Prevc lights up Lahti with 21st career World Cup win
Mar 20, 2025·Ski Jumping
Double world champion Nika Prevc (SLO) maintained her stunning success streak by securing her ninth consecutive World Cup victory and 11th win in a row, following a typically dominant display in the first FIS Ski Jumping event of the Lahti Ski Games in Finland.
The Slovenian, who began her winning run in Lake Placid (USA) in early February, led rival Selina Freitag (GER) by 7.7 points, after a typically strong first round jump of 129m.
Prevc, who won both the Normal Hill and Large Hill World titles at Trondheim 2025 earlier this month, saved her best until last though.
135.5m not only helped her to an event-winning total of 302.8 points, but was also a new women’s hill record at the Salpausselkä venue.
Freitag would also deliver a strong second round performance to attain 277.4 pts and second place on the podium, with former World champion Alexandria Loutitt (CAN) scoring 275.1 and rounding off the top-three.
Prevc is now one win away from matching Sara Takanashi’s World Cup record of 10 successive victories on the tour which she achieved across 2015 and 2016.
“I’m really happy that ski jumping goes well for me,” said the 20-year-old after her latest win.
“The last jump was the one I really enjoyed but the telemark (landing) was something I didn’t think I did (that well today) so I have something to work on tomorrow.
“For me it’s another win, but I’m really happy about it being the 21st of my career because that is something special.”
Freitag finished second to Prevc in both the Normal Hill and Large Hill events at Trondheim 2025 and another second place likely finish her position as runner-up in the overall standings.
It marks a dramatic improvement in form, with the German having previously only attained three podium positions in her career, during the 2022-23 season.
Her 10 top-three results this season are yet to include a maiden World Cup title, but she is hopeful that run will eventually end.
“It was a good competition for me, though, of course, I’m still waiting for that first win,” Freitag commented after the event.
Former World champion Loutitt (CAN) has endured a challenging season, with just two podium finishes, during the current campaign, heading into the penultimate contest of 2024-25.
A third, which represented her first top-three result since achieving the same result in Lake Placid (USA) last month will provide the Canadian with a welcome morale-boost.
"Happy to be back on the podium," she wrote on social media. "Ready for the season finale; hard to believe the season is already over, went by quick."
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Lahti (FIN) - Program:
21 March
14:00 – Trial Round Women
14:50 – Start Competition Women's LH
22 March
13:15 – Training Men
15:00 – Start Qualification Men's LH
16:35 – Start Competition Men's LH
23 March
15.30 – Trial Round Men
16:30 – Super Team Men LH
*all times are displayed in Central European Time (CET) and are subject to change.
