Prevc ski jumping siblings lead Slovenia's charge into Winter Games

Feb 2 : Across village hills to towering ski flying arenas in Slovenia, the name Prevc is spoken as if it belongs to the country’s sporting landscape itself, with ambition rising across the nation as the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina draw closer.

For more than a decade, that surname has shaped Slovenian ski jumping, carried by the family whose careers now converge on one Olympic stage in what could be a dominating performance.

Ski jumping runs in the family. Their father, Bozidar Prevc, is an international ski jumping referee and four of the five Prevc children have competed at elite level in the sport.

Peter Prevc, once the national face of the sport and 2022 Olympic gold medallist in the mixed team event now watches from the coaching platform as part of the national support staff.

He won his first medals in major competition at the 2013 World Championships in Predazzo, Italy.

Cene Prevc bowed out with a men's team silver in the 2022 Games.

Now Domen Prevc, a ski flying world champion and one of the most unpredictable talents on the circuit, is still searching for his defining Olympic moment.

Nika Prevc, the youngest at 20, has emerged as one of the leading figures of a new generation in women’s ski jumping.

Together, they will arrive at the Milano Cortina Games as more than medal contenders. They are a family that is a symbol of Slovenia's rise in a sport long dominated by bigger nations.

DOMEN PREVC AMONG FAVOURITES FOR OLYMPIC TITLES

Domen Prevc is a leading favourite for the individual events after a dominant season that has seen him win the prestigious Four Hills Tournament, claim two gold medals at the World Ski Championships in Trondheim and secure his first individual World Ski Flying title with victory in Oberstdorf