Hagen wins Mass Start in Ramsau to extend overall lead

Ida Marie Hagen (NOR) extended her lead in the Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined women’s overall World Cup with her second win of the season, taking Friday’s Mass Start in Ramsau, Austria.

Hagen, the 2023–24 Crystal Globe winner, continued her dominant run in Ramsau, where she had won her previous three starts across the past two seasons, making it four in a row and claiming her 19th individual World Cup victory. The Norwegian won the arduous cross-country portion by 28.9 seconds, translating to a 7.2‑point advantage for the jumping round. Going last, she landed a composed 90.0 m jump to secure the overall victory.

Her training partner Alexa Brabec (USA) also jumped 90.0 m and earned a career‑best second place, building on podium‑level form after a PCR win on Thursday and top‑four results in Trondheim. Finland’s Minja Korhonen, 18, completed the podium with an 89.0 m jump, her third World Cup podium in Ramsau.

Katharina Gruber (AUT), who became the youngest female World Cup winner in Trondheim earlier this season, was fourth and moved into a share of second in the overall standings with Brabec. Hagen now leads the overall by 50 points over that duo, while Nathalie Armbruster (GER) dropped to fourth, 82 points back, after a dramatic collapse from exhaustion during the cross‑country leg. Armbruster had been skiing on Hagen’s tails early before faltering on an uphill and losing over a minute.

In the cross-country, Hagen broke away on the first 2.5 km loop, with Brabec and Norway’s Marte Leinan Lund giving chase. Leinan Lund and Hanna Midtsundstad finished the ski leg third and fourth, respectively, before the jumping reordered the standings.

On the hill, world junior champion Ingrid Laate (NOR) set an early mark with 94.5 m—the day’s longest jump—before Claudia Purker (AUT), Yuzuki Kainuma (JPN) and Heta Hirvonen (FIN) briefly led. Gruber then soared 93.0 m for 107.4 points, Yuna Kasai (JPN) followed with 105.9 points (86.5 m), and Korhonen’s 89.0 m pushed her to 109.9 points. Brabec’s 90.0 m earned 119.5 points, but Hagen’s matching 90.0 m sealed a decisive win with 127.2 points.

The women return Saturday for an Individual Gundersen in Ramsau, with jumping scheduled at 08:30 CET and cross‑country at 15:30. Full Mass Start results are available via FIS Live.