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Lisa Eder, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Eva Pinkelnig and Julia Mühlbacher celebrate World Championship silver.

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Austria's ladies jumped to the silver medal in the team competition. Lisa Eder, Julia Mühlbacher, Jacqueline Seifreidsberger and Eva Pinkelnig were only beaten by the Norwegian quartet on Saturday, with Germany coming third.

The ÖSV ski jumpers took silver in the World Championships team competition from the normal hill, just like in 2019 and 2023. Lisa Eder, Julia Mühlbacher, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Eva Pinkelnig only had to concede to the hosts from Norway, who were 19.4 points ahead, on Saturday evening in Trondheim. Bronze went to defending champions Germany, well behind Austria.

Austria's jumpers rejoice

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The new vice world champion title is the second medal for Austria at the Granåsen Skisenter after mixed bronze in the combined on Friday. The quartet also secured Austrian medals in the fourth women's national competition at the World Championships, the only gold medal having come in 2021.

Fifth silver for Pinkelnig
It is a precious metal premiere for Eder. Mühlbacher also took part in the World Championship silver medal in Planica two years ago, as did Seifriedsberger and Pinkelnig, who have also won several other medals. However, they were ultimately powerless against the Norwegians. "We finished runners-up at the World Championships, we're very happy about that. The significance is very high, it wasn't an easy season," said Pinkelnig, who secured her fifth World Championship silver medal. "We were already joking about the silver Wendy Holdener, now I'm the silver Eva myself. It's amazing to have won another medal. I'm annoyed that I couldn't support the team even more."

Eva Pinkelnig

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Her teammates also reacted self-critically due to their less than perfect jumps. "It's a huge relief, but my jumps could be improved. We didn't show the perfect jumps, we weren't really far away, unfortunately it wasn't enough for gold," said Mühlbacher, who will not be presented with her second silver medal with her colleagues until Sunday. "You have to win a medal first. I don't know why you should be sad. I find it extremely difficult on the hill, so I can be super happy. Every medal has its value," said Seifriedsberger. Eder was noticeably annoyed: "I'm still satisfied. The Norwegians really gave us a run for our money."

Metzler's team not at the upper limit
With their victory, the Norwegians completed a dream day with six medals for the host nation, who had previously celebrated a quadruple triumph in the men's skiathlon and a double victory in the compact combined competition. ÖSV women's ski jumping coach Bernhard Metzler said that the Norwegians' victory had to be acknowledged without envy. "I'm very happy with silver, it's never on the cards to take a medal. We are very happy about the runner-up. We should have jumped at the upper limit, we're really struggling a bit with the small hill," said Metzler, whose jumpers had come away empty-handed in the individual competition.