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High-flying Ammann peaks at right time: Simon Ammann has become one of the greatest ski jumpers of all-time after going two for two at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, capturing gold in both the normal hill and large hill events.
The comfortable delights of ski jumping: As the Winter Olympics get bigger, faster, higher and slipperier, the original danger sport of ski jumping feels quaint and old-fashioned.
Austria dominates team ski jumping: The Austrian Eagles successfully defended their Olympic ski jumping title with a 72.1-point victory over Germany in the final round of the large-hill team competition at Whistler Olympic Park on Monday afternoon.
Ammann wins record 4th ski jump gold: Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the men's individual large hill competition Saturday afternoon at Whistler Olympic Park to become the first-ever ski jumper to win four gold medals at the Winter Games.
Canada's Read advances to ski-jumping final: Canadian ski-jumper Stefan Read advanced to the final of the individual large hill event Friday.
Swiss ski jumper wins Games' 1st gold medal: Ski jumper Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the first gold medal of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Saturday.
Norwegian ski jumper Romoren breaks finger in anger: Norwegian ski jumper Bjorn Einar Romoren will compete at the Vancouver Olympics with a broken little finger after slamming his left hand into a wall in frustration over a disappointing jump in Oslo, Norway.
For female ski jumpers, chance to compete remains elusive: Coach Jochen Danenberg was walking toward the bottom of the jumping hill at the Whistler Olympic Park on Friday when he spotted a familiar face across the fence. Alissa Johnson, an American ski jumper who holds 10th place in the world rankings for women, was standing on the side reserved for spectators.
Canadians fall short in ski jumping: Eric Mitchell of Calgary had the honour of being the first athlete to compete at the Vancouver Winter Games, as the first competitor down the ski jumping ramp at Whistler Olympic Park on Friday afternoon.
Women's ski jumping lawsuit wraps up in Vancouver: Legal arguments over whether Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee, known as VANOC, are at the crux of a B.C. Supreme Court case that wrapped up Friday.