Slovenian Domen Prevc won the gold medal at the World Ski Flying Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.
He was still leading after the first day of competition and two series, and he achieved victory with jumps of (204, 224,5, 232 and 222,5 meters, for which he received 905,4 points.
Prevc is dominating the World Cup this season, and he also won the New Year's Four Hills Tour.
Norwegian Marius Lindvik finished in second place with jumps of 226,5, 212, 221 and 231,5 meters and a total of 845,9 points.
The podium was completed by Japan's Ren Nikaido with 842,4 points and jumps of 230,5, 224,5, 221,5 and 220 meters.
Austrian Jan Herl finished in fourth place (207, 230, 211,5 and 224), his compatriot Stefan Embacher was fifth (209, 204,5, 212,5 and 227,5), and Japanese Ryoju Kobayashi was sixth (224, 213,5, 224 and 213,5).
Prevc, the world record holder, confirmed his absolute dominance of the season in Oberzdorf.
On the second day of competition, with jumps in the third and fourth series, he further increased his lead over his closest competitors.
In the third series, he performed a memorable flight and practically settled the question of a gold medal.
A brilliant jump of 232 meters allowed him to increase his lead before the final series to an almost unattainable 48,5 points.
Despite the lower take-off point, Prevc was as much as 10,5 meters longer than Nikaid and once again confirmed his superiority.
In the final series, Norwegian Marius Lindvik tried to threaten with a jump of 231,5 meters, but that did not deter the Slovenian.
Prevc responded with a 222,5-meter jump with a perfect telemark, thus confirming that he is currently unrivaled in the world of ski flying.
In the end, he had as many as 59,5 points more than second-placed Lindvik, while third-placed Nikaido was a whopping 63 points behind.
Prevc is the third Slovenian to win the individual world ski flying title, after Robert Kranjec, who celebrated in 2012 in Vikersund, and his older brother Petar Prevc, who won gold in 2016 in Kulm.
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