Team Germany wins thrilling Grand Prix final

The German mixed ski jumping team secured a much-acclaimed victory at the end of the FIS Grand Prix 2024 in Klingenthal (GER).

Selina Freitag, Pius Paschke, Katharina Schmid and Andreas Wellinger came out on top ahead of the strong teams from Norway and Austria in a competition that went down to the wire.

The mixed team competition on Sunday in Klingenthal was a real highlight of the ski jumping summer 2024. The decision was only made with the last jump by Norway's Marius Lindvik.

German Andreas Wellinger flew to 135 meters in his last attempt, putting the Norwegian team and its final jumper Marius Lindvik under massive pressure.
The previous day's winner Lindvik then landed his jump, the last of the competition, after just 130 meters and so the German team practically overtook the Norwegians, who had been in the lead for a long time, in a photo finish.
Cheers in the stands in the ski jumping arena in Klingenthal.

“My last jump was really good, we all didn't expect me to take the 10 points from Marius Lindvik. We were all really stunned when we realized that it was enough to win,” explained Wellinger after his coup.

Pius Paschke presented himself in brilliant form in the German team.
After his brilliant performance yesterday in the individual competition (4th place), Paschke was again in dazzling form today, achieving the best individual performance of the entire field today.

“I really like this hill here. This is how I imagined it, it's going really well, I'm now looking forward to the winter,” explained Paschke, who in the form he showed in Klingtenthal is one of the hot contenders for top places in the winter too.

“Pius Paschke jumped at a very high level yesterday and today,” said national coach Horngacher, praising the Bavarian after his performance.

In second place, the team from Norway demonstrated their extra class. The Norwegians had already put themselves in the role of favorites for today's competition in the individual competitions yesterday.
The second place was actually a surprise, as most experts had expected the Norwegians to win the team competition after the two competitions on Saturday.

Third place went to the team from Austria, while the team from Japan had to be satisfied with fourth place.

Team Slovenia took fifth place and France continued to cause a sensation in sixth place.

The ski jumpers from France, led by Josephine Pagnier and Valentin Foubert, are slowly but surely marching towards the top of the world rankings.

Italy and Poland, in 7th and 8th place, were delighted to reach the final of the best 8 teams.

The teams from Finland, the USA and Switzerland missed out on a place in the final.

For the teams, the hot phase of preparation for the 2024/2025 winter now begins. The season starts for women and men on November 22 and 23 in Lilehammer (NOR).
Final result ski jumping mixed team in Klingenthal