Horngacher fired the bomb. “I don’t know if I want to take part in this theater”

The mix competition was exciting, but also bizarre. Mainly because equipment inspectors went into a bout of disqualification. Polish auditor Agnieszka Baczkowska, who checked the equipment of the women’s teams, disqualified, inter alia, German Katharinê Althaus. This, combined with the average performances of the rest of the team, meant that they sensationally did not enter the second round.

Horngacher surprised everyone. Will he retire after the season?

He was furious after the competition. In front of the cameras, he complained about detailed and more frequent inspections. – Of course, it’s a very bitter pill. It must only be said that at the Games the controllers start to control and measure differently and more. It’s slowly becoming the Punch and Judy show for me [angielski teatr kukie³ek, w którym przedstawienie zazwyczaj koñczy siê ok³adaniem kijem]. Already in men’s jumping there are many problems and every day new rules arise. This is not in the spirit of sports. I will think about it for a long time –

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In his interview with Eurosport, he went a step further. “In the near future, I will have to think about whether I want to participate in this theater next year,” said Horngacher, suggesting that he might leave at the end of this season.

Horngacher’s translations sound quite absurd when we remember that he fired the bomb just before the Olympics. “Stefan Horngacher played va banque before the Olympics, but he overestimated. And although the Austrian achieved his goal – the Poles could not compete in new shoes – the atmosphere in the German national team deteriorated significantly. And the local jumpers were hit by a ricochet” –

In the end, in the mixed competition, Slovenia turned out to be the best, defeating the Russians who jumped sensationally by over 100 points. The bronze medal was won by the Canadians sensationally, and she took sixth place. There were also Austria and Japan between the white-and-reds and the podium, where only seven jumps counted.