Austria's ski jumping team wins bronze medal at the World Championships in Trondheim!

Austria's ski jumping team wins bronze medal at the World Championships in Trondheim!

Austria's ski jumping team celebrated a remarkable success at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim! The quartet consisting of Eva Pinkelnig, Stefan Kraft, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Jan Hörl won the bronze medal in the mixed competition. Behind the outstanding Norwegian team, which secured gold with an impressive lead of 61.1 points, the Austrians had to be content with a gap of 52.5 points to the second-placed Slovenes. laola1.at reported about the exciting competition and the historic challenge, as this was the first mixed competition on a large hill.

Jan Hörl was the key to success when he outstripped the German with an outstanding jump of 141 meters and secured the medal. “I knew I had to hop really far now,” the Salzburg native explained enthusiastically. The experienced Kraft, who already won his 14th World Championship medal, also praised the team performance: “The performance was solid – there were no rockets.” kleinezeitung.at added the analysis that despite the bronze medal, the local jumpers were not yet able to show the expected dominance.

Look at the team competition

There is great anticipation for the upcoming team competition. On Thursday the ÖSV men will compete to protect their chances of winning gold against the strong teams from Norway, Germany and Slovenia. Hörl, Kraft as well as Daniel Tschofenig and Maximilian Ortner seem to be favorites and are planning to win the first world championship title in this discipline since 2013. The competition is strong and nerves are high, but the incentive is clear: “Gold is our goal,” emphasized Kraft. The pressure is growing on the jumpers, but the team is determined to give everything to make history in Trondheim.