Domen Prevc, the dominator of this winter, secures his first overall victory at the Four Hills Tournament 2025/26. In the final jump in Bischofshofen, the Slovenian leaves nothing to chance.
When Domen Prevc lifted the Golden Eagle after his historic coup, all hell broke loose. Although the outstanding Slovenian had to concede victory in the final jump of the Four Hills Tournament to the dethroned defending champion Daniel Tschofenig, with second place he left nothing to chance in the overall standings – 4000 traveling fans started a wild ski jump party.
The flying DSV eagles were once again relegated to a supporting role. At least: Felix Hoffmann secured at least sixth place in the tournament standings as tenth on the Paul-Außerleitner-Schanze.
Domen Prevc has won the Four Hills Tournament 2025/26
Ski jumping: Prevc achieves something unique
However, high-flyer Prevc was unstoppable. In the cauldron of Bischofshofen, he missed his third daily victory, partly because Tschofenig was too strong with jumps of 137.0 and 140.5 m. Third place went to Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi.
Prevc thus provided a novelty in more than 70 years of tournament history: So far, no pair of brothers had been among the 52 different overall winners. The Prevc family impressively changed that. After Peter Prevc won the prestigious event in the 2015/16 season, his brother Domen has now also entered the winners’ list for the first time.
Four Hills Tournament: Hörl and Embacher complete the podium
In the overall standings, after victories in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and a second place in Innsbruck, Prevc had a lead of 1195.6 points, equivalent to 23.5 meters, over Austrian Jan Hörl (1153.3), who finished fourth.
Another ÖSV eagle, Stephan Embacher (1150.6), took third place. German champion Hoffmann (1120.3), who had reported persistent knee problems for the first time on Monday, secretly missed the hopes-for podium in the overall standings.
The remaining DSV eagles showed a mediocre finish. The ill Philipp Raimund landed in twelfth place and dropped back to eighth in the tournament standings. Pius Paschke landed in 24th position on Tuesday. The problem children Andreas Wellinger (35th) and Karl Geiger (45th) missed the second round even in the fourth tournament jump.
Among Prevc’s first congratulators was his brother and predecessor Peter, who was also at the jump. “Domen loves to ski jump. We see the results now,” said the 33-year-old to ARD . His sister and world champion Nika, who had won in nearby Villach a few hours earlier, also followed along excitedly: “I sent him a short message, he made a few jokes. I wish him all the best,” she said before the competition.
Ski jumping: Again no German tournament victory
The longed-for first German tournament victory since 2001/02 was again not achieved; Next winter, Sven Hannawald’s Grand Slam will already be a quarter of a century old. Who will then coach the German team as the successor to national coach Stefan Horngacher is to be decided shortly. “It certainly won’t happen before the Olympics, but probably in March,” said Sports Director Horst Hüttel to SID in Bischofshofen.
The next highlight, however, is already scheduled for the end of January with the Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf. It is quite possible that Hoffmann will take a forced break before hand. “My knee is bothering me a bit,” said the 28-year-old before the last tournament jump, having felt the pain in “the last couple of jumps.”
When asked if he would take a break from competition after the tournament, Hoffmann said: “Maybe, yes.”