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Washington Post
31-03-2025
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- Washington Post
Prevc sets world record in ski jumping
PLANICA, Slovenia — Domen Prevc set a ski jump world record of 254.5 meters to delight home fans at the season-ending World Cup in Planica. The Slovenian held his arms aloft and briefly bowed before cheering fans after his record leap on Sunday. 'I'm still shaking right now, really amazing,' Prevc said.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Domen Prevc breaks world record with 254.5-meter ski jump
Prevc competes in the World Cup event in Planica, Slovenia. - Borut Zivulovic/Reuters Slovenian Domen Prevc soared to a new ski jump world record of 254.5 meters (roughly 835 feet) on Sunday, much to the delight of the home fans in Planica. Prevc produced the huge jump – the equivalent length of close to two-and-a-half football fields – in the second round of the Ski Jumping World Cup event, which marked the end of the season. It was a meter further than Austrian Stefan Kraft's previous record of 253.5 meters, set in March 2017, but wasn't enough for the 25-year-old to take the victory in front of 17,000 fans in Planica. That went to compatriot Anže Lanišek, who claimed his second win of the season with an overall score of 482.1 points to Prevc's 475. Advertisement 'This is the sweetest story that even Hollywood directors would have difficulty imagining,' Prevc wrote on Instagram. 'Thank you, everyone, for creating this story and for the unforgettable season!' Earlier this month, Prevc won the large hill world title in Trondheim, Austria, as well as a gold in the team event and silver in the mixed team. Japan's Ryōyū Kobayashi jumped a distance of 291 meters on a specially-created natural ramp in northern Iceland last year, but the attempt didn't meet the conditions laid out by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) so wasn't recognized as a world record. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at
CNN
31-03-2025
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- CNN
Domen Prevc breaks world record with 254.5-meter ski jump
Slovenian Domen Prevc soared to a new ski jump world record of 254.5 meters (roughly 835 feet) on Sunday, much to the delight of the home fans in Planica. Prevc produced the huge jump – the equivalent length of close to two-and-a-half football fields – in the second round of the Ski Jumping World Cup event, which marked the end of the season. It was a meter further than Austrian Stefan Kraft's previous record of 253.5 meters, set in March 2017, but wasn't enough for the 25-year-old to take the victory in front of 17,000 fans in Planica. That went to compatriot Anže Lanišek, who claimed his second win of the season with an overall score of 482.1 points to Prevc's 475. 'This is the sweetest story that even Hollywood directors would have difficulty imagining,' Prevc wrote on Instagram. 'Thank you, everyone, for creating this story and for the unforgettable season!' Earlier this month, Prevc won the large hill world title in Trondheim, Austria, as well as a gold in the team event and silver in the mixed team. Japan's Ryōyū Kobayashi jumped a distance of 291 meters on a specially-created natural ramp in northern Iceland last year, but the attempt didn't meet the conditions laid out by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) so wasn't recognized as a world record.
Reuters
30-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Ski jumping-Prevc breaks men's world record with 254.5-metre jump
March 30 (Reuters) - Slovenia's Domen Prevc broke the men's ski jumping world record with a mark of 254.5 metres during the 2024-25 World Cup in Planica on Sunday. Prevc, who won the men's large hill event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim earlier this month, beat Austrian Stefan Kraft's previous mark of 253.5m from March 2017. "I'm still shaking right now, really amazing," Prevc said after the jump in front of home fans in the Alpine valley in northwest Slovenia. "I feel like I'm reading a book, or watching a movie and seeing this character do it, so I can't quite believe it, but I felt I could do anything after the take off and it was just perfect." Despite Prevc's record-breaking jump, it was Slovenian compatriot Anze Lanisek who secured victory in Planica, marking his first Ski Flying World Cup win with a combined score of 482.1 points. Prevc came second with 475.00 and Germany's Andreas Wellinger (GER) third with 455.8.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Lamparter wins first post-Riiber Nordic combined, more Prevc success
Austrian Johannes Lamparter on Friday won the first Nordic combined World Cup race since the retirement of Norwegian icon Jarl Magnus Riiber. Lamparter, who split Riiber's five World Cup season triumphs with glory in 2022-23, prevailed in the Finnish resort of Lahti ahead of the final day of the men's Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday. Finland's Ilkka Herola (+27.4 seconds) was second and German Julian Schmid third after the 10 kilometre cross-country ski section. The morning jumping portion was cancelled due to high winds and Thursday's qualification points used instead. Germany's Vinzenz Geiger, fourth on the day, will pick up the overall trophy on Saturday after Riiber decided to quit a round early on home snow in Oslo last weekend. He has retired at just 27 because he suffers from a chronic intestinal illness. German Nathalie Armbruster previously won the women's Nordic combined World Cup title, with the season already completed. The cross-country skiing World Cup titles are also already decided in favour of Jessica Diggins and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, but racing in Lahti goes on until Sunday. Friday saw Klæbo claim the men's sprint while German Coletta Rydzek won her first World Cup race in the women's sprint. Prevc matches Takanashi feat Slovenia's Nika Prevc had also wrapped up the women's ski-jumping World Cup globe ahead of time and sealed a 12th straight victory in Lahti on Friday as the season concluded. Winds eased to allow the women to jump on the large hill and Prevc won a 10th World Cup competition in a row, alongside normal and large hill gold at the recent world championships in Norway. She matched Sara Takanashi's record of 10 successive World Cup victories from 2015 and 2016 with jumps of 128 metres and 133.5m, having broken the hill record with 135.5m on Thursday. Over the season, Prevc - from a family of ski jumpers - secured 15 World Cup wins and has 22 in her career. German Selina Freitag was second and Ema Klinec of Slovenia third. The men's ski-jumping World Cup is still up for grabs ahead of jumps in Finland on Saturday and Sunday, followed by competition on the Planica flying hill in Slovenia next weekend.
