ÖSV jumpers won silver in the team competition

Chiara Kreuzer, Julia Mühlbacher, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Eva Pinkelnig took the overall second place on the ÖSV podium in these title fights after Pinkelnig won individual silver. Gold went to Germany with a lead of 12.7 points, with individual world champion Katharina Althaus winning again. Silver took 2.5 points behind ÖSV Norway.

In a close fight for medals, the ÖSV team was in the medal ranks in each of the eight rounds, even taking the lead after Mühlbacher’s first jump. The only 18-year-old eleventh in the individual competition acted in attempts of 93.0 and 96.5 m as well as clean landings and thus helped to keep the host team Slovenia (4th) and Japan (5th) at a distance. In the case of the Japanese women, record-breaking World Cup winner Sara Takanashi had to pass after a training crash on Friday.

While it is Mühlbacher’s first medal at the World Championships, Seifriedsberger will receive her fifth on Saturday evening. The Upper Austrian won bronze in mixed in 2013 and silver in 2017, as well as team silver in 2019 and individual bronze in 2013. Kreuzer was the only defending champion this time, two years ago she triumphed with Sara Marita Kramer, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Sophie Sorschag. Otherwise, the Salzburger was also in the silver teams of 2013 and 2019. Pinkelnig had previously collected silver in mixed and team 2019 and also in 2023 in singles.