Ski jumping dominator Nika Prevc wins in Lahti and has already secured her third overall World Cup victory six competitions before the end. With the exception of Selina Freitag, Germany’s ski jumpers have their problems in Lahti.
With a smile, Nika Prevc boxed towards the camera after leading after the first round in Lahti. And unlike the leadership, the smile was actually a message, because the strongest ski jumper today actually shows less emotion after her jumps – she accepts the mostly outstanding performances with stoic calm.
It already became clear that this Thursday afternoon (March 5th, 2026) in Finland was a special one: at the end of it it is now clear that the 20-year-old Slovenian Nika Prevc has secured the overall women’s ski jumping World Cup for the third time in a row. Early, six competitions before the end of the season.
Selina Freitag as the sixth best German
As befits her status, she won the World Cup in Lahti by a clear margin of 14 points ahead of the Norwegian Anna Odine Ström. Behind her was the Japanese Nozomi Maruyama, who can no longer catch Prevc as second overall in the World Cup, but still has a strong first season among the world’s best. The best German was Selina Freitag in sixth with flights of 118.5 and 116.5 meters.
Prevc laid the foundation for clear success in the first round when she jumped the furthest at 128.5 meters – and also did the telemark. Ström and Maruyama trailed by eight and twelve points respectively at halftime. In the second round, Prevc had another strong flight to 124.5 meters.
Prevc already on the hunt Takanashi record
Only one jumper, Sara Takanashi from Japan, has so far won more overall World Cup victories than Prevc (four). And Prevc’s successes are now just as deserved as their successes. The Slovenian dominated the entire women’s season.
“You have to congratulate her, she did a great job throughout the whole season and she did it with a lot of self-confidence and a lot of conviction.”said German national coach Heinz Kuttin on ZDF. “She’s just so consistent. It just looks easy and it’s amazing to pull it off like that.”said Selina Friday.
Small Prevc flaw: Winter Olympics
Nevertheless, this winter has a small flaw: Norwegian Anna Odine Ström secured both individual Olympic victories, Prevc almost surprisingly came second and third, but won gold in the mixed team in Italy.
Her brother Domen was also there, who is likely to secure the overall men’s World Cup this season.
DSV jumpers with problems in Lahti
With the exception of Friday, Germany’s jumpers had their problems with the ski jump in Lahti on Thursday; only Friday ultimately finished in the top ten. Agnes Reisch, who was fifth in the qualification, ended up in 17th place.
Juliane Seyfarth (19th), Katharina Schmid (25th), who celebrated the last German World Cup victory in January 2025 and is ending her career at the end of the season, and Anna Hollandt (28th) also scored points. Emely Torazza missed the final.
