Austria has won the first Olympic men’s super team ski jumping event. A snow squall forced officials to end the competition early on Monday.
It is the athlete sitting grim-faced in the start gate, bug-like in their oversized helmet and goggles, when all that is visible is a rigid jaw. Their bench is known as “the bar,” and they are only on it a short while, perhaps 10 seconds on average. Below them is over 100 metres of runway, and up to 250m of air.
Inclement weather cancelled the Olympic men's super team ski jumping event, causing the medals to be awarded early.
It's been 102 years since a U.S. ski jumper made the podium at the Winter Olympics. Team USA's one and only ski jumping medal came in 1924.
Ski jumping left a distinct mark on the Milano Cortina Winter Games, with a strange sideshow, a weather-driven controversy and a series of upsets that reshaped the sport’s landscape as its Olympic programme expanded.
The 19-year-old captured two silver medals and a bronze, becoming Poland's first ski jumper to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. But instead of a flashy celebration, Tomasiak asked for a thanksgiving Eucharist, placing his medals on the altar in gratitude to God.
Norway's Anna Odine Stroem won her second ski jumping gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games in the inaugural Olympic women's large hill event.
Ski jumping is one of the most thrilling sports in the Winter Olympics. The competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games will take place in Predazzo.
Creative angles and fresh perspectives from below, above and beyond the hill, bring the artistry of ski jumping to life at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium in the Milan Cortina Games.
Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.