Tuesday’s Mixed Team ski-jump final in Predazzo offers Slovenia’s Prevc family a shot at a historic repeat while Norway’s freshly-crowned champions try to convert individual gold into squad glory.
Slovenia’s Prevc siblings defend Beijing crown
Nika and Domen Prevc anchor the Slovenian quartet, joined by Beijing 2022 teammate Nika Vodan and Anže Lanišek. A podium would make the Prevcs the first family to share back-to-back Olympic titles in the event; Peter Prevc piloted the same squad in 2022. Nika, 23, arrives with individual silver from Saturday’s women’s final.
Norway brings world-title lineup and new Olympic champion
Anna Odine Strøm, who won her first individual gold at the weekend, heads a Norwegian roster that also includes Marius Lindvik, Eirin Maria Kvandal and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal. The four swept the 2025 world championship and have six World Cup wins this season, yet coach Andreas Stjernen cautions that one poor round can sink even the hottest team in the knockout format.
Germany banks on Raimund’s quick turnaround
Philipp Raimund’s 103-metre last leap delivered Germany its first men’s Olympic ski-jumping gold since 2002. Twenty-four hours later he returns with Felix Hoffmann, Selina Freitag and Agnes Reisch. The Ruhpolding native says shared pressure “feels lighter,” though shifting tail-winds have forced him to adjust take-off speed by up to 6 km/h between training jumps.
Poland, Japan, Austria shuffle squads after surprise podiums
Kacper Tomasiak’s unexpected silver gives Poland a new captain alongside Anna Twardosz, Pola Beltowska and Paweł Wąsek. Japan counters with two individual bronze medalists from Milano Cortina—Ren Nikaido and Nozomi Maruyama—plus seasoned Olympic medalists Ryōyū Kobayashi and Sara Takanashi. Austria swapped out half its team after Stefan Kraft’s seventh-place finish, inserting Stephan Embacher and Youth-Olympic champion Julia Mühlbacher.
Knockout format expands to 12 nations
Competition starts at 18:45 CET. The field has grown from eight teams in Beijing to twelve; the lowest-scoring four drop after the opening round before men’s and women’s distances are combined for the final tally. Forecasters predict −2 °C air and 8-km/h up-valley gusts—conditions that can add roughly five metres to flights on Predazzo’s 11-degree in-run.
Sources: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup standings; Milano Cortina 2026 official schedule; Team Norway blog; Olympic Channel documentary “Flight Path.”
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