Stefan Kraft celebrates 40th World Cup victory in Oberstdorf

Austria's Stefan Kraft won the second Ski Flying World Cup of the weekend in Oberstdorf on Sunday. 
After Slovenian Timi Zajc's victory the day before, Kraft managed to get his revenge on Sunday in a thrilling competition.
Former champion Peter Prevc finished in second place, as on the previous day, with Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi in third.
Andreas Wellinger was the best DSV athlete in seventh place.

It was Kraft's 40th individual World Cup victory, moving him past the two Poles Kamil Stoch and Adam Malysz in the statistics, who have both collected 39 victories.
Kraft is now in third place in the list of all athletes with the most World Cup victories. Only Matti Nykaenen and Gregor Schlierenzauer are ahead of Kraft.
And it was an important step towards the overall World Cup for the 30-year-old, Kraft now leads with 1546 points ahead of Ryoyu Kobayashi (1277 points) and Andreas Wellinger (1178 points). 
Kraft explained after the competition. "That was an exciting weekend, but it also took a lot of energy. The start on Friday with 45th and 36th place really went down the drain, which is not good for self-confidence. So I'm all the more pleased with third and first place after the weekend, but the weekend really took a lot of energy".
That it was the 40th victory is something very special, it's nice to be so high up in these rankings, but today it's important that it went well here. I'll look at the statistics when I've finished jumping".

As on the previous day, Peter Prevc finished in second place. With his second place, Prevc has now collected 160 points in the Ski Flying World Cup after two competitions, just like Stefan Kraft.
Four Ski Flying World Cups are still to come (2 x Vikersund and 2 X Planica).
With his two second places, Prevc has already achieved more than he could have dreamed of.
In his last season as an active ski jumper, "Peter the Great" is once again creating a real atmosphere among the fans and there is no one who would not be happy for Prevc about his success. 
Ryoyu Kobayashi was delighted with third place, but the Japanese was not entirely satisfied.
Kobayashi has already finished in second place 9 times this season. Today he was in the lead after the first run and it should have been his second win of the season, but Kraft and Prevc were better in the end.
So the cool Japanese will have to wait until at least next weekend in Lahti (FIN) for his next victory.

The previous day's winner Timi Zajc, Manuel Fettner, Daniel Huber and Andreas Wellinger finished in places 4-7 behind the top 3. 
Michael Hayboeck, Johann Andre Forfang and Domen Prevc completed the top 10.

The best Pole, Kamil Stoch, finished in 11th place. Stoch was finally able to enjoy some good jumps and a successful weekend after a very bad winter for the three-time Olympic champion and the entire Polish team.
Behind Stoch in 12th place, the 19-year-old US-American Erik Belshaw provided a real hammer.
Belshaw finished 12th on one of the most difficult hills in a competition at the highest level. Belshaw, who won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Planica three weeks ago, is making great strides towards the absolute top of the world.

The World Cup continues next weekend in Lahti (FIN) with three competitions. Two individual and one team competition are on the program.