Lindvik sends home fans wild with spectacular World gold in Normal Hill event

Marius Lindvik (NOR) delivered one of the biggest moments of his career as he claimed World gold in the Normal Hill event at the 2025 FIS World Nordic Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway. In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, including His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, Lindvik edged out Andreas Wellinger (GER) and Jan Hoerl (AUT).

Lindvik, the 2022 Olympic Large Hill champion, timed his form to perfection to deliver right when it mattered most. The 26-year-old has landed on the World Cup podium only once this season, but soared to 108.0m and 104.5m on the World stage to score a combined total of 265.5 points.

He finished 2.3 points clear of Wellinger and 9.2 points ahead of Hoerl to claim his career-first World Normal Hill title. “It’s insane”, Lindvik said afterward. “I probably did the two best ski jumps I’ve done in the entire season. To do it here is just insane. I'm surprised by what I'm capable of doing when it matters most.”

Excellent start

Lindvik started his quest for gold with an excellent jump in the first round, posting a new hill record of 108.0 m, to take an early 3.3 point lead over Wellinger and a 4.6 point lead over Hoerl.

With just ten points separating the top seven jumpers after the first round, everything pointed towards an exciting final.

Hoerl was the first one to show he was capable to perform under pressure, taking the lead with a combined total of 256.3 points with Wellinger and Lindvik left to go.

Wellinger, the penultimate athlete, once again showed he’s the man for the big stage as he went big with 104.0m and impeccable form to overhaul Hoerl.

'I felt something was on the line'

While Lindvik waited for his turn - he was the last man up in the final - he suddenly started to feel more nervous after seeing Hoerl and Wellinger compete. "For sure I was feeling that something was on the line", he laughed. "But I tried to stay calm. I (took some) breaths and got the body in the right shape before taking off."

Supported by the home crowd, Lindvik responded with a stellar jump of 104.5m to score 128.3 points: enough to eventually take the gold on home snow. "It's amazing. It's such a great day. It's insane, I'm lost for words. I'm actually starting to lose my voice", Lindvik smiled.

Lindvik now has an Olympic title (2022 Large Hill) and two World titles to his name (2025 Normal Hill and 2022 Ski Flying) and was dubbed as the 'specialist in delivering at big events'. "It's what you work for. It's about putting in the work and doing it when it counts", he laughed.

Wellinger bounces back with World silver

Germany's Wellinger, who struggled throughout the 2024/25 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season, was another jumper who managed to perform at the right time and in the right moment.

"I'm mega happy", Wellinger said. "The past eight weeks went pretty badly. I won silver (today) and definitely didn't lose gold. I'm very happy with how it turned out after all the suffering in the past few weeks."

"The past few months I didn't have the best performances. We really had to put up a fight to perform here. I made a lot of good steps and improved over the past weeks. I focused on myself, on my jumps and that made it possible to fight today."

First individual World medal for Hoerl

Austria's Hoerl claimed his first individual World medal with bronze. "I'm really happy," Hoerl said. "It's an incredible feeling. I showed my best jumps in competition today. Training wasn't good, but I managed to show much better jumps in competition."

"To have this medal feels great. I have had so many second places (in the World Cup) this season, but this is a World Championships. That's something different. I'm very happy with this Worlds medal."

Germany's Karl Geiger missed out on the podium and landed in fourth. "My second round wasn't perfect, so I was scared about the ranking after it", Geiger said. "It's place four for me (today). It's not that sweet, but it was a good competition. I will have to take (settle for) this fourth place."

Johann Andre Forfang (NOR), who had topped the qualifications on Saturday evening, landed in fifth.

Two-time World champion Piotr Zyla (POL, 2021 and 2023) finished in 20th place, while World Cup leader Daniel Tschofenig (AUT) had to settle for 21st.

Up next at Trondheim 2025...

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (NOR) - Program:

5 March
16.00 – Competition Start Mixed Team LH
6 March
16.20 – Competition Start Men's Team LH
20.30 – Start Qualification Women's LH
7 March
12.15 – Start Qualification Men's LH
16.15 – Competition Start Women's LH
8 March
15.45 – Competition Start Men's LH

*all times are displayed in Central European Time (CET) and are subject to change.