Daniel Tschofenig and Co. took the win. © ANSA / ANTONIO BAT

ÖSV eagles fly to victory

Austria's ski jumping men won the team ski flying event at the World Cup finals in Planica, Slovenia, on Saturday.

March 29, 2025

From: apa/sn

Overall World Cup winners Daniel Tschofenig, Manuel Fettner, Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft were 29,1 points ahead in the duel with Germany, while host and favorite Slovenia with ski flying World Cup winner Domen Prevc finished only 42,1rd, 3 points behind Austria.

The Austrian team finished first after every national round except for one, trailing Germany by 0,6 points only after Fettner's first jump. However, head coach Andreas Widhölzl's team only managed to pull away decisively with Jan Hörl's 228-meter jump in the penultimate round, when the Austrian team was more than 20 points ahead of the Germans for the first time. Stefan Kraft secured the victory with a final jump of 230 meters.

The Azzurri were not present in the team competition. Tomorrow, Sunday (9.30:XNUMX a.m.), the last individual competition marks the end of a long season. Tschofenig had won the overall World Cup. already finalized on Friday.