JWC: Titles to Daniel Tschofenig and Nika Prevc
Mar 03, 2022·Ski Jumping
The women's and men's individual competitions were held at the Junior World Championships in Zakopane (POL) on Thursday and the titles there went to Daniel Tschofenig and Nika Prevc.
In the men's competition, the top favorite Daniel Tschofenig of Austria claimed a clear victory. The 19-year-old, who could already achieve some very good results in the World Cup this winter, was the best in both rounds on the HS 105 normal hill with 102 m and 107 m and took the gold medal today with 311.5 points.
With this performance, Tschofenig lead a podium sweep of the strong Austrian team. Silver went to David Haagen with 102 m and 103 m and a score of 299.6 points, Markus Mueller came in third with his jumps of 100 m and 100.5 m and 287.6 points.
Luca Geyer of Germany was fourth, Iver Olaussen of Norway came in fifth and with Jonas Schuster in sixth, all four Austrians who took part in this competition finished among the Top 6 this evening.
In the women's event, the Slovenes showed that they are the dominating team, not only in the World Cup right now. Nika Prevc, the only 16-year-old younger sister of Peter, Cene, and Domen, posted the longest jumps in both rounds with 99 m and 995 m and took the Junior World Chamionship title with 240.5 points.
Taja Bodlaj provided for a 1-2 finish of the athletes from Slovenia. She came in second exactly ten points behind her teammate with jumps of 97.5 m and 98 m.
Alexandria Loutitt of Canada, who won bronze in the mixed team competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing recently, can once again celebrate winning a bronze medal. With 94 m and 95,5 m and 223.7 points she came in third also in Zakopane today.
The fourth place went to Austria's Vanessa Moharitsch, followed by Jerneja Repinc Zupancic of Slovenia and Norway's Nora Midtsundstad.
