Four Hills Tournament

Austrian youngster Stefan Kraft made it an incredible 7 wins in a row for Austrian skiers in the Four Hills Ski-Jumping Tournament by claiming overall victory in the 2014-15 competition. The 21 year old from Schwarzach im Pongau, led for the entire tournament after winning the opener at Oberstdorf as well as a 2nd place at Innsbruck and a 3rd in the final leg in Bischofshofen. Kraft could only manager 6th in the 2nd leg at Garmisch-Partenkirchen but with a range of jumpers being placed on the podiums and no-one else dominating, his consistency landed him the title. Anders Jacobsen of Norway won at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Richard Freitag of Germany claimed the hill at Innsbruck, whilst Kraft's compatriot Michael Hayböck won the final jump at Bischofshofen, meaning he finished 2nd overall, just ahead of Slovenia's Peter Prevc.

Austrian youngster Thomas Diethart made it 6 wins in a row for Austrian skiers in the Four Hills Ski-Jumping Tournament by claiming overall victory in the 2013-14 competition. The 23 year old Austrian won at both Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the final leg in Bischofshofen after Swiss jumper Simon Ammann and Finnish Anssi Koivuranta had won at Obertsdorf and Inssbruck respectively. In claiming victory at Innsbruck, Koivuranta, a former Nordic-combined skier, became the first person to win an event in both the Nordic-Combined and the Ski Jumping World Cup.

The world's most famous ski jumping competition finished yesterday with the final event at Bischofshofen in Austria. The final event was won by reigning champion Gregor Schlierenzauer who stormed back to win the competition with victory on the previous hill at Innsbruck having seen Norwegian Anders Jacobsen claimed victory on both the opening hill at Oberstdorf and the 2nd hill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Jacobsen finished in 2nd place, just 13 points behind, whilst fellow Norwegian Tom Hilde took 3rd place.

The final event at Bischofshofen in Austria was won by reigning champion Thomas Morgenstern but the overall tournament winner was fellow Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer, who had claimed victory on both the opening hill at Oberstdorf and the 2nd hill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Andreas Kofler, who had won the third event at Innsbruck, finished in 3rd place to make it a famous 1-2-3 for the high-flying Austrians.

Pre-tournament favourite Thomas Morgenstern lived up to his billing by claiming his first Four Hills Tournament victory. The 24 year old Austrian from Spittal an der Drau had won 4 of the 7 pre-tournament FIS Ski Jumping World Cup events and maintained his form through the tournament, getting off to a great start by winning in Oberstdorf, and also winning in Innsbruck and taking 2nd place in the final event at Bischofshofen. The final event was won by Norwegian jumper Tom Hilde whilst Swiss superstar Simon Ammamn won the 2nd event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also claimed 2nd place overall, meaning he still hasn't won the Four Hills Tournament.