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Slovenia's ski jumpers win gold and bronze at Winter Olympics
BEIJING - Slovenian ski jumpers Urša Bogataj and Nika Križnar made history at the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou on Saturday, as Bogataj won the gold and Križnar won the bronze medal in the women's normal hill individual event. It is the first time that more than one Slovenian athlete has made the Olympic podium in the same event. The other ski jumpers representing Slovenia were Ema Klinec, who finished fifth, and Špela Rogelj, who ended the final series in ninth place, which means all Slovenian ski jumpers finished the competition inside the top ten. This was the only individual competition for female ski jumpers at this Winter Olympics, with the mixed team event to follow on Monday. The medals won by Bogataj and Križnar are the first ones for Slovenia at this year's Winter Olympics, and Bogataj became the first Slovenian after Tina Maze to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Slovenia now also has 13 bronze medals thanks to Križnar, and the total number of medals in ski jumping has risen to five.
Over 11,600 new Covid cases confirmed in Slovenia on Friday
LJUBLJANA - 11,680 infections were confirmed in Slovenia for Friday, eight less than the day before, shows data from the Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), which estimates there are currently almost 198,000 active infections in the country. The 7-day average of confirmed infections is at 14,004 and the two-week incidence per 100,000 population at 9,631. Government data show that 25 Covid patients died yesterday and that a total of 944 patients were in hospital this morning.
SPIRIT agency director resigns
LJUBLJANA - According to reports on Saturday by newspaper Delo, Tomaž Kostanjevec resigned as director of the SPIRIT agency for the promotion of entrepreneurship and investment on Friday. He reportedly changed his mind after handing in his resignation, but the members of the SPIRIT agency's board found that his irrevocable resignation could not be withdrawn or revoked. Kostanjevec also stepped down as a member of the supervisory board of the state-run postal company Pošta Slovenije earlier this week.
