Domen Prevc dominates the 74th Four Hills Tournament at will. On the one hand, this is in the family blood, but on the other hand, it is the result of a miraculous transformation.
Domen Prevc was in a hurry: family appointments called. Because while the world’s best ski jumper was listening to his national anthem on the podium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the competition of the world’s best ski jumper, Domen’s sister Nika, was just beginning in Oberstdorf. And at least in the media, on the way to the Four Hills Tournament triumph, the brother was able to witness how the overall victory of the “Tour Nights Tour” passed into Prevc’s possession. Prevc here, prevc there, prevc everywhere: the ski jumping world is currently a family affair.
“This is the result of hard, daily work over many years,” said the “Domenator” after he had won the second tournament competition on New Year’s Day, as superior as he had been three days before in Oberstdorf: “It was another great day for me.”
Prevc already the sure tour winner?
And since the youngest of the three Prevc brothers and the middle of the five Prevc siblings currently have almost exclusively “super days”, given the largest half-time lead in 21 years, hardly anyone doubts that Domen will also win the tour. Exactly ten years to the day after his eldest brother Peter, who was previously the sporting head of the family.
But at least for Nika (20), Domen (26) is a bigger role model than Peter (33). “When it comes to jumping technique, I always wanted to be like him,” she says: “His style has always inspired me.” Not only Nika currently sees Domen as the ultimate jumper, the German team is also amazed at the building blocks during the industry leader’s magical flights.
“As a jumper, you kind of ask yourself: Yes, where are the remaining 15 meters to the dome?” says Philipp Raimund: “I do my best. Then to see that he is such a high flyer in every competition is brutal. I can dream of his feeling of flying.” And Felix Hoffmann longs for the “ease with which he sails away in the last third of the flight.”
“It feels like a game”
Not everything was easy with Domen. At 16, shortly before Peter’s tour victory, the teenager stormed into the world’s best, won his first World Cup at 17 – and then oscillated between dream flight and crash landing for almost a decade.
On the one hand, because his flying style with his head almost under his skis was “not recommended for anyone” (Austria’s national coach at the time, Heinz Kuttin) and was also prone to errors.
On the other hand, because he desperately wanted to assert himself in the national team against Peter and the second oldest brother Cene. “I’ve always said that we are competitors, not friends. We may be brothers, but we don’t talk about ski jumping,” the young Domen said at the time.
It was actually only since Peter and Cene’s retirement that Domen found his center, defused but optimized his flying style, and harmonized his psyche. He has been winning in lockstep with Nika for around a year: both won World Cup gold in 2025, the ski flying world record, World Cup victories by the dozen, and Olympic gold on both sides is to follow. Everything seems so easy at the moment.
“It feels like a game, but I have to be prepared for this game,” says Domen: “Of course I feel pressure. But it’s up to me to convert this pressure into adrenaline. That’s what drives me.”