FIS | Prevc ends stunning World Cup season with record-equaling win

World champion and Crystal Globe winner Nika Prevc rounded off the best season of her young career with a second successive victory in Lahti (FIN) and a win which helped her equal three historic ski jumping records.

The Slovenian, who claimed her ninth World Cup win in a row on Thursday, was able to level two landmark tallies on the women’s side of the sport by attaining her 10th consecutive win and 15th of the season, which were both set by Sara Takanashi in 2016.

Prevc led by an massive 21 points from Selina Freitag (GER) after the opening round at the Lahti Ski Games and rounded off her 2024/25 campaign with a jump of 133.5m, which saw her attain an overall points haul of 328.8pts.

An astounding winning margin of 51.5 points also saw her equal Maren Lundby’s record of 19 women’s World Cup podium finishes in a single season, which she set in 2018/19.

“Like the whole season this was another unforgettable day,” said Prevc, who defended the overall World Cup title she won for the first time in the 2023/24 season, by 640 points.

“There is a lot of moments I could think of (as favourites) and they are all really special to me, but I think that will be Ski Flying in Vikersund where Prevc set the World record.

After Prevc (1933) and Freitag (1293), Germany's Katharina Schmid (1201) took third in the overall World Cup standings, with Eirin Maria Kvandal of Norway (1026) fourth and Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (978) fifth.

Looking at the whole season, Nika was another level, so I’m talking myself up a bit to say that I’m the best in the other league," Freitag told FIS.

"I’m happy about second place in the standings and showing a lot more consistency."

Schmid, who made a strong start to the season before a challenging end to her individual campaign, was still proud to claim third place overall after placing fifth in the final event of the season.

"I am very satisfied as my jumps are getting better again and although I had some tough results I am happy with the strong start and the way the season has finished with my jump."

Prevc won her first World Cup of the 2024/25 season on the opening weekend in Lillehammer (NOR) before collecting two wins in both December and January. Since that latter success in Zao (JPN) through to the latest Lahti double, the Slovenian has gone undefeated across individual World Cup and World Championship events.