Olympic champion Andreas Wellinger was the first German ski jumper to win the RAW-Air tour in Norway. In the final wind flying in Vikersund, which was shortened again, the 29-year-old came to second place with 230.5 m and thus secured 30,000 euros.
The victory on Sunday secured a dream flight to 247.0 m world champion world champion Domen Prevc from Slovenia (214.5 points), which had fallen the previous day. PrevC finished second in the overall ranking.
Wellinger (199.2) lost almost half of his advantage in the overall ranking on the Slovenes, unlike in 2017, he no longer lost the overall victory in the last competition. The daily and overall knuckle became the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi.
Karl Geiger came in tenth. Pius Paschke, still ninth on the day before, was 25th, Philipp Raimund landed in 30th place Markus Eisenbichler experienced a weaker competition on Saturday on Saturday and finished 34th.
Wellinger had ensured the first German World Cup victory on Saturday for exactly three months. After flights to 228.0 and 229.5 m (436.1 points), he confidently prevailed in front of the Slovenian Timi Zajc (427.8) and Anze Lanisek (422.7). For the two -time Olympic champion, it was the ninth World Cup victory and the first on a flight ski jump.
First DSV victory since Titisse-Neustadt
Pius Paschke, the last German victory in the World Cup, succeeded in Titisee-Neustadt on December 15, after which the DSV eagles and especially Paschke had stuck in the performance hole for many weeks. On Friday, Karl Geiger, third in Oslo, had the first German podium since Paschke’s victory.
Wellinger had previously been on the podium in the World Cup this season – when he was demolished in Kuusamo in early December.
The flying of women had already been canceled on Sunday. The RAW-Air victory went to Slovenia’s world champion Nika Prevc.