The issue of five disqualifications in a mixed-team competition is receiving more and more criticism. The controller of women’s equipment, Agnieszka Baczkowska, who is particularly attacked.
The most outraged by Baczkowska’s attitudes were the Germans at the head. The topic of disqualification from Sunday is the main topic of the German sports media. .
Pointner defends the Polish controller. “What’s wrong with every suit”
Agnieszka Baczkowska was defended, among others, by by the legendary trainer. “The fact is: on Monday these teams won medals that adhered to all the suit rules. It must be assumed, even if the Olympic mixed competition is to be debated for a long time. Skijumping has suffered numerous disqualifications, but it would be too easy to blame the controllers themselves. “- wrote the Austrian on the amach” Tiroler Tageszeitung “.
Pointner honestly admits that he knows from his own experience that the strongest possible representations are combined with overalls. – From the coach’s point of view, I know that especially significant representations always push the boundaries when it comes to equipment. If you don’t participate, you have no chance of success. So the boundaries between what is almost allowed and what the control may not yet see are constantly being crossed, the former Austrian national team coach honestly admits.
“I believe that in almost any suit, I can find a point where what’s wrong.” Measurement is so difficult that sometimes it is enough to slightly change the athlete’s posture and the dimensions change. There is a reason the jumpers practice the optimal position that they then take during the measurement – concluded the Pointner.
Alexander Pointner is definitely one of the best ski jumping coaches in recent years. The 51-year-old has worked with the Austrian national team throughout his coaching career (2004-2014). During this time, his players achieved many successes, both in the team and individually. It is during Pointner’s tenure that the greatest successes were achieved, among others, by .
Source: Sport
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