Germany's Raimund soars to men's ski jumping gold

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MILANO CORTINA WINTER OLYMPICS INCLUDING MEN'S SKI JUMPING AND WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY PRELIMINARIES SHOWS: PREDAZZO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 9, 2026) (IOC – See restrictions before use) MEN'S SKI JUMPING NORMAL HILL INDIVIDUAL 1. VARIOUS OF FRENCHMAN VALENTIN FOUBERT JUMPING 2. VARIOUS OF GERMANY'S PHILIPP RAIMUND JUMPING (EVENTUAL GOLD MEDALLIST) / RAIMUND TAKING LEAD FROM FOUBERT IN 1ST ROUND 3. VARIOUS OF JAPAN'S NIKAIDO REN JUMPING (EVENTUAL TIED BRONZE) 4. VARIOUS OF SWITZERLAND'S GREGOR DESCHWANDEN JUMPING IN FINAL ROUND (EVENTUAL TIED BRONZE)  5. VARIOUS OF POLAND'S KACPER TOMASIAK JUMPING IN FINAL ROUND TO TEMPORARILY MOVE INTO FIRST (EVENTUAL SILVER MEDALLIST) 6. VARIOUS OF RAIMUND ON HIS FINAL ROUND JUMP / RAIMUND CELEBRATING UPON REALISING HE HAS WON GOLD 7. GERMAN FANS CELEBRATING WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY PRELIMINARIES 8. AERIAL VIEW OF ICE HOCKEY ARENAS UNITED STATES BEAT SWITZERLAND 5-0 9. PUCK DROP 10. HALEY WINN SCORES THE USA'S FIRST GOAL 11. REPLAY OF GOAL (MUTE) 12. JOY DUNNE SCORING USA'S 2ND GOAL 13. REPLAY OF GOAL 14. HANNAH BILKA SCORING USA'S THIRD GOAL 15. ALEX CARPENTER SCORING USA'S FOURTH GOAL 16. REPLAY OF GOAL 17. CAROLINE HARVEY SCORING THE USA'S FIFTH GOAL 18. USA PLAYERS CELEBRATING WIN CANADA BEAT CZECH REPUBLIC 5-1 19. CANADA PLAYERS ENTERING 20. CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS ENTERING 21. CANADA'S KRISTIN O'NEILL SCORING CANADA'S FIRST 22. CANADA'S SARAH FILLIER SCORING CANADA'S SECOND 23. REPLAY OF GOAL 24. LAURA STACEY SCORING CANADA'S THIRD 25. FANS CHEERING 26. JULIA GOSLING SCORING CANADA'S FOURTH 27. REPLAY OF GOAL 28. GOSLING SCORING CANADA'S FIFTH 29. CZECH REPUBLIC'S NATALIE MLYNKOVA SCORING A CONSOLATION GOAL IN THE THIRD PERIOD 30. CANADIAN TEAM CELEBRATING WIN 31. CZECH TEAM ON ICE AFTER LOSS STORY:   Germany's Philipp Raimund won the gold medal in the men's normal hill ski jumping event as he soared ahead of Poland's Kacper Tomasiak at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Monday (February 9).   The Pole had to settle for silver, while Japan's Ren Nikaido and Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden shared bronze. Favourite Domen Prevc of Slovenia only managed sixth place.   Raimund claimed the title with a final jump of 106.5 metres as he reached 274.1 points, 3.4 points ahead of Tomasiak, while Nikaido and Deschwanden finished 8.1 points back.   The 25-year-old Raimund fired an early warning on a dark but clear night in the Italian Alps, soaring 102 metres in the first round to earn the final jump of the competition and then handled the pressure to fly to his first Olympic gold.   The ski jumper had previously admitted to a fear of heights, even withdrawing from a ski flying event in March, but this performance proved he could deliver under pressure when it mattered most.    In the women's ice hockey preliminaries, reigning champions Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-1, despite their captain Marie-Philip Poulin leaving the ice injured.    The U.S. claimed a third win in Milan by beating Switzerland 5-0. (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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