In the men’s event, Kraft of Austria earned a 29^th World Cup victory as he triumphed with 497.4 points.

In the opening round of jumps Kraft placed second after scoring 249.2 points following a jump of 246.5 metres, before he recorded the best jump of round two, earning 248.2 points for a jump of 235.5 metres.

Halgor Egner Granerud of Norway took second place, also earning the overall victory of the Raw Air, a ten-day ski jumping and ski flying competition held across Norway, which forms part of the FIS World Cup circuit.

Granerud earned the top jump of round one, scoring 258.2 points following a jump of 234 metres.  

He then placed third in the second round of jumps, scoring 231.6 points following an effort of 219 metres, giving him a total score of 489.8 points.

Granerud was also able to celebrate victory in the overall Ski Jumping World Cup standings for the season, moving into an unassailable 466 point lead over his closest challenger Dawid Kubacki of Poland with four competitions still to come.

The podium was completed by Anze Lanisek of Slovenia, who recorded jumps of 231 and 220.5 metres, earning 241.2 and 227.6 points respectively, as he finished with 468.8 points.

In the women’s competition, the first ever women’s ski flying event in Vikersund, victory went to Slovenian Klinec, who also secured the overall women’s Raw Air title in the process.

Klinec triumphed by 41 points as she recorded the best jumps in both rounds - with her 226 metres effort in round one, earning her 209.1 points and a new world women’s ski flying record in terms of distance.

Klinec then followed it up in the second round with a jump of 223.5 metres, earning her 205.6 points.

Second place went to Norwegian Silje Opseth, who recorded jumps of 211 and 207 metres, earning her 191.6 and 182.1 points respectively, as she finished with 373.7 points.

The podium was completed by Yuki Ito of Japan, who only qualified for the ski flying competition in Vikersund after an appeal from coaches.

Ito had been disqualified at the previous World Cup in Lillehammer for being too late to the start, and it meant she would miss out on ski flying qualification.

However after coaches of multiple athletes lobbied for her inclusion and Ito was given a wildcard entry.

Reflecting on the unlikely turn of events she said: "Ski flying was my big dream, after the competition in Lillehammer my dream was shattered and I was really devastated.

"But somehow the coaches, the other athletes and the FIS then gave me back this dream with the start permit, which is wonderful and I am incredibly grateful for it.

"That was the best gift of my life that I got from the ski jumping family.

"I am now so unbelievably happy about my third place today that I can't even describe it."

Ito registered jumps of 200.5 and 190 metres, earning her 173.4 and 179.2 points respectively, as she finished with 352.6 points.