Overview
- Austria opened the men’s World Cup with a podium sweep in Lillehammer, led by Daniel Tschofenig ahead of Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft.
- Japan’s Nozomi Maruyama won the women’s individual on Sunday for her third victory of the weekend, with Germany’s Katharina Schmid finishing fourth.
- Germany’s ski-jump squad split sharply in form: Philipp Raimund placed sixth and Felix Hoffmann tenth, while Karl Geiger was 40th and both Andreas Wellinger and Pius Paschke failed to qualify.
- New, stricter suit checks produced immediate consequences as Anna Hollandt was pulled in qualifying; ARD analyst Sven Hannawald said the measurements are now verifiable and urged tougher sanctions over the earlier Norwegian case.
- On the Olympic track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Germany swept the two-man bob with Johannes Lochner beating Francesco Friedrich and Adam Ammour third, while Laura Nolte completed a weekend double by adding the two-woman title to her Monobob win with a 0.77-second margin.