Prevc moved up seven places from 10th after the 1st round. In doing so, she also increased her lead in the overall standings to 602 points over her nearest rival, Nozomi Maruyama of Japan, with just seven competitions remaining.
It gave him his second Individual Ski Flying victory of the weekend. Stephan Embacher finished 2nd for the second day in a row. Norway's Johann Andre Forfang was 3rd today. Yesterday, 3rd place went to Austria's Jonas Schuster.
Prevc was 5th after the first round and produced an excellent second round jump to move up two places and claim the bronze medal. Gold and silver went to Norway's Anna Odine Stroem and Eirin Maria Kvandal, respectively.
A mixed ski jumping team secured Slovenia's first gold medal in the ongoing Winter Olympics.
Prevc was second to Stroem after the first round and nearly snatched victory from the Norwegian with her second and final jump at the Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium in the Trento region in the northeast of Italy.
Slovenian ski jumpers Domen Prevc and Nika Prevc will carry the Slovenian flag at the opening of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has announced.
He was 2nd to Norway's Marius Lindvik after the first round but produced another big jump in the second round to take the lead . Lindvik eventually finished 3rd behind Ren Nikaido of Japan. Anže Lanišek was 5th and Timi Zajc finished in 17th place.
Slovenian ski jumper and world champion Domen Prevc took the second win this weekend in Sapporo, Japan.
The competition had been due to start at 9 a.m. but was delayed by about one and a half hours because of strong winds. It was eventually reduced to just one round, with no doubt about the winner, as Prevc took victory by more than 16 points.
Prevc was in 2nd place behind Austria's Jan Hoerl after the 1st round but produced a jump of 141 metres to take victory. The second and third steps on the podium went to local jumpers Naoki Nakamura and Ren Nikaido, respectively.
Nika Prevc dominated today at the World Cup event in Zhangjiakou, China.
It was a great Sunday for Slovenian ski jumpers.
