Everything was actually set for Stefan Kraft’s 47th victory, but then the wind came and Anze Lanisek grabbed the victory. The DSV Adler missed the top 10 this time.
Anze Lanisek won the individual competition on the large hill in Falun, Sweden. The Slovenian prevailed on Wednesday (November 26th, 2025) in the fourth individual competition of the Olympic winter with jumps of 129 and 128.5 meters against Stephan Embacher (128.5 m/129 m) from Austria and his compatriot Domen Prevc (129 m/129 m). The best German was Philipp Raimund (twice 125.5 m) in eleventh place. The day before he had come third on the small facility with a hill record.
Accordingly, national coach Stefan Horngacher was not really satisfied with his team’s performance: “The jumping performance wasn’t that good today. There were a few mistakes by Philipp and Felix (Hoffmann, note d. Red.) missed the telemark in the first round. Positively I would Pius (Paschke, note d. Red.) see, that was a step in the right direction.”
Kraft interrupts record hunt for baby break
Stefan Kraft, who was still the leader after the first round, missed the double in Falun after winning on the small hill and slipped to ninth place after just 119 meters. He had too much wind on the take-off table and didn’t really find his way into his system.
With his 46th World Cup victory on Tuesday, Kraft moved up to second place on the all-time best list. The 32-year-old is still seven individual triumphs short of the record set by his compatriot Gregor Schlierenzauer. It is clear that he will not continue his record hunt this weekend and will travel back home because his wife Marisa is expecting their first child.
German team behind expectations
From a German perspective, the competition didn’t go quite as well as the previous ones. In addition to Raimund, Felix Hoffmann and Pius Paschke also made it into the top 15, but they were all a long way from the top. Hoffmann, third in the second competition on the opening weekend in Lillehammer, had a better position with a messy landing in the first round at 128.5 meters. In the final he was a little late in his jump and only managed 121 meters, placing him in twelfth place.
“The feeling was: The hatch wouldn’t have needed it now”explained Hoffmann, referring to the shortened start-up directly before his attempt. Apart from a small mistake, the jump felt good, but the height was simply missing. His own claims are true after the strong results “a little bit” increased, but he still knows how to classify the result correctly due to the errors.
After missing qualification for the first competition of the winter and finishing 27th and 18th, Paschke continued his upward trend and came in 14th with distances of 121 and 123 meters.
Geiger and Wellinger struggle with the timing
Andreas Wellinger and Karl Geiger once again experienced a jump into oblivion. Both failed to make it into the second round as 40th and 41st at 115.5 and 115 meters respectively.
“Basically I know what the problem is. I didn’t get it right in terms of timing and then other details came into play. But I won’t let it get me down.”said Geiger. Wellinger also struggled with the timing of the jump: “It just didn’t work. The timing just wasn’t good. And then there’s just not enough height. And at that level it’s just not enough.”