschanze , which had a size of 137 meters, a calculation point of 120 meters, a landing inclination of 35.50 ° at the K-point, a tower height of 43 meters, an inrun length of 93 Meters and a total length to the start of the run of 238 meters. The current hill record holder is the Norwegian Sigurd Pettersen , who reached a distance of 143.5 meters on December 29, 2003.
Placements
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
The jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen took place on January 1st, 2010 on the Great Olympic Hill, which had a hill size of 140 meters, a calculation point of 125 meters, a landing inclination of 34.70 ° at the K point, a tower height of 60.4 meters , has an inrun length of 103.5 meters and a total length to the start of the run-out of 235 meters. The current hill record holder is the Swiss Simon Ammann , who reached a distance of 143.5 meters on January 1st, 2010.
Placements
Tour intermediate result
Taking into account the results of Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the following intermediate result in the overall tour standings results (the ten best starters are listed):
Tour intermediate result after two competitions
innsbruck
The Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck
The jumping in Innsbruck took place on January 3rd, 2010 on the Bergiselschanze , which had a size of 130 meters, a calculation point of 120 meters and a landing inclination of 34.34 ° at the K-point, a tower height of 50.0 meters, an inrun length of 91.3 meters and a total length to the start of the run of 316 meters. The current hill record holder is the German Sven Hannawald , who reached a distance of 134.5 meters on January 4th, 2004; Adam Małysz from Poland holds the existing mat record with 136.0 meters (set on September 11, 2004).
Placements
Tour intermediate result
Taking into account the results of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck, the following intermediate result in the overall tour standings results (the ten best starters are listed):
Tour intermediate result after three competitions
Bischofshofen
The Paul Ausserleitner ski jump in Bischofshofen
The jumping in Bischofshofen took place on January 6th 2010 on the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , which had a hill size of 140 meters, a calculation point of 125 meters, a landing inclination at the K-point of 35.0 °, a tower height of 52.0 Meters, an inrun length of 118.5 meters and a total length to the beginning of the run-out of 362 meters. The official hill record holder is the Japanese Daiki Itō , who reached a distance of 143.0 meters on January 6, 2005; The Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer holds the unofficial record with 145.0 meters (set up in the qualification on January 5, 2008).
Placements
Tour final score
Individual evidence
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↑ "BAUHAUS" FIS World Cup Ski Jumping 2009/2010 World Cup Standings (PDF; 76 kB)
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↑ Cold feet and a surprise effect
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↑ German ski jumping miracles take a little longer
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↑ Looking forward to the Four Hills Tournament: Schlierenzauer and Ammann the favorites
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58th Four Hills Tournament 
Andreas Kofler
