Triumph on tour
Historic! Widhölzl cracks the trainer grand slam
It's done! Ten years of drought are over, Austria has a Tour winner again! Daniel Tschofenig came out on top just ahead of Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft. The success of the super eagles is (also) thanks to a super coach.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Andreas Widhölzl was the first Austrian and only the second overall (after the Finn Kari Ylianttila) to win the ski jumping highlight around the turn of the year as an active athlete (1999/2000) and - exactly 25 years later - also as a coach. Which means the Tyrolean has cracked the coaching grand slam. He already had gold at the Olympics (Team 2022), at a Nordic World Ski Championships (Kraft 2021) and a Ski Flying World Championships (Kraft 2024) to his name, as well as a victory in the overall World Cup (Kraft 2024) and the Nations Cup (2022, 2023 and 2024).
The tour triumph was the last missing piece of the puzzle. "That was a big goal of mine," explained the 48-year-old. With his calm and level-headed manner, "Swida" is a decisive factor in the success of the local Eagles. "He never goes crazy and stays calm when things get tight. The way he leads a team is remarkably good," praises legend Ernst Vettori. We can only agree with this compliment.
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