Philipp Raimund showed nerves like steel to claim a stunning normal hill ski jumping Olympic gold for Germany while Slovenian World Cup dominator Domen Prevc missed the medals. Raimund is yet to win a World Cup competition but he led the first round with 102 metres and then added 106.

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.

The dominant nation in ski jumping, Slovenia missed out on its first two chances at an Olympic gold medal this week. That changed Tuesday.

Slovenia, including siblings Domen and Nika Prevc, powered to Olympic ski jumping mixed team gold again on the Predazzo normal hill on Tuesday. The success happened just an hour after Swedish brother and sister Rasmus and Isabella Wranå won curling mixed doubles gold,

Slovenia has defended its gold medal in mixed team ski jumping at the Milan Cortina Games. Siblings Domen and Nika Prevc become the first brother and sister to win a medal on the normal hill at the same Olympics.

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.

Anna Odine Stroem of Norway won Olympic gold in women’s ski jumping on the normal hill ahead of Slovenian favorite Nika Prevc.

Nordic combined has been part of the Winter Olympics since its beginnings in 1924. It requires precision, courage, strength and endurance to follow the “daredevil thrill” of ski jumping with a “physically exhausting cross-country ski race”, said The Associated Press. It makes for a “two-day event unlike any other”.

Ski jumping continues at Milan Cortina 2026 with what may be the most competitive event: mixed team normal hill. Siblings Nika and Domen Prevc are expected to lead Slovenia to a repeat gold.