Olympics-Ski jumping-Norway's Stroem wins second gold in women's large hill individual event


Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ski Jumping - Women's Large Hill Individual - Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium, Predazzo, Italy - February 15, 2026. Gold medallist Anna Odine Stroem of Norway celebrates during the final round REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Norway's Anna ⁠Odine Stroem won her second gold of the ‌Milano Cortina Olympics in the women's large hill individual ski jumping competition on Sunday, while compatriot Eirin Maria Kvandal took silver.

Slovenia's ​Nika Prevc, who entered the Olympics ⁠as a gold-medal favourite, ⁠claimed the bronze.

Norway has delivered a dominant performance in ⁠women's ski ‌jumping events at these Games, after Stroem clinched gold in the women's normal hill ⁠individual competition and a quartet of Norwegian ​jumpers took silver ‌in the mixed team event.

The Scandinavian country, which ⁠has won ​the most gold medals of these Olympics so far, held the top four spots on the leaderboard after ⁠the first roundof jumps. Prevc soared ​back into medal position after finishing fifth in the early round, while Stroem edged ahead of Kvandal by 2.1 ⁠points in a competitive second round.

This is the first time women have competed in a large hill ski jumping event at a Winter Olympics.

Sunday's medal is ​Prevc's third of these Games. She ⁠won silver in the normal hill individual event and ​took gold alongside her brother ‌Domen in the mixed team competition.

(Reporting ​by Liz Hampton and Tommy Lund in Predazzo, ItalyEditing by Toby Davis and Clare Fallon)

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