Ski Flying World Championships, Oberstdorf
Thursday, qualifying
Fortunately, Yle showed the competition, Viaplay did not. My favorite jumper Domen Prevc holds the Oberstdorf hill record. Domen won both training rounds. My other favorite, Andreas Wellinger, was in training but not in the qualifying round, so he did not make it to the German team.
The jury lowered the platform to Domen by three, but Domen still had the longest jump of the qualifying round and won.
Friday, first and second round
"Is Domen Prevc the only one who can beat Domen Prevc in Oberstdorf?" How wrong we were!
Domen was also the best in the trial round with a 21-point difference to the next.
Coach request -5 platforms!! Domen had difficulties in the first jump, a shaky start. Only 204 meters, but still second place after Lindvik. The second jump was only two stages. Domen was in the lead after the first day with 14 points, Ren was second.
Saturday, third and fourth round
Domen won the tailwind test round, 3 stages lower than the others.
Domen had a great jump in the third round, 4 stages lower than the others, almost a 50-point lead before the last round.
Domen won the ski flying world championship by 60 points. His teammates didn't lift Domen up because Domen didn't want to, boo. "Let's save it for tomorrow", wtf? Domen said he wanted to save his suit?
I didn't see the victory ceremony, boo.
Sunday, team competition
Wellinger was not selected to the German team.
I didn't expect such drama from the team competition!
While Lindvik was waiting to jump, he complained about something. The reason was revealed... lone skis went down the hill. At first, I thought Lindvik had forgotten to fasten his skis. Did Lindvik make a "Tande"? Then we thought that they had to be a trial jumper's skis. And then the real plot twist... those skis were Domen's! What the hell happened? Was it Domen's carelessness, or did someone throw the skis down the hill? People were shouting sabotage. Even though Domen's spare pair was quickly whisked to the tower, he was ultimately not allowed to jump at all, so Slovenia's chances of a medal were gone. Slovenia claimed in their protest (based on trial jumper's eyewitness account) that someone hit Domen's skis with an umbrella and knocked them down.
Then there was a debate about whether Slovenia would jump in the second round. Out of solidarity for Domen, the others didn't want to jump, but because Domen wanted to jump, they did in the end.
Incredible drama. I laughed even though I should have cried because it was my favorite Domen. And because with worse luck there could have been casualties.
I was hoping for Japan to win, and fortunately that happened before Austria. A whole new country was added to the group of ski flying world champions. Even without Domen's mess, Slovenia would probably have only finished fourth.
Domen's skis
Fact: Domen put his skis in the wrong place. But the question is why did he do that? According to the rules, there must be a FIS person there who is responsible for holding the skis. But in Domen's case, this was not the case, so he was forced to put his skis somewhere. Because if he hadn't gone to the equipment control, he would have been disqualified.
This is where it happened. The suit control is right before the jump, and after the control, the suit is not allowed to be touched anymore.
We'll see how this scandal affects Domen, especially in terms of the Olympics. Ever since Domen's season started going so well, I've been hoping for an Olympic victory for him. If that doesn't happen, I'll be disappointed.
This season, Domen would have a unique opportunity to join the rare group of people who have won all five: world championship, world flying championship, 4 hills tournament, Olympic victory, and overall World Cup victory. So far, only one person has been able to win all five, Matti Nykänen.
Ps. best video about Domen's skis
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