Team Austria wins Ski Jumping thriller in Zhangjiakou

Facts:

Austria had won two of the three team competitions this season, but only in the season opener in Wisla, they started with the same athletes as today.

It was the third Olympic gold in this competition for Austria, after Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010. They are now equal with Germany with three titles. For both NOCs, this was the seventh medal in the team competition, which was held for the tenth time at Olympic Games.

It was the second medal in this event for Slovenia, after winning bronze in Salt Lake City 2002. Slovenia was represented by Lovro Kos, Cene Prevc, Peter Prevc, and Timi Zajc.

Peter Prevc won his fourth Olympic medal – after gold with the mixed team in Beijing 2022 and bronze on the large hill and silver on the normal hill in Sochi 2014. He is the tenth ski jumper to win four medals, only Matti Nykaenen (5) won more.

The only other Slovenian athlete to win four medals at Olympic Winter Games is alpine skier Tina Maze.

Markus Eisenbichler, Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, and Constantin Schmid won the fourth team medal in a row for Germany. Geiger and Leyhe also won silver in this event in PyeongChang 2018.

Germany is now the first NOC to win a medal on the large hill in four consecutive Olympic Winter Games.

At the age of 36 years and 242 days, Manuel Fettner is the oldest Olympic gold medalist in the men’s team competition. So far, Wolfgang Loitzl held this record, he was 30 years and 340 days old in Vancouver 2010.

This event was the final Ski Jumping competition in Peking 2022. Slovenia leads the medal count with four medals, two gold. Germany won three medals, but no gold, Austria and Japan took two medals, one gold.

Six ski jumpers won two medals in Beijing 2022. Ursa Bogataj (SLO, G-2), Peter Prevc (G-1, S-1), Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN: G1, S-1), Manuel Fettner (G-1, S-1), Nika Kriznar (SLO; G-1, B-1) and Karl Geiger (B-2).