One last dance at the FIS Nordic Summer Festival in Val di Fiemme: the men’s Super Team of Ski Jumping concluded the international top event in Trentino, valid as Olympic Test Event, with the victory of Poland’s Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki, ahead of Japan, 2nd thanks to an incredible Ryoyu Kobayashi with Ren Nikaido. Slovenia of Domen Prevc and Anze Lanisek ended up 3rd.

The Super Team is one of the most engaging formats of Ski Jumping, where teams composed of pairs of fellow countrymen face the first jumps, one for each athlete. After the first round, the best 12 teams are selected to participate in the 2nd round, and then, the best 8 will battle in the final round. This evening, amid the applause of the crowd and general Olympic enthusiasm, Romania, Kazakhstan and Canada failed to make it through the first round, while China, Ukraine and the United States were disqualified. While Poland, Japan and Slovenia took turns at the top of the rankings, the Italian duo of Alex Insam and Giovanni Bresadola defended themselves well, passing the first round with ease. The Italian pair also made it through the second round, which reduced the number of competing teams from 12 to 8, leaving Norway, France, Finland and Turkey behind.

The final round determined the final positions: with a super-jump ‘Kobayashi-style’, the Japanese champion, who is more accustomed than ever to breathtaking performances, leapt 141 metres on the HS143. However, the Japanese pair had to give way to the Polish one. With a team performance of 786.6 point in total, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki won, ahead of the Japanese duo, while a rampant Slovenia completed the podium.

After the FIS Nordic Summer Festival in Val di Fiemme, the overall standings in the FIS Summer Grand Prix 2025, with two stages to go, see Nozomi Maruyama (JPN) leading the women's competition and Niklas Bachlinger (AUT) leading the men's.

This brings to a close the competitive events of the FIS Nordic Summer Festival in Val di Fiemme, a unique event that marks a new frontier of future possibilities for the cradle of Nordic skiing in Trentino, capable of condensing 18 competitions of three sports disciplines into four days, involving over 300 athletes from 33 different countries. Eight countries won medals in Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined and Roller-skiing, and many more made it onto the podium in the most popular and exciting formats, which entertained athletes, professionals and the large local and foreign audiences at the Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium and in the streets of Ziano di Fiemme. Countless crystal globes were awarded in the Nordic Combined and Roller-skiing events, with a great sporting celebration also sealed by the coveted trophies of the FIS Summer Grand Prix 2025 and this season's Summer World Cup.

Now Val di Fiemme can look ahead with confidence and renewed enthusiasm for the upcoming Olympic winter.

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