On Sunday, Austria’s Michael Hayboeck joined Ski Flying World Cup leaders Prevc and Forfang on the podium with third place and a total of 429.1 points.
“It’s a cool podium today”, Hayboeck smiled. “It’s only the second World Cup podium of my career in Ski Flying. I was close to it a lot of times and have some fourth places, so I’m really happy I could (finally) reach the podium today.”
“It wasn’t easy”, he added, referring to the weather circumstances. “My first round was a pretty good one. It was the basis (foundation) for this podium.”
|All in all, you shouldn’t think about the conditions (too much). You just have to perform good jumps. My jumps were good and solid”, he added.
Wasek records career-best
Polish national champion Pawel Wasek put Saturday’s disappointing jumps behind and stepped up to land in fourth for a career-best result (426.0).
With a distance of 233.0m, Wasek also recorded the furthest-ever jump of his career.
Jan Hoerl (AUT) was the best Austrian of the day in fifth (424.6), followed by World Cup leader Daniel Tschofenig (AUT) in sixth.
Gregor Deschwanden (SUI), who sat in third after the first round thanks to a strong jump (234.5m and 216.5 points), fell behind after the final round and landed in ninth.
Saturday’s winner Timi Zajc (SLO), who topped the qualification round earlier in the day, ended in 12th place after two disappointing jumps (412.2).
A Prevc-perfect weekend
All in all, it was a perfect ski jumping weekend for Slovenia and the Prevc family in particular: while Domen Prevc jumped to two podium finishes in Oberstdorf (a first place on Sunday and a third place on Saturday), his sister did the same in Zao, Japan.
Nika Prevc (SLO) claimed victory on Friday and added a third place on Sunday. The 19-year-old leaves Japan as the new World Cup leader.
It was the first time ever that brother and sister Prevc landed on top of the podium in the same weekend.