Slovenia wins Olympic debut of ski jumping mixed team event
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The mixed team ski jumping final at Beijing 2022 descended into farce after a spate of disqualifications left some nations infuriated. Slovenia won gold ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada, but it was the actions of the officials that were by far the biggest talking point. Ad/> Japan, Austria and Norway all had jumpers disqualified due to suit violations in the final, while Germany – who had won four mixed team world titles on the spin – failed to progress from qualifying after individual silver medallist Katharina Althaus was disqualified.
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Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi lived up to sky-high expectations by producing a dominant performance to claim gold in the men's normal hill event at Beijing 2022. Kobayashi held a big lead after a near-perfect jump in the first round and then did enough with his second effort to hold off Austria's Manuel Fettner for the gold. Kobayashi finished with 275.0 points ahead of Fettner in second with 270.8.
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