A robust training centre, youth development programme and a family of high flyers have helped Slovenia defy gravity and

Norway's Anna Odine Strøm beat top favourite Nika Prevc at the Milano/Cortina Winter Olympics to claim women's ski jumping normal hill gold in Predazzo on Saturday. The Norwegian had jumps of 100 metres and 101m to beat Slovenia's Prevc by a mere 1.

Austria's Anna Gasser, at 34 years old, going for a third straight big air gold medal, crashed out on her first jump and has now botched the landing on her second run. Her three-peat hopes are over. Looks like neither Ryoyu Kobayashi or Domen Prevc are going to win gold in the ski-jump. Favourites place only seventh and eighth respectively.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Across village hills to towering ski flying arenas in Slovenia, the name Prevc is spoken as if it belongs to the country’s sporting landscape itself, with ambition rising across the nation as the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina draw closer.

It’s been an exciting first full day of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Men’s snowboard big air: Japan’s Kira Kimura walked away with a gold medal after wowing judges and getting the highest score on his final run. Ryoma Kimata, also representing Japan, finished with silver.

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

Four medals will be handed out at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday. Switzerland will try to win its second gold in men's alpine skiing in the team combined event. The Swiss had three teams finish in the top four during the first half of the event.

The first medals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been won and while there’s still more medal events to go Saturday, some countries are off to a bigger start than others. Here’s a look at what’s been won so far and where things stand: Swiss racer Franjo von Allmen captured the Olympic downhill to win the first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games.