Andreas Wellinger wins on Sunday in Willingen

Andreas Wellinger has won the second Ski Jumping World Cup of the weekend in Willingen (GER).
With a brilliant comeback from seventh place after the first round, Wellinger secured victory in the end just ahead of Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi and Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden.
As on the previous day, there was constant rain and strong winds on the Mühlenkopfschanze in Willingen on Sunday.
Despite the extremely uncomfortable weather, more than 10,000 spectators again followed the competition on the Mühlenkopfschanze right to the end. "They were our heroes today, it was great that so many spectators were there until the end despite the weather, cheering and cheering along," said German national coach Stefan Horngacher, impressed by the atmosphere on the Mühlenkopfschanze.

Despite the wind and rain, the spectators were treated to a real sporting treat.
Andreas Wellinger, in seventh place after the first round, produced a top jump in the final and was able to catch all the competitors starting after him. In the end, Wellinger secured a 2-point lead over Ryoyu Kobayashi, who delivered his jumps with his usual confidence.
"It was a difficult weekend, yesterday I was a bit pissed off, today I managed two great jumps, in the final I was able to take advantage of the good conditions and so I ended up on top today, which came as a complete surprise to me. I really didn't expect to win when I was sitting at the top. Maybe a place on the podium, but definitely not victory. 
The helpers in Willingen did a great job, to prepare the hill like this in these conditions is an absolute top performance," explained Wellinger after his success. It was the 28-year-old's seventh World Cup victory in total; Wellinger last won at the start of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf.

Ryoyu Kobayashi finished in second place for the second time this weekend. "I'm happy with this weekend, now I'm looking forward to the home World Cup in Sapporo in two weeks' time," said Ryoyu Kobayashi.

Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden was delighted with third place: "I'm over the moon, after weeks of effort I finally managed to show two really good jumps again today. In the last few weeks I wasn't relaxed enough but today it finally worked out again," said Gregor Deschwanden.

Fourth place went to Daniel Tschofenig, the best Austrian of the day, while Stefan Kraft achieved a good sixth place today after his disappointing 39th place yesterday.
The tragic figure of the day was Pole Aleksander Zniszczol. Zniszczol was in the lead after the first run, but then slipped down to 8th place in the daily ranking with a mixed final jump.
The 2023/24 season remains an epidemic winter for the Poles. One ray of hope, however, is the improving performance in recent weeks, especially from Aleksander Zniszczol. 
In his current form, Zniszczol is good for the first Polish podium this winter next weekend in Lake Placid, and the likeable man would certainly like to see it.

The young Frenchman Valentin Foubert was delighted with the first World Cup points of his career. A 23rd place in such difficult conditions as on Sunday in Willingen is a class performance.

The Ski Jumping World Cup continues next weekend in Lake Placid (USA). Two individual and one super team competition are on the program.