The upcoming season for Ski jumpers will be one of the most important. The Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 6, and the organizers will be Meidolan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. The competition will last until February 22, 2026. Many national frames were preparing and still preparing form for this event. It is not known how he will go to Poles who have recently had a new coach.
The Austrian jumper changed national colors
As it turns out, these are not the only changes before the Winter Olympic Games. The “Frankfurter Rundschau” website informs that there was a “completely unexpected” change in the Austria national team.
In the 2025/26 season, 20-year-old Louis Obersteiner will represent France. In April, the federation said that the jumper from Vienna was attached to the national team of this representation. Since then, the Austrian has been waiting for permission to be able to start in new colors.
“Frankfurter Rundschau”, which cites “Kronen-Zeitung” informs that the Austrian Ski Association and FIS have already approved this change. This means that the ski jumper will be able to start on August 9-10 in the competition of the summer Grand Prix in Courchevel.
Austria is losing the world champion
This is a huge loss for Austria, because Louis Obersteiner is a team medalist of the 2023 Junior World Championships. As the FR.DE website reminds – he was “the first Viennese who won the gold medal in ski jumping, which brought him great recognition” – we read. In addition, a year earlier he reached for the gold of the Olympic Youth Festival of Europe in the team and silver in the mix. In March 2023 he made his debut in the Continental Cup in Lahti and took the 16th and 12th place.
“His decision to emigrate to France made it easier that he has double citizenship. His mother is a Frenchwoman and Obersteiner speaks smoothly in French, which made it easier for him to move to the French Federation,” informs “Frankfurter Rundschau”.
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“In France, I can now feel the taste of the World Cup and jump with less pressure,” he said in an interview with Kronen -Zeitung. In addition to Obersteiner, the national team also changes the Biathlon Coralie Langel champion.