Trondheim: Nordic Ski WC overshadowed by allegations of manipulation

 Despite rainy weather in Trondheim, the host nation's jumpers were undeterred and triumphed on home soil. On Wednesday afternoon, Anna Odine Stroem, Marius Lindvik, Eirin Maria Kvandal, and Johann Andre Forfang claimed victory in the Mixed-Team competition in Trondheim with a total of 1020.4 points. The Slovenian team, consisting of Ema Klinec, Domen Prevc, Nika Prevc, and Anze Lanisek, secured second place with 959.3 points but was over 60 points behind the winners. Austria finished in third place with Eva Pinkelnig, Stefan Kraft, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, and Jan Hörl scoring 906.8 points. The German team finished in fourth place.

 The following day, the men's team competition took place. With 1080.8 points, the Slovenian team crowned themselves world champions once again, defending their title. Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Timi Zajc, and Anze Lanisek triumphed in a thrilling final against the previously dominant Austrians, who landed in second place with 1067.4 points. The Austrian team, consisting of Daniel Tschofenig, Maximilian Ortner, Stefan Kraft, and Jan Hörl, narrowly finished ahead of the Norwegians, who, led by Johann Andre Forfang, Robin Pedersen, Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, and Marius Lindvik, secured third place with 1065.3 points. Just like in the Mixed-Team event the day before, the German team was left with the unfortunate fourth position.

The large hill competition was the final ski jumping event of the Nordic Ski World Championships. Domen Prevc claimed victory in this competition with an outstanding score of 301.8 points, finishing ahead of Austria’s Jan Hoerl (286.6 points) and Japan’s Ryōyū Kobayashi (284.7 points). This win secured Prevc his second gold medal of the Nordic World Ski Championships after his success in the team event.

The competition was overshadowed by the disqualification of Norwegian ski jumpers Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, Marius Lindvik, and Johann André Forfang due to manipulated suits. The Norwegian Ski Federation admitted to the violation in the evening. The International Ski Federation (FIS) has already launched an investigation.