WC in Ljubno: First team victory of Slovenia

Ema Klinec
Ema Klinec

Slovenia won the Saturday World Cup team competition in Ljubno (HS94). Norway was second and Austria was third. The record amount of 13 teams competed in this event.

The Slovenian team was already in the lead after the first round. Ultimately, Ema Klinec, Spela Rogelj, Ursa Botagaj and Nika Kriznar beat Norway by 17.9 points. The Austrians were third, with a loss of 35.9 points to the winners.

Japan finished the competition on fourth place. Germany was fifth, Russia sixth, France seventh and Poland closed the list of best 8 teams.

Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, United States and Romania finished their performances after the first round.

In the individual standings of Saturday competition, the first place went to Ema Klinec from Slovenia. Maren Lundby from Norway was second and Sara Takanashi took the third place.

Slovenia (543 points) became the new leader of Nations Cup overall standings, ahead of Austria (489) and Norway (451).

An individual event will be held on Sunday in Ljubno. The competition starts at 14:00 CET. Earlier, the trial round will start at 12:45 CET.

Competition results >>