South Korea held off Austria to win the ski jumping team event at the 24th Winter Universiade in Yabuli on Wednesday.

Led by K90 winner and K125 runner-up Kim Hyun-ki, the South Korean team notched up 726.5 points for the victory.

Austria settled for the silver with 713.5 points and Germany was a distant third on 677 points.

The ski jumping events of this Winter Universiade concluded on Wednesday with South Korea taking home two golds while Japan and Austria splitting the other two on offer.

(Xinhua News Agency February 25, 2009)