Nika Križnar celebrates after winning the normal hill event in Hinzenbach ©Getty Images

Nika Križnar of Slovenia, who won bronze and gold medals at Beijing 2022, continued her good run of form by winning an individual normal hill event on the Ski Jumping World Cup in Hinzenbach.

Križnar cruised to victory with two jumps of 88.5 and 92.0 metres, and an overall score of 235.3 points.

Križnar has now won three World Cup legs for the season, after victories at Lubjno and Willingen.

Marita Kramer of Austria came second with 215.1 points and Joséphine Pagnier of France finished third with 212.9.

Earlier, Križnar's compatriot Urša Bogataj, who won the individual normal hill gold at Beijing 2022, was disqualified after starting before the green light.  

With 210.3 points, Frida Westman of Sweden managed to finish fourth while Russian Sofia Tikhonova achieved her best-ever World Cup result by finishing fifth with a score of 204.9.

Križnar’s team-mate Spela Rogel finished sixth with 202.2 points.