Peter Prevc wins second stage of 4 Hills Tour

World Cup leader Peter Prevc of Slovenia soared 136 meters in the second heat to win the second leg of the ski jumping Four Hills Tour on Friday.

The victory puts Prevc in the tour lead as the competition heads for the final two events in Austria.

Prevc led Severin Freund of Germany after the first heat with an effort of 133.5 meters and then produced the longest jump of the day to finish with a winning total of 272.7 points.

Freund, who won the opening leg in Oberstdorf three days ago, dropped to third — behind Kenneth Gangnes of Norway, who had a second effort of 134 meters. Gangnes jumped 132 meters in the first heat for a total of 260.1 points.

Freund collected 256.8 points for jumps of 133.5 and 132.5 meters.

Johann Andre Forfang of Norway was fourth, ahead of Michael Hayboeck of Austria and Richard Freitag of Germany. Anders Fannemel of Norway was seventh.

Prevc has won four of the last five World Cup events and leads overall with 724 points, ahead of Freund with 559 and Gangnes with 490.

In the Four Hills standings, Prevc is ahead with 572.6 points. Freund has 564 and Hayboeck 551.5.

Peter Prevc is a Slovenian ski jumper. His career achievements include winning a silver and bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics; silver and bronze at the 2013 World Championships; bronze at the 2014 Ski Flying World Championships; and bronze with the Slovenian national team at the 2011 World Championships. At World Cup level, Prevc finished second in both the 2014 and 2015 seasons, and currently leads the 2016 standings.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Prevc was named Slovenian athlete of the year. He is the first ski jumper to have landed a jump of 250 meters, a world record which he set in Vikersund on 14 February 2015; however, the record was surpassed by Anders Fannemel the following day. On 20 March 2015 in Planica, Prevc became one of the few ski jumpers in history to achieve a "perfect jump", with all five judges giving him the maximum style marks of 20.

The tour continues Sunday in Innsbruck.