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Prevc equals hill record in latest success; Klæbo tops Norway 1-7

Story bySlovenia's Nika Prevc from in action during the women's 1st round large hill race of the FIS Nordic Skiing World Cup in Klingenthal. Prevc overcame freezing conditions and a rare below-par jump to claim another women's ski jumping victory in front of a Slovenian home crowd on Sunday. Hendrik Schmidt/dpaDPASun, January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM UTC·2 min readNika Prevc was unstoppable again on Sunday when she equalled the hill record in Sapporo for a 13th season victory in the women's ski jumping World Cup. Slovenia's Prevc soared 139.5 metres at the Japanese venue to win from Canadian Abigail Strate who recorded 128.5m.

Prevc equals hill record in latest success; Klæbo tops Norway 1-7

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  • Heidi Dyhre Traaserud of Norway was third. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe competition was held in one round as adverse weather in the form of wind and snowfall denied a second round."I've never seen as much snow as today.
  • I'm happy I was able to do one good jump and won," said Prevc, who had also won on Saturday in Sapporo. Prevc extended her big World Cup lead to 486 points over Japan's Nozomi Maruyama, who was 12th on the day. The women's World Cup continues next weekend in Willingen, Germany with the final events before the Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo. The men's jumpers are already in Germany for the ski flying world championships in Oberstdorf.
  • Prevc's brother, Domen Prevc, won the individual title on Saturday and hopes to lead Slovenia to a third straight team gold later on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn other Nordic action, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo completed another winning weekend by leading a stunning Norwegian 1-7 finish in a 20km cross country race in classic style for a 107th career victory. Klæbo attacked in the closing stages to win 5.6 seconds ahead of Emil Iversen and 7 seconds from Harald Østberg Amundsen. It was another statement from Klæbo and his team-mates less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics.
  • Klæbo won six gold medals at last year's world championships and will aim to become the first Winter Olympian to win six golds at one Games. In the women's race, Finland's Johanna Matintalo claimed a first career victory in a close finish 0.9 seconds ahead of American World Cup leader Jessica Diggins and 1.7 clear of Norwegian Astrid Øyre Slind as the three fought out the podium from a leader group of six.
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