Jan Hörl crowns himself king of Lahti

Austria's Jan Hoerl won the weekends final Ski Jumping World Cup on Sunday in Lahti (FIN).
In a competition characterized by difficult wind conditions and numerous interruptions, Jan Hoerl came out on top ahead of Peter Prevc from Slovenia and Aleksander Zniszczol from Poland.

Hörl, the strongest athlete of the weekend, deservedly won the final on the 130 meter HS hill in Lahti. In Friday's competition, the 25-year-old had only lost his place on the podium due to ground contact during the landing.  On Saturday, the man from SC Bischofshofen then delivered an outstanding performance in the Austrian team in the team competition and today he finally achieved success in the individual competition.
It was Hörl's third World Cup victory after Wisla 2021 and Innsbruck 2024.
"It was a difficult competition today, it was windy, and some of the athletes had just bad luck.
I had the necessary bit of luck on my side that you just need on a day like this to win, but the jumps were also good. 
I was able to keep improving from Friday onwards and really got into a flow, then it gets easier and easier when things are going so well. Now I'm going to Oslo with good self-confidence and I'm really looking forward to the RAW AIR," said Hörl after his success.

Second place was the first ever podium in Lahti for the Slovenian Peter Prevc.
"I've finally made it onto the podium here in Lahti, I think I've competed here 24 times in the World Cup but I've never managed a podium finish before. So this has been another great weekend for me. It's the last time I'll be here in Lahti as an athlete," explained Prevc, who will end his career at the end of the season.

In third place, Aleksander Zniszczol secured the first Polish podium of the current winter.
It was the first podium ever for Aleksander Zniszczol; the 30-year-old had narrowly missed out on the podium several times this winter after very good starting positions. "I never imagined what this day would be like when I stand on the podium.  I waited patiently until it finally happened.
Just yesterday I was talking to Piotr about how Lahti would be a cool place for my first ever podium finish because it's a lucky place for us. And it worked out"!

Johann Andre Forfang, Ryoyu Kobayashi, Manuel Fettner and Andreas Wellinger finished in places 4-7, Stefan Kraft, Pius Paschke and Michael Hayboeck completed the top 10.

The two young Americans Erik Belshaw (15th, tied on points with Robert Johansson) and Tate Frantz (18th, tied on points with Vladimir Zografski) put in another strong performance.

And then, of course, there was the great Noriaki Kasai. Kasai survived the qualification, made it through to the final and ended up in 28th place. 4 World Cup points for Kasai and the certainty that the former champion will also be competing at the RAW AIR and also at the ski flying event in Vikersund - great.

Stefan Kraft continues to lead the overall World Cup with 1578 points ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi (1382 points) and Andreas Wellinger (1294 points).

The World Cup continues next weekend in Oslo, where the RAW AIR also begins with the first World Cup on Saturday.

Official result