That’s how the grand finale went

Top sports performance, thrilling duels and spectacular falls – the fifth season of Ninja Warrior Germany once again offered many highlights. sport.de thinks back to the grand finale.

Only 16 of the 56 finalists had made it to the second round and were now fighting for the title and the associated chance of € 300,000.

Unlike previous shows, there were two courses in the grand finale. Finally, he waited for “Mount Midoriyama”, where the athletes had to climb a 20m long rope within a time limit.

What were the other obstacles? Which athletes made it through the second round? Who is the new “Last Man Standing”? And was “Mount Midoriyama” conquered for the first time?

• What were the stages like?

In the second round, the athletes had three minutes. First it passed through the cone of chaos to the swinging wing. Then the zigzag stairway to heaven awaited, on which the ninjas had to demonstrate their arm strength.

Those who left behind even the steering wheels arrived at the vertical lifts. Here, walls weighing 30 to 50 kilograms hindered participants from reaching the buzzer.

The third lap was even more difficult because there was no time limit. They went for a walk through the floating doors.

After the 3.0 finger strips, plug-in boxes and ball hooks followed. Only the pole flight then separated the candidates from “Mount Midoriyama”.

• Brilliant results in the second round

After the 16 finalists had already overcome the first hurdles last week, most of the second round was also overcome.

Only Samuel Dufner, Daniel Gerber and Mark Degebrodt went swimming early. With a time of 2:08 minutes, Giovanni Ertl hit the buzzer as the fastest athlete. Unstoppable also René Casselly (2:09 minutes) and Oliver Edelmann (2:10 minutes).

On the other hand, things were particularly exciting for Marius Holzinger and Jun Kim. Both participants secured their place in the third round only in the final five seconds. Thus a total of 13 athletes reached the next stage.

It got much more complicated for the finalists in the last course before “Mount Midoriyama”. Floating doors in particular caused a lot of departures.

The dreams of Joel Mattli, Philipp Göther, Jun Kim, Krister Kröll, Marius Holzinger, Oliver Edelmann and Leon Wismann each exploded at the first hurdle.

“I didn’t know the grip technique and my hands were a bit slippery,” said Göther of the pitfalls of floating doors after the start.

Moritz Hans and Max Sprenger have left the promenade. While Giovanni Ertl finished with 3.0 streaks, René Casselly still managed to hit the hook of the ball.

• Alexander Wurm defends his title

As a result, all eyes were on Alexander Wurm and Kim Marschner. The latter took a long time during his appearance. This paid off, as Marschner finally mastered the floating doors, walk and finger strips 3.0 including plug-in boxes and ball hooks.

Shortly before the buzzer, however, the 22-year-old slipped on the pole flight and was disappointed.

Opponent Wurm completed the first hurdles much faster. This led to the showdown on the flight of the pole. There, the top favorite only failed at the last bar and missed “Mount Midoriyama” dramatically.

Thanks to his excellent performance, Wurm secured the title of “Last Man Standing” for the third consecutive year. The wait for the first “Ninja Warrior Germany” continues into the sixth season.

Jannik Kube