Andreas Kuettel grabbed his first ski jumping world championship title at the age of 30, in Liberec (Czech Republic). The competition was reduced to one leg, owing to bad weather.
Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl has won the famous Four Hills competition, which specialists consider to be the most important event for the ski jumping World Cup. Austria had failed to win it since 2001.
Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer, 18, achieved a victory at the World Cup ski jumping race in Engelberg, Switzerland. The double Olympic champion Simon Ammann finished third, extending his lead in the overall ranking.
One of the world's finest ski-jumpers, Finland's Janne Ahonen, 30, record five-time winner of the Four Hills tournament, announced on Wednesday he would retire at the end of the season.
