US EditionSki Jumping-Prevc Wins Overall Four Hills Despite Loss to Tschofenig in Final Leg
Domen Prevc won the Four Hills Tournament with 1,195.6 points amid suit regulation breaches causing multiple disqualifications and a zero-tolerance policy by the International Ski Federation.
- On Tuesday in Bischofshofen, Domen Prevc won the Four Hills overall with 1,195.6 points, taking wins in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and seconds in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen.
- FIS regulations require suits to sit between two and four centimeters from the body, and because improper fit can increase lift, the FIS introduced a "zero-tolerance policy" on suit deviations.
- A video from Trondheim showed suits altered with a sewing machine, and Magnus Brevig, then-Norwegian head coach, admitted manipulations, while Timi Zajc, Slovenian ski jumper, was disqualified twice and barred from the final two events.
- Quoting officials, Austria's sports director Mario Stecher said `It really infuriates me`, calling the incidents manipulation, while Sven Hannawald, Germany's 2001-02 Four Hills winner, asked `So, are they trying to pull a fast one on us?` and said he was `speechless` about the hidden insole.
- The issue has plagued the sport for years, with longstanding suit controversies prompting stricter controls after five disqualifications at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mixed team event, including Katharina Althaus.
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Domen Prevc has won the Four-Schanzentournee of the ski jumpers. In the last jumping in Bischofshofen a second place was reached behind defending champion Daniel Tschofenig from Austria. In the overall classification Prevc is clearly ahead of the Austrians Jan Hörl and Stephan Embacher. Felix Hoffmann became the best German in sixth place.
Ski jumping-Prevc wins overall Four Hills despite loss to Tschofenig in final leg
Slovenia's Domen Prevc won his first Golden Eagle trophy as overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament but had to settle for second place in the fourth and final leg won by last year's champion Austrian Daniel Tschofenig at Bischofshofen on Tuesday.
Domen Prevc is the big winner of the 74th New Year's Tour. The world record holder and world champion has now made jumping history by winning the Golden Eagle, and while celebrating, he enjoyed the scenery prepared by numerous Slovenian fans.
At the age of seventeen, Domen Prevc had already conquered the ski jumping world, but at that time he lacked constancy. This winter, the «domenator» seems invincible – also because he has adapted his style.
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