Olympics Milano–Cortina 2026: Team ski jumping — Norway secure bronze

We report from Predazzo, Italy.

Norway secured Olympic bronze in the team ski jumping event at Milano–Cortina 2026. The victory meant a lot to Johann André Forfang and his family: his fiancée Kristin Solberg and their young son Herman watched him win on TV. Solberg told NRK that the medal means a great deal to the whole family and that she could hardly understand how Forfang still managed to stand after a challenging year.

Forfang will return to Norway on Tuesday and reunite with his family. Solberg said she has not seen him since before her father Hugo died, which made supporting him only by phone difficult. She looked forward to embracing him at the airport.

When Forfang met NRK after the medal ceremony he praised his fiancée’s efforts at home: she has been exhausted looking after little Herman, and Forfang said he did not take for granted the support she gives him.

Forfang spoke emotionally about losing his father shortly before the Olympics. He admitted that when he promised his father he would fight for a medal, he didn’t fully believe he could, given his form this winter — but he wanted to give his father peace. That made the bronze feel both important and deserved.

The competition itself was affected by dramatic weather. Wind changes and heavy snowfall disrupted the contest: the wind turned and snow began to fall heavily, and the event was paused several times. After two jumpers there was another stoppage. Norway’s Ansgar Evensen described the conditions as “completely chaotic” before Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal jumped.

In the end Austria won the team event and Poland claimed silver. Germany missed a medal by just half a point. German jumper Philipp Raimund told NRK he was very disappointed with how their final ended; he had been too emotional to discuss the matter further with FIS. His teammate Andreas Wellinger said they had jumped well and that with one more round they believed they would have been on the podium because the standings were so tight.

Sandro Pertile, race director for FIS, told NRK that the wind was shifting constantly and that intensity was unstable. The organizers tried to clear the tracks, but they lost speed where snow had accumulated in the outrun; given that, Pertile said they had two rounds that were “fair for everyone,” and that a final decision had to be taken — it was part of the sport.

Medal summary (team event): Gold — Austria; Silver — Poland; Bronze — Norway (including Johann André Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal among others).

Reporters: Oscar Strøm Korsnes, Andreas Hagen (Predazzo), Brede Bleiklie Thomassen (Predazzo), Christian Aras Shuany, Fredrik Kårstad Lilleaasen, Gunnar Grindstein, Hans Christian Boge‑Fredriksen.

Published: 2026-02-16 20:03 CET. Updated: 2026-02-16 23:05 CET.