Norway's Marius Lindvik won the gold medal in the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund ©Getty Images

Norway’s Marius Lindvik added gold at the International Ski Federation Ski Flying World Championships to his Olympic large hill title by protecting his lead on the final day of the individual event in Vikersund.

Lindvik held a narrow 6.5 point advantage over Austria's second placed Stefan Kraft heading into the second day at the Vikersundbakken venue.

The 23-year-old extended his lead by achieving the top score in the third round with a total of 200.4 points with a distance of 230 metres.

Kraft remained in contention by placing third in the round with 196.7 points.

The Austrian’s challenge came to an end, though, with an under part final round jump of 213m, which saw him receive only the eighth highest points total for the round of 189.8 points.

Lindvik sealed victory with a final round score of 196.3, achieved after a leap of 224.5m.

The Norwegian’s consistency across the four rounds proved key to his overall triumph, finishing in the top three in each stage of the event to finish with a winning total of 854.2 points.

Marius Lindvik finished in the top three in each of the rounds to secure victory and become the fourth Norwegian to lift the FIS Ski Flying World Championships title ©Getty Images
Marius Lindvik finished in the top three in each of the rounds to secure victory and become the fourth Norwegian to lift the FIS Ski Flying World Championships title ©Getty Images

Lindvik is the fourth Norwegian to lift the title in an event first held 50 years ago.

He follows Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl, the winner in 1988, Roar Ljøkelsøy, champion in 2004 and 2005, and Daniel-André Tande, the 2018 gold medallist. 

Slovenia’s Timi Zajc took advantage of Kraft’s low scoring fourth jump to snatch the silver medal.

Zajc top scored in the final round with 214.4 points, giving him a final total of 844.3 for the competition.

Kraft was left settling for bronze with an overall score of 837.5 points as the top three finished comfortably clear of the remainder of the field.

Peter Prevc, the 2016 world champion, placed fourth in the competition on 808.2 points.

He was among four Slovenian ski jumpers to finish in the top six in the standings, offering promising signs for the nation with the team event due to take place tomorrow.