Austria save best until last to win first Olympic Men’s Super Team gold

Austria finally got their hands on a Ski Jumping medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics — and it was worth the wait. Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher dominated the field from start to finish to claim gold in the first-ever Men’s Super Team race. A snowstorm forced the cancellation of the final round, so the podium was decided on the second-round standings.

Hoerl set the standard for Austria with the first big jump, landing 137.5m for 151.8 points, 10.1 points clear of Slovenia’s Anze Lanisek in second after the opening round. “In the morning the coaches said to us keep it easy, it’s the last chance so make your jumps and we’ll see. We’ll celebrate this moment and enjoy it," Hoerl said.

Embacher added: “It’s unbelievable, my first time (at the Winter Olympics) and to be Olympic champion is unbelievable. It was a great day. Everyone was really good so we can enjoy it now."

Poland prevailed for silver, giving Kacper Tomasiak a third Olympic medal at his debut Games. Tomasiak and teammate Pawel Wasek both jumped 135.5m in the first round to tie with Japan in third, and Tomasiak’s second-round 135.5m lifted Poland into silver on 547.3 points.

“I’m very proud," said Wasek. “I knew that Kacper was in great shape and I was afraid about my jumps, but in the end I also think my jumps were at a very good level."

Norway held on for bronze, finishing just 0.3 points ahead of Germany in fourth. Johann Andre Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were sixth after the opening round on 267.9 points, but Sundal’s second jump of 137m moved them into the podium spots before the final-round cancellation.

Slovenia ended fifth. Domen Prevc said it was a difficult day for him: “It was a demanding competition for us. I wanted to push further in the second round but unfortunately I made a mistake. I was a bit too stiff and the result is I didn’t have so much speed in the second part of the flying. It was almost third place, but overall it is a bit sour for me because if I had just done a Telemark landing correctly, we would have been on the podium."

FIS Race Director Sandro Pertile explained the jury decision to cancel the third round: “In principle we had this heavy wet snowfall and we were trying to clear the track, but we saw immediately that we lost the speed on the in-run. We had also completely different wind condition and with these conditions it was really unfair to continue. We have in our rules the possibility to cancel the round. Sometimes this happens, and it was happening tonight.”

Six days of Ski Jumping action have come to an end in Predazzo at Milano Cortina 2026, with a host of new Olympic medalists, history made by two new events and the biggest women's Olympic competition yet. With medals decided, athletes will regroup before the FIS World Cup circuit resumes later this month with Men's Flying Hill and Women's Normal Hill events in Austria.