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Slovenia win weather-affected World Cup Ski Jumping team event

Sunday, November 24 2013 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Slovenia pulled off a surprise victory in the first Team Ski Jumping event of the World Cup season on in a weather-affected event at Klingenthal in Germany.

    Script:

    The start of the new ski jumping World Cup season took place in Klingenthal and 14 countries competed at the team event on the 140-metre hill.
    Defending World Cup title holders Norway and 2013 runners-up Austria, the reigning world and Olympic champions, were hoping for a strong performance with the next Winter Olympics just a few months away.
    The four members of each team took one jump each, and Germany took an early lead.
    But Jaka Hvala and Peter Prevc put Slovenia into first place after the four jumps were completed, ahead of Germany and Japan.
    The original competition format would have had the top eight qualifying for a second round, but high winds caused delays and finally, the second round was canceled altogether by the organisers.
    That meant the result from the first round was counted as the final standings and Slovenia claimed a surprise victory.
    So there was no place on the podium for either Austria or Norway - who finished fifth and sixth behind Poland.

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