Severin Freund dominated the German national championships on the large hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Last winter's overall World Cup winner showed the best jumps in both rounds with 138.5 m and 134.5 m and took the title with a total of 274.9 points.

The second place went to Andreas Wellinger with jumps on 125 m and 134 m and 245.2 points. Andreas Wank finished third with 232.8 points and his jumps on 127.5 m and 126 m.

A very good performance was shown by 18-year-old Tim Fuchs, who came in fourth and closely missed the podium with a total of 231.6 points. With Jonathan Siegel (tied for fifth with Marinus Kraus) and Adrian Sell (7th), two other young athletes were among the best in this event.

The competition in the youth category was won by Max Schaale with 227.1 points (123.5 m /128.5 m), ahead of Constantin Schmid (129 m / 122 m; 224.8 points) and Richard Schultheiss (123.5 m / 120.5 m; 209.2 points).

Bavaria could celebrate a double victory in the team competition. BSV 1, represented by Michael Neumayer, Markus Eisenbichler, Andreas Wellinger and Severin Freund, won with 891.2 points, followed by BSV 2 (Marinus Kraus, Pius Paschke, Karl Geiger, Daniel Wenig; 844.0 points) and SBW 1 (Tim Fuchs, Jonathan Siegel, Adrian Sell, Andreas Wank; 773.2 points).

The national championships of the ladies were already held in August. Back then Juliane Seyfarth took the title, Katharina Althaus and Anna Rupprecht tied for second.

Short break for Richard Freitag

Defending champion Richard Freitag could not take part in this championships due to knee problems. "Richard will take a short break from jumping of about ten days in order to rest the knee. As things stand now, his participation in the World Cup opening in Klingenthal from November 20th to 22nd is not in danger", said head coach Werner Schuster.

Source: fis-ski.com