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Westvold Hansen wins third consecutive Gundersen world title
Norway secured gold and silver in the women's normal-hill Gundersen, while Lisa Hirner earned her first individual world medal for Austria.
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Norwegian one-two at Granåsen
Gyda Westvold Hansen claimed her third successive women's Gundersen world title on 2 March 2025 at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. The Norwegian won the normal-hill and 5 km event ahead of compatriot Ida Marie Hagen, with Austria's Lisa Hirner taking bronze. Westvold Hansen's official winning time was 13 minutes 42.9 seconds; Hagen finished 6.6 seconds behind and Hirner 7.5 seconds behind.
The result continued Westvold Hansen's unbroken sequence of victories in this championship event. She won its first World Championships edition in Oberstdorf in 2021, defended the title in Planica in 2023 and completed the third victory on home snow in Norway.
The jumping standings set the start order
The Gundersen format connected one normal-hill jump with a 5 km cross-country race. Jumping points were converted into start-time differences, so the cross-country finish established the final combined result. Ingrid Laate led the jumping standings with 122.8 points after a 97.0 m jump on the HS102 hill.
Hirner's 98.0 m jump earned 110.2 points and a 50-second start deficit. Hagen scored 106.6 points from 94.5 m and started 1 minute 5 seconds behind Laate. Westvold Hansen also jumped 98.0 m but received 104.8 points, producing a 1:12 deficit. The distances and points underline why jump length alone cannot be read as the complete jumping classification: judges' marks and the applicable compensation also contribute to the score.
The complete leading group
Laate finished fourth overall, 33.4 seconds behind Westvold Hansen. Jenny Nowak was fifth for Germany at 41.1 seconds, just 0.3 seconds ahead of Japan's Yuna Kasai. Haruka Kasai placed seventh at 51.1 seconds. Germany's Nathalie Armbruster finished eighth, 1 minute 2.6 seconds behind the champion, followed by Norway's Marte Leinan Lund at 1:03.7 and Slovenia's Ema Volavšek at 1:04.1.
The podium battle produced a 0.9-second difference between silver and bronze. Hirner finished 25.9 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Laate, giving Austria a clear medal position in the final classification. Alexa Brabec was the leading American in 11th, while Teja Pavec placed 12th for Slovenia. These places belong to the combined result, which incorporates both disciplines.
Three events, three medals for the champion
Westvold Hansen ended her Trondheim programme with two golds and a silver. Before the Gundersen, she had finished second behind Yuna Kasai in the women's mass start and contributed to Norway's mixed-team gold. FIS counted the Gundersen victory as her fifth World Championships gold and sixth medal overall.
Hagen and Hirner both reached their first individual World Championships podiums. Hagen had finished fourth in the corresponding Planica event, while Hirner had previously won mixed-team bronze and repeated that team result in Trondheim. FIS's follow-up profile recorded that Hirner had made only four World Cup starts that winter. She nevertheless left these championships with a mixed-team bronze and the individual bronze, making the women's Gundersen an important achievement for all three medalists.
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