Ski flying
Surprise in Vikersund: DSV star Wellinger triumphs
Updated on March 15th, 2025 – 7:19 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The German ski jumpers show mixed achievements this season. But when skiing in Vikersund, Andreas Wellinger made a surprise success.
Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger has ended the German ski jumps in the World Cup and won the flies in Vikers and Norwegian. The 29 -year -old Bayer flew 228 and 229.5 meters and prevailed in front of the two Slovenes Timi Zajc and Anže Lanišek. Exactly three months after Pius Paschke’s success in Titisee-Neustadt, a German in a single is at the top this year.
For Wellinger, who had won Marius Lindvik, which had now been suspended because of the suit scandal, two weeks ago, it is the ninth World Cup individual success of his career. “Yes”, Wellinger roared in the run. This winter he had already won Ruka in November in November.
Four other German ski jumpers welcomed World Cup points behind Wellinger. Paschke took nine rank, Karl Geiger became eleventh. Ex-world champion Markus Eisenbichler made it in 15th place after an outstanding second flight to 219 meters.
On Sunday (3:05 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online) there is another flying on the gigantic facility in Vikersund. Then the decision on the overall victory at the Raw Air competition series shortened this time is also made, which has not yet won a German.
For Wellinger and Co., World Cup weekends in Lahti, Finnish and in the Slovenian valley of the ski jumps in Planica.
Nika Prevc had previously won the competition shortened to a passage. The Slovenin gave the competition no chance on her 20th birthday. Her compatriot Ema Klinec was second. German Selina Freitag ranked third to 200 meters to third.