Austria's ski jumping team celebrates third victory in Planica-a heartbeat finale!

Austria's ski jumping team celebrates third victory in Planica-a heartbeat finale!

Zakopane, Polen - On March 29, 2025, the Austrian ski jumping team achieved a remarkable success in the team competition in Planica. This was already the third victory in a row for the ÖSV eagles in this event location. The victory is also considered a successful revenge for the team defeat at the World Cup against Slovenia.

Jan Hörl, who is currently overall overall World Cup, said after the competition in the ORF interview, pleased about the triumph. "Karma for Trondheim," said the jumper Daniel Tschofenig, and Stefan Kraft also thanked for the excellent preparatory work by his team -mate Hörl and the other jumper. Kraft himself surprised with a jump of 230 meters, which secured the final victory.

dominance of the ÖSV team

The Austrian team showed a consistently strong performance. After each round, the ÖSV team was in first place, apart from Fettner's first jump, where they fell back for a short time. Jan Hörl set an impressive accent in the penultimate round with 228 meters, which expanded the lead over 20 points in front of Germany. Team "Oldie" Fettner described the competition as "really cool" and praised the excellent team performance.

The dominant 1170.4 points of the Austrian team represented a clear victory against Slovenia (1129.6 points) and Norway (1122.9 points). The Springer, which included Hörl, Maximilian Ortner, Stefan Kraft and Daniel Tschofenig, already led with 19.8 points after the first round. Hörl contributed significantly to success in the final with a jump of 141 meters.

the look into the future

The German team, consisting of Karl Geiger, Pius Paschke, Philipp Raimund and Andreas Wellinger, took fourth place with 1110 points. Geiger scored the best jumps for Germany with 136.5 and 139.5 meters, while Paschke had difficulties and only jumped 126 and 132 meters. Despite fourth place, coach Stefan Horngacher remained optimistic about the further development of his team.

The next individual competition will take place on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and will be transferred live to ORF 1. While the decisions about the crystal balls have already been made, the Austrian team continues to strive for a record lead in the Nations Cup.

The excellent form of Austrian ski jumper also gives hope that the success can also be continued in future competitions. Austria remains a serious competition for all other nations in the ski jump!

For more information about the competition in Planica, please visit Kleine Zeitung . For details on the appearance of the German team you can visit the page skispringen.com