Eirin Maria Kvandal won the women's ski flying World Cup race in Vikersund on Saturday, according to multiple reports. Frida Westman took second place, while Nika Prevc led after the first round but finished third after a 204.5-meter jump in the final. Anna Odine Strøm jumped 235.5 meters, just half a meter short of the world record, and placed fifth in the event.
Nika Prevc, who holds the women's world record of 236 meters set in Vikersund one year ago, could not replicate that distance in the final round. Her performance in Vikersund came after she won the ski flying World Cup race in Planica earlier in the season.
Other finishers in the Vikersund race included Anna Odine Strøm in fifth place, as multiple reports indicate. Silje Opseth finished sixth with jumps of 211 and 201 meters, and Gyda Westvold Hansen and Ingvild Synnøve Midtskogen followed Opseth in the standings, according to multiple reports.
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Nordland county municipality is funding 58 public health initiatives, including outdoor activities for youth and free training for the elderly, according to a press release.
The Norwegian Ski Federation has selected twelve athletes for the ski flying World Cup in Vikersund, a spokesperson confirmed.
In previous ski flying World Cup results, Nika Prevc won the race in Planica. Eirin Maria Kvandal finished second in Planica with jumps of 207.5 and 223.5 meters, according to multiple reports. Anna Odine Strøm finished fourth in Planica with jumps of 206 and 212 meters, and Heidi Dyhre Traaserud finished fifth with jumps of 202 and 201.5 meters, multiple reports indicate.
In Holmenkollen World Cup race results, Anna Odine Strøm finished third, according to multiple reports. Yuki Ito won the Holmenkollen race, with Nozomi Maruyama second, and Eirin Maria Kvandal finished fourth. Heidi Dyhre Traaserud finished seventh, Silje Opseth finished ninth, and Nika Prevc finished seventh, multiple reports indicate.
Mathilde Myhrvold won the women's 5km cross-country race at the Norwegian Championships in Lygna, according to multiple reports.
I’m super happy today. I love this hill here and I’m really happy that I could win today and already secure the World Cup Overall win so early in the season.
In Paralympic success, Jesper Saltvik Pedersen won silver, helping Norway reach its goal of eight medals, multiple reports indicate. In the final ski jumping race of the season in Planica, Marius Lindvik led after the first round, with Johann Forfang second and Domen Prevc third, according to multiple reports.
In Formula 1, driver Oliver Bearman crashed during the Japanese Grand Prix and was injured, multiple reports indicate. Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the Japanese Grand Prix, according to multiple reports.
World Cup earnings for top ski jumpers show Anna Odine Strøm earned 96,975 euros (1.09 million NOK) in the 2026/2027 World Cup season, placing third on the FIS money list, multiple reports indicate. Nika Prevc earned 1.91 million NOK from FIS as the overall World Cup winner, Eirin Maria Kvandal earned 777,000 NOK placing sixth, Heidi Dyhre Traaserud earned 593,000 NOK placing 11th, Marius Lindvik earned 1.05 million NOK placing 11th, and Johann André Forfang earned 1.007 million NOK placing 12th, according to multiple reports.
In other ski jumping competition results, Nika Prevc won a competition in Lahti, with Anna Odine Strøm second and Nozomi Maruyama third, multiple reports indicate. Eirin Maria Kvandal won for the second day in a row in Vikersund, with Nika Prevc second and Anna Odine Strøm third, according to multiple reports. Jenny Rautionaho finished ninth in the Vikersund competition, setting a personal best of 218.5 meters, multiple reports indicate.
Stina Nilsson is ending her season early to rest, according to a statement from the athlete. Armand Duplantis will not compete in the Bislett Games due to his wedding, according to Steinar Hoen. Sondre Guttormsen set a Norwegian record of 6.06 meters in pole vault, multiple reports indicate.
Iran's football federation is negotiating with FIFA to move its World Cup matches from the USA to Mexico due to security concerns, a spokesperson confirmed.
Nika Prevc is one of the most successful women's ski jumpers of all time with three overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup titles, according to research. She has three medals, including one gold, at the Winter Olympics, and has won 39 individual World Cup events, the second-most behind only Sara Takanashi. Prevc holds the record for most points won in a women's World Cup season (2,576), and at the age of just 20, she wins the big globe for the third time in a row for the overall World Cup victory, research indicates.
Nika Prevc made her official ski jumping debut on 5 August 2018, at the age of 13, at the FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup competition in Klingenthal, finishing 29th out of 55 competitors, according to research. She achieved her first Alpen Cup victory on 4 August 2019 in Klingenthal. In the 2020–21 Alpen Cup season, Prevc became the overall winner with 597 points out of 8 events, finishing outside the top three only twice, and made her debut in the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, finishing seventh overall. She won individual gold at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and gold in the mixed team event, and in February 2023, finished on the World Cup podium for the first time with a third-place finish in Hinzenbach, research indicates.
In the 2023–24 season, Nika Prevc clinched the overall ranking of the inaugural 'Two Nights Tour' with a victory in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a fifth-place finish in Oberstdorf, according to research. In January 2024, she took the lead in the overall World Cup standings after a victory in Villach. Prevc finished the 2023–24 season in first place with 1,454 points, winning 7 out of 24 events, becoming the fourth Slovenian ski jumper to win the overall World Cup title. On 13 March 2025 in Oslo, she officially retained the overall World Cup title after going on a seven-match win streak. Prevc triumphed in the first Lahti World Cup contest of 2026 to secure the overall Crystal Globe title, delivering jumps of 128.5m and 124.5m to attain a combined score of 296.7 points, and claimed individual silver and bronze at Milano Cortina 2026, research indicates.
In historical context, Sara Takanashi set the all-time women's record for World Cup victories in 2013/14, according to research. Switzerland's Sina Arnet narrowly missed out on the final round in 31st place in the Lahti World Cup event, research indicates.