Domen Prevc leaps 141.5 m in swirling snow at Predazzo to snatch Olympic large-hill gold, handing Slovenia its first men’s individual ski-jumping title and completing a clean sweep of every major honour before his 24th birthday.
Prevc’s 141.5 m Jump Erases 7-Point Deficit
Trailing Japan’s Ren Nikaido by seven points after round one, Prevc launched from the Trampolino dal Ben K-125 into steady graupel and out-distanced the field by five metres. Judges scored the flight 157.7 points, flipping the gap into a 6.8-point victory and adding a second Milano-Cortina 2026 gold to the normal-hill crown he seized eight days ago.
Nikaido Bags Third Medal of the Games
Nikaido’s 136.5 m second jump delivered silver—his third podium of the Olympics, matching the Japanese single-Games record set by Nordic-combined legend Samurai Yukito in 1998. Headwinds cut his distance short, yet the 21-year-old from Sapporo kept his podium streak intact.
Tomasiak Grabs Bronze in Rookie Winter
Poland’s Kacper Tomasiak, still in his first World Cup season, matched his normal-hill silver with two 138.5 m efforts that nudged Norway’s Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal to fourth. “I finally found the same hip timing I had on the normal hill,” Tomasiak said; at 20 he is the youngest Polish man to own two Olympic ski-jumping medals.
Mizernykh Eighth as Kazakhstan Posts Best Jump Result
Ilya Mizernykh, 19, opened with the day’s longest leap—140.5 m—for a national-record eighth place. His 281.6 total points edged former world champion Stefan Kraft and signalled Central Asia’s arrival in a sport long ruled by Alpine and Nordic nations.
Aigro Jumps on Healing Foot; Stoch Exits
Estonia’s Artti Aigro, cleared only after skipping the normal hill, qualified on a recently broken navicular and finished 26th with flights of 124.5 m and 125.5 m. Minutes later Kamil Stoch, 37, landed 131.5 m in the final competitive jump of a six-Games career that yielded three Olympic golds. “I hoped for more metres, but the emotions are already overflowing,” the Pole said.
Prevc now holds every 2026 marquee title—Olympic, World, Four Hills, Ski-Flying—and, barring collapse, the impending World Cup crystal globe. Oddsmakers cut his season Globe price to –400 on Sunday evening, reflecting a dominance not seen since Sven Hannawald’s 2002 grand-slam winter.
Monday brings the inaugural Olympic Super-Team event, a mixed-gender knockout designed to widen ski jumping’s television reach before the torch is extinguished next weekend.
How to Keep Watching After the Games
- Stream remaining World Cup stops on the FIS website or Eurovision Sport geo-feed.
- Download the official FIS Ski Jumping app for live wind readings and athlete alerts.
- Try a beginner session at your nearest plastic-summer hill—most rent 2.5-metre skis and run coached “bunny” ramps.
- Follow national federation social feeds; many teams hold open summer trials for teenagers 14–18.
Source: FIS, Team Slovenia media desk
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