Finland ninth in super‑team event — Niko Kytösaho: “It went completely wrong”

Heavy snowfall caused the third round of the super‑team ski jumping competition to be called off and the results after two rounds were declared final. Austria ultimately celebrated victory.

Finland’s Antti Aalto and Niko Kytösaho finished ninth in the super‑team ski jumping competition.

“Yeah, this — I try to find a nice word — didn’t go very well. My first jump was good, but I couldn’t produce two good jumps. I would have needed to repeat the first jump to get us through. This went completely under the bench,” Kytösaho summed up, disappointed.

The competition format, seen for the first time at the Olympics, consisted of three rounds. Seventeen teams started and the top 12 advanced to the second round.

Antti Aalto’s opening jump travelled 127.5 metres, after which Finland sat in 12th. Niko Kytösaho then lifted Finland to eighth on the first round with a 137.5‑metre blast.

After the second round the top eight progressed to the third round, which meant Finland was the first team eliminated.

The final round was however suspended due to conditions. A heavy snowfall began at the venue before the last jumpers had come down from the tower and there had already been a long delay. The organisers decided the fairest sporting solution was to let the two‑round results stand.

As a result the medals went to Austria (Jan Hörl and Stephan Embacher), Poland (Paweł Wąsek and Kacper Tomasiak) and Norway (Johann André Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal).

“Personally I think that was the only correct sporting solution in this situation. There was no way the remaining ‘snowmen’ could have fairly competed against those who jumped earlier,” commentator Janne Ahonen said in the broadcast.

Kytösaho also expressed regret at not producing more consistent jumps across his Olympic appearances, saying apart from a few single good jumps he had lacked success at the Games.

Competition: Super‑team ski jumping (Olympic programme) Notable athletes mentioned: Antti Aalto, Niko Kytösaho, Jan Hörl, Stephan Embacher, Paweł Wąsek, Kacper Tomasiak, Johann André Forfang, Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, Janne Ahonen.

Photo credits in the original: Lars Baron / Getty Images.

(This article is a translation/adaptation of the Yle report published 16 Feb 2026.)