Joséphine Pagnier 29th in the small‑hill ski jump: “Not necessarily the performance level I would have liked”

Joséphine Pagnier, 29th in the Olympic small‑hill competition: “Not necessarily the performance level I would have liked”

Twenty‑ninth in the Olympic small‑hill competition on Saturday evening, Frenchwoman Joséphine Pagnier was unable to free herself as she had hoped on her final jump.

“I tried on the second jump to do it just for myself, to inhabit my technique a bit more and to be a bit freer. I think I am not yet totally in the action. When I jump, I still think a little. It means I need to trust myself more and go for it fully. In the competition I stayed pretty focused on myself. The performance level is not necessarily what I would have liked compared with a few months or even a few years ago. But that’s how it is. I still enjoyed the event. My family and friends are here, that’s great.

(On having a large‑hill contest for the first time) “It’s great and it puts less pressure on me. In Beijing it was over for me. Now I still have one individual event and one team event. That gives me time to get going and to concentrate on the right things.”

— Quentin Coldefy, Val di Fiemme (Italy), published 7 February 2026