Ski jumping

Innsbruck – Ski jumper Anže Lanišek won Slovenia’s first podium position at the prestigious Four Hills Tournament in five years after finishing second in Innsbruck on Sunday.

Planica – Norway won the team event at the Ski Flying World Championships at Slovenia’s Planica on Sunday, overtaking Germany in the last round as Halvor Egner Granerud performed better than Karl Geiger, who beat the Norwegian yesterday in the individual event. Slovenia bounced back from the turmoil in their ranks by finishing fourth.

Planica – The world’s top ski jumpers will converge on Slovenia’s Planica this week for the Ski Flying World Championships, which has been moved up from March due to the Covid-19 epidemic. The event will be held for the first time without spectators, under floodlights, and under strict anti-epidemic rules.

In what was the tenth team victory overall for Slovenian ski jumpers, the foursome accumulated a total of 1632.9 points, the Germans 1606.3, whole the Austrians earned 1563.8 points.

Slovenia was in the lead after the first round, having earned 789 points, followed by Germany (775.8 points) and Austria (754.8 points).

Slovenian ski jumper, Peter Prevc, stood on the podium four times - winning two gold and two silver medals, including the team medal. These wins saw him win the overall World Cup, the big Crystal Globe, which he won by a significant margin over his competitors as the best ski jumper of 2016. He also won the World Cup for ski flying by taking gold at Planica.

The award will be split between several architects who were responsible for various aspects of the Planica Nordic Centre, a EUR 40m EU-subsidised facility that was inaugurated late last year.

Located in the north-west of the country, the complex features a ski-flying hill, seven ski-jumping hills and outdoor and indoor cross-country skiing tracks.

Prevc, who had secured the overall World Cup win prior to Planica, cemented his place in the history books with the record 15th individual victory of the season and the 22nd podium finish. The 2015/2016 season established Slovenia as a ski jumping superpower, as Prevc pulled the entire team ahead.