Nika Kriznar wins in Lahti

Nika Kriznar had to wait over two years for a World Cup victory, but this Friday in Lahti was to be her day: With 127 and 131.5 meters, the Slovenian jumped hill records in both rounds and secured first place with 254.1 points. Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger came second with two attempts at 125 meters and 246.5 points. Third place went to her teammate Eva Pinkelnig, who improved the hill record to 128.5 meters in the final after 118 meters in the first round and scored 239.8 points.

"Yesterday, I really couldn't have imagined that today would be like this. I'm just happy and emotional that I'm standing here now. I also owe this to our team. Although ski jumping is an individual sport, we always support each other," said Kriznar, visibly moved after her sixth World Cup victory. With this victory, she drew level with team colleague Nika Prevc, who was only able to limit the damage in the overall World Cup today. She lost 34 points in the duel with Pinkelnig and still has a 174-point lead ahead of the last seven jumps.

1.3 points behind Pinkelnig, Yuki Ito was the best Japanese athlete in fourth place, with team-mate Sara Takanashi also impressing in sixth. Finland's top jumper Jenny Rautionaho finished a strong fifth for the third time this winter. Thea Minyan Bjoerseth was the best Norwegian in seventh, just ahead of her teammate Silje Opseth. Unlike Opseth, who lost four places in the final, Bjoerseth was one of the winners of the second run, gaining eight positions. The same applied to Josephine Pagnier from France, who jumped up from 17th to ninth.

Katharina Schmid was the best German athlete in eleventh place, just ahead of Selina Freitag. Luisa Görlich, fifth the day before, did not make it past 16th place. Juliane Seyfarth finished 25th. After six unsuccessful participations to date, Pia Lilian Kübler secured her first World Cup point of the winter in 30th place, making her the 60th jumper to record at least one top 30 finish this season.

Sara Marita Kramer came 17th, while Lisa Eder and Chiara Kreuzer finished outside the top 20 in 22nd and 24th respectively. Kriznar's teammate Taja Bodlaj, on the other hand, achieved her best World Cup result in 19th place, finishing directly ahead of the second Finn Julia Kykkänen. Also noteworthy was the 29th place of Poland's Anna Twardosz, which was her second points result and also only the second points result for Poland in the individual event during the season.

In a complete surprise, Eirin Maria Kvandal was eliminated after the first round. After finishing first not only in qualifying the evening before but also in the trial round, she only managed 103 meters in her attempt and therefore did not make it past 32nd place. In addition to a premature take-off and turbulence in the first flight section, she also suffered from the lowest inrun speed of the round, which was also due to a shortened inrun.