Listen to Friday’s race from Oberstdorf on news Sport from 17:00. – If he had been here and I had seen that suit, he would have been disqualified, says FIS inspector Christian Kathol to news. Kathol did not know that Andreas Wellinger had a hole in his suit until he showed news a picture on Friday afternoon. – He was not in for a check-up with me, and I was in here the whole way. So I didn’t have a chance to see it, he says. FIS controller Christian Kathol. Photo: Trygve Heide / news Who will go in for a check after a qualification is chosen at random. Wellinger won Thursday’s qualification in Oberstdorf, and was not taken into the control room. – In this case, he has clearly been lucky, emphasizes Kathol. Could have happened after landing Nevertheless, Kathol points out that it is difficult to say whether Wellinger had actually qualified as he was not called in for a check. – We have had similar situations before, but I can only punish what I see. And it happens here in the control room. We do not know when this incident happened, so it is difficult to say from this picture whether he had actually been disqualified, says Kathol. news’s jumping expert, Johan Remen Evensen, believes that, according to the regulations, Wellinger should have been disqualified in the first place. – If he had been caught in a dress check, he would have been dished out. At least that is my interpretation of the regulations, says Remen Evensen. news’s jumping expert Johan Remen Evensen. Photo: NTB Wellinger is one of the big favorites in the German-Austrian Hoppuka. He is in second place in the World Cup overall. If he had been dished out – his chance of winning the Hoppuka in total would almost have been lost. – But it is not certain that it happened when he was in the air or landing. It may have happened when he was out cheering, and that the seam tore there, the expert points out. Defending champion Granerud smokes in the first half Halvor Egner Granerud missed completely in the first half and will not be seen in the final of the show jumping race in Oberstdorf. Granerud landed at 105 meters and thus lost his duel against Italian Giovanni Bresadola, who landed 1.5 meters further into the ground. – This was unfortunately a failure for Granerud, it was a shame, commented Anders Jacobsen on Viaplay. From before, Daniel-André Tande and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal had also lost their duels. Granerud won the previous edition of the German-Austrian show jumping competition. Towards the upcoming edition, the form has not been as impressive. Halvor Egner Granerud during Thursday’s qualification for Hoppuka’s first race in Oberstdorf. Photo: AFP Granerud: – I have nothing to say Halvor Egner Granerud is happy that Wellinger was not dished out. – If you have to be completely square and follow the rule book, this is counter, but it doesn’t matter. It would have been a damn shame if he had been disqualified for that, says Granerud to news. He is aware that there are small margins and that a counter by Wellinger would lead to a number of sly Germans. – It is special that it can happen on a day like yesterday, where the only thing you really need to do is get through the race. The Germans are lazy, he notes. No one protested. If other nations see that something may have happened outside the regulations, they have 15 minutes to protest. But according to Kathol, no nations have objected to Wellinger’s suit. – No, we have not received any protests and I only saw it now, he says. A hole in the suit is not necessarily an advantage, points out Remen Evensen. – It is not an advantage for Wellinger, but a disadvantage. But rules are rules, he says and continues: – The reason it breaks is that they have sewn it very tightly. From the arm to the chest. They do that to get a larger bearing surface when you pull your arm out a little and take the fabric with you from your chest.
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