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Olympics-Prevc ski jumping siblings lead Slovenia’s charge into Winter Games
Feb 2 (Reuters) – Across village hills to towering ski flying arenas in Slovenia, the name Prevc is spoken as if it belongs to the country’s sporting landscape itself, with ambition rising across the nation as the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina draw closer. For more than a decade, that surname has shaped Slovenian ski jumping, carried by the family whose careers now converge on one Olympic stage in what could be a dominating performance. Ski…
Karl Geiger came back impressively at the World Cup in Willingen: after a weak season he jumped back on the podium for the first time and became third. Bundestrainer Stefan Horngacher praised in the ZDF: "The boys did this really brilliantly today. Karl today on the podium, he earned that."Geiger led a strong German team in which Felix Hoffmann finished fourth and Andreas Wellinger in sixth place. Domen Prevc from Slovenia won the victory. Despi…
The best ski jumper of this winter, Domen Prevc, once again confirmed his dominance and conquered the competition. In the individual competition in Willingen, he landed at 155 meters in the final series and won with a 22-point advantage over Japan's Ren Nikaid. Third was German Karl Geiger. Rok Oblak, who was tenth after the first series, finished the competition in 16th place, while Anže Lanišek was 17th.
Slovenian Domen Prevc, the leader of the World Ski Jumping Championship, won the ski jumping championship in Willingen, Germany, on Saturday with a hill climb victory.
Great home game for the German ski jumpers: In Willingen three Germans jump under the best six. Sorgenkind Karl Geiger even ensures a real bang.
The Slovenian World Cup dominator once again jumped in a separate league, the women's jumping won Kvandal
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