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Nika Prevc dominated another competition. © APA / BARBARA GINDL

Winter sports

Nika Prevc dominated another competition. © APA / BARBARA GINDL

Winter sports ticker | All good things come in threes

The weekend in the new year is packed with numerous winter sports events. Whether it's ski jumping, bobsleigh, or Nordic combined – keep track of everything here.

SKI JUMPING: At least in the top two spots, nothing seems to be changing in the women's World Cup. Nika Prev celebrated her third consecutive victory ahead of Austria's Lisa Eder. The Slovenian dominated the competition in Ljubno with 278,3 points, finishing 24,2 points ahead of her rival. Germany's Selina Freitag (244,7) completed the podium. The best Italian in the field was Annika Sieff (25th/199,5), while South Tyrol's Jessica Malsiner missed the second round (31st/91,9).


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BOB: At the World Cup in St. Moritz-Celerina, which also served as the European Championships, Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer secured a German one-two finish, ahead of Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schüller (+0,78 seconds). The British duo of Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence finished third (+1,19). Patrick Baumgartner from South Tyrol and his teammate Robert Mircea finished twelfth (+1,92).

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NORDIC COMBINATION: Aaron Kostner from St. Ulrich finished 26th at the World Cup in Otepää, Estonia, making him the best Italian in the field. The victory went to Norway's Einar Luraas Oftebro, followed by Johannes Rydzek and Andreas Skoglund. In the women's competition, Norway's Ida Marie Hagen took first place ahead of Yuna Kasai and Minja Korhonen. Daniela Dejori from Val Gardena finished in 22nd place.

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