Austrian skiers celebrate after winning the ski jumping men's team gold at the National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Austria won the ski jumping men's large hill team gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Monday.
Austria was nine points behind Slovenia after the first round, while the Austrian quartet of Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Jan Hoerl and Manuel Fettner amassed 484.3 points in the final round for a total of 942.7 points to achieve the come-from-behind victory, 8.3 points ahead runner-up Slovenia.
German ski jumpers scored 922.9 points in the finals to clinch the bronze, 0.8 points more than fourth-placed Norway, the men's team champion at PyeongChang 2018.
It's also Austria's third Olympic title in this event after wins at Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010.
Chinese ski jumpers Song Qiwu, Zhen Weijie, Lyu Yixi and Zhou Xiaoyang crashed out from the first round, placed the 11th with 115 points.
Ski jumping competition at Beijing 2022 was concluded with the men's team. Slovenia won two of the five ski jumping gold medals, while Austria, Japan and Norway each grabbed one. ■
