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Selina Freitag and German Combined Team Secure Silver at Nordic Ski World Championships

Freitag earns her first individual medal in Trondheim, while the mixed team follows with a strong second-place finish behind Norway.

  • Selina Freitag won silver in the individual normal hill ski jumping event, marking her first solo medal at a major championship.
  • The 23-year-old from Saxony delivered jumps of 99 and 103.5 meters, finishing behind Slovenia's Nika Prevc and ahead of Norway's Eirin Maria Kvandal.
  • Germany's mixed Nordic combined team, consisting of Vinzenz Geiger, Julian Schmid, Jenny Nowak, and Nathalie Armbruster, also claimed silver, unable to surpass the dominant Norwegian team.
  • Freitag's medal comes after a challenging season, including a significant crash in December, and highlights her advocacy for gender equality in the sport.
  • The competition was marred by a severe knee injury to German ski jumper Luisa Görlich during qualification, forcing her withdrawal from the championships.
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