Nordic Ski World Cup: Ski jumper Friday wins World Cup silver

Friday has already been world champion in the Slovenian Planica 2023, but in a team and in mixed. The sister of ex-professional Richard Freitag had never got over fourth place in a World Cup singles. In a gripping competition, the German ski jumper kept her nerve and left Norwegian Anna Odine Stroem and Alexandria Loutent from Canada clearly behind in the second round.

Also second in the World Cup

One day after the medalless start in the Nordic combination, Friday ended German lack of medal in the fourth World Cup competition. On Friday, too, four times in the World Cup had ranked second, each behind the outstanding Prevc. After attempts at 98 and 100 meters, this could not be defeated in Trondheim.

For the further team behind Friday, things went less successfully. Agnes Reisch made it into the top ten as a tenth. Defending champion Katharina Schmid did not get past 19th. “She has to go through there. And we go through there, ”said national coach Heinz Kuttin. Luisa Görlich injured his knee in qualification and had to leave prematurely. Team jumping is coming up on Saturday (5 p.m./ZDF and Eurosport).