Winter Olympics 2022 - Austria win gold in tense team event to close ski jumping programme

Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics in Beijing came to a close with a tense finish, as Austria secured team gold when Manuel Fettner's final jump was just long enough to overtake Slovenia. That gave the Austrians their first Olympic ski jumping gold since 2010, having failed to win a single medal in 2018 in a sport where they have traditionally been a power. Ad/> Slovenia was looking for a third ski jumping gold at Beijing 2022 but settled for silver and Germany took bronze.

/> Beijing 2022Watch wild and emotional celebrations as Austria win team ski jumping gold42 MINUTES AGO Norway went into the event as the reigning champions, but they were facing a big challenge to keep hold of their title. All of the favourites for the medals progressed to the final round, with Slovenia top of the standings after the first round ahead of Austria and Norway. China, the USA and the Czech Republic all dropped out.

Scores carry over from the opening round but the final round is when things can really change. It was first blood to Austria after the opening athletes, with three-time world champion Stefan Kraft producing the best jump among the first legs, securing 119.7 points to move his team up to first in the standings. Piotr Zyla produced an almost identical jump to bring Poland back into contention.

But Slovenia were back on top at the end of the standings at the end of the second round of jumpers to leapfrog Austria, with Cene Prevc producing a brilliant jump to propel them back to first place. It was nip and tuck at the top of the standings and Jan Hoerl put Austria back into the lead by 5.3 points ahead of Slovenia, with Norway sitting third but under threat from Germany. ‘He made the impossible the possible’ – Schmitt explains how