Medals update: Austria wins men’s team gold in Beijing 2022 ski jumping competition

Austria clinched a narrow victory in a nail-biting final round of ski jumping action to win the men’s team event at the Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre on Monday (14 February).

The Austrian quartet of Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Jan Hoerl and Manuel Fettner fought their way from second place after the first round of jumping to clinch the gold medal.

Slovenia led the competition at the midway point with a nine-point advantage over the second-placed Austrians.

The scales tipped dramatically in Austria’s favour in the penultimate leg of jumping thanks to a massive 137.5-metre jump from Hoerl, which added 130.5 points to their total.

Slovenia had their hands on the gold for a brief moment before Austria’s Manuel Fettner doing enough on his team’s last jump to secure the win.

"Amazing. It is also great to celebrate it with the whole team. Incredible what happened today, incredible what happened the last two weeks for myself. Didn't expect it to come home as the Olympic champion, and individual medallist. Unbelievable," said Fettner, who won silver in the men's normal hill.

Super Slovenians

Slovenia was the top-performing ski jumping nation in Beijing 2022, winning four medals in total, including gold in the inaugural mixed team and the women’s individual events. Ursa Bogataj was crowned champion in the women's normal hill sharing the podium with compatriot Nika Kriznar in third place.

The quartet of Peter Prevc, Lovro Kos, Cene Prevc and Timi Zajc wrapped a bow on their Beijing campaign with the silver medal in the men’s team competition. Timi Zajc and Peter Prevc shared the mixed team gold with Bogataj and Kriznar.

"It feels great. I have two medals and I can go home really happy,” said Zajc. "We have a really strong team, and we are in really good shape."

Men’s team results:

1- Austria – 942.7 points
2- Slovenia – 934.4 points
3- Germany – 922.9 points