JWC: Team gold to Austria and Slovenia
Mar 06, 2022·Ski Jumping
The Junior World Championships in Zakopane (POL) ended for the ski jumpers with three team competitions (men, women, mixed) this weekend.
The Austrians, who already dominated the individual competition in Zakopane with a podium sweep, also proved to be unbeatable in the team competition. Together with Jonas Schuster, the three individual medalists, Daniel Tschofenig, who was once again the best jumper today, David Haagen, and Markus Mueller, took the gold medal with a total of 1038.5 points.
"It's an amazing feeling, I'm just happy that we have such a strong team and that I can be part of this team. My performance today was good, it wasn't perfect, but the jumps were okay", said Jonas Schuster.
The team of Norway, with Adrian Thon Gundersrud, Johannes Aardal, Sindre Ulven Joergensen, and Iver Olaussen, finished in second place with 982.7 points.
The third place went to Germany, represented by Finn Braun, Ben Beyer, Simon Spiewok, and Luca Geyer, with 963.0 points.
Slovenia came in fourth, followed by the hosting team of Poland and Japan.
In the women's team competition the Slovenes were unbeatable in Zakopane. Jerneja Repinc Zupancic, Lara Logar, Taja Bodlaj, and Nika Prevc scored a total of 888.5 points and took a more than clear win. The outstanding athlete was once again individual World Champion Nika Prevc. "Today I was more relaxed in the competition and we really enjoyed it. The entire team showed good jumps and we showed what a strong team we are. My jumps were even better than in the individual competition, I didn't feel that much stress", said the 16-year-old.
More than 100 points behind the winners, Japan, with Haruka Kasai, Hina Tsushida, Ringo Miyajima, and Nagomi Nakayama, came in second with 784.0 points.
Christina Feicht, Anna-Fay Scharfenberg, Pia Lilian Kuebler, and Michelle Goebel won the bronze medal for Germany with 765.0 points.
The places four, five, and six went to the teams of Austria, Norway, and the USA.
In the mixed team competition, Austria could then celebrate the next gold medal. Vanessa Moharitsch, Daniel Tschofenig, Julia Muehlbacher, and David Haagen claimed the win with 884.4 points. Daniel Tschofenig will now return home to Austria with a total of three gold medals (individual, team, mixed). "I knew that I'm able to jump well, but coming home with three gold medals is absolutely amazing. It feels crazy. These Championships could not have gone better for me", Tschofenig said after the very successful days in Poland.
Taja Bodlaj, Marcel Strzinar, Nika Prevc, and Maksim Bartolj wom silver for Slovenia with 819.0 points.
Norway, with Nora Midtsundstad, Johannes Aardal, Heidi Dyhre Traaserud, and Iver Olaussen, scored 772.0 points and finished third in this final Ski Jumping competition of the Championships in Zakopane.
