Ski jumping dominator laments ahead of season start: "I need to improve"

Last season's high-flyer sees himself as still far from 100 percent.

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Last season, Domen Prevc was the measure of all things in ski jumping: 14 World Cup victories, Olympic gold, the overall Four Hills Tournament title, and the overall World Cup victory were to his name by the end of the season.

This season, the 27-year-old Slovenian faces the major challenge of backing up those performances. However, summer preparations have gone anything but smoothly, as he explained to the Polish portal "Skijumping.pl": "I think I still need to improve by about 20 percent before the start of the season."

Currently, he is still "several steps behind where he should actually be."

Prevc: "You have to take it step by step"

On the sidelines of the Summer Grand Prix in Klingenthal, where he was far from satisfied with his jumps, he also identified the two biggest problem areas: "First, I need to make some changes to my equipment so that it's ready for the winter. After that, I need to work on my take-off to better transfer power into the flight and generate more lift, dynamics, and speed."

He hopes to manage to "hit form at just the right time to enjoy the winter to the fullest." Specifically, this likely means he wants to be as close to 100 percent as possible in time for the season opener in Lillehammer on November 20.

However, he is not putting extra pressure on himself, as he made clear to "Skijumping.pl": "The best scenario would naturally be to be completely ready right at the start of the winter. But there's no point in expecting something you're not ready for yet. You have to take it step by step, know where you stand, and honestly assess your current level. You then have to build on that."