Day by day: U.S. Olympic medal haul so far

The U.S. has won 26 medals through Tuesday, Feb. 23, with seven gold, nine silver and 10 bronze.

Austria wins gold medal in team ski jump

Austria won the gold medal in the team ski jump at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday.

Austria finished with 1,107.9 points. Germany won silver with 1,035.8 points and Norway took bronze with 1,030.3 points.

The U.S. finished 11th with 340 points.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada

Simon Ammann of Switzerland wins gold in men's large hill ski jumping

 

Switzerland's Simon Ammann became the first ski jumper to win four individual Olympic titles with his victory in the large hill event at the Vancouver Games.

Adam Malysz of Poland won silver, and Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria won the bronze.

Ammann scored 283.6 points. Malysz had 269.4 points and Schlierenzauer had 262.2.

Matti Nykanen of Finland also won four gold medals at the Winter Olympics, but one of them came in the team jump.

No American jumpers qualified for the finals.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada

Photo: Simon Ammann in action Saturday. Credit: Hendrik Schmidt, EPA.

 

No Americans qualify for the finals of large hill ski jumping

Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) placed 32nd, just missing the finals in the large hill ski jumping event Saturday.

 A tie for the 30th and final position with a score of 95.6 put 31 into the final.

Frenette received a 90.6 to fall below the cutoff. Nick Alexander (Lebanon, N.H.) was 40th with a score of 79.2.

Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the first round with a score of 144.7.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada

Nick Alexander, Peter Frenette qualify for finals of large hill ski jumping

Nick Alexander (Lebanon, N.H.) and Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) have advanced from the qualification round for large hill ski jumping.

Alexander had a score of 116.5, while Frenette recorded a 113.8.

Andres Johnson (Park City, Utah) posted a 95.6 and did not advance.

Noriaki Kasai of Japan was the top qualifier with a score of 143.5 points.

The first round of competition will begin at 11:30 a.m. PST Saturday.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada

Photo: Nick Alexander. Credit: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images.

Switzerland's Simon Ammann wins first gold medal of 2010 Winter Olympics

Switzerland's Simon Ammann won the first gold medal of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Saturday in the normal hill ski jumping, finishing with a final score of 276.5 points after his two jumps.

Poland's Adam Malysz won the silver medal with 269.5 points, and Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer won the bronze medal with 268 points.

No Americans advanced past the first round.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver

 

Americans fail to move past first round of normal hill ski jumping

None of the three U.S. ski jumpers were able to advance to the final round in Saturday’s normal hill ski jumping competition at Whistler Olympic Park.

Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) and Nick Alexander (Lebanon, N.H.) tied for 41st with scores of 106.5 points, while Anders Johnson (Park City, Utah) was 49th with a 92.5.

The leader at the end of Round 1 was Switzerland’s Simon Ammann, who posted a score of 135.5. The top 30 jumpers advanced to this afternoon’s final round.

Next up for the U.S. athletes is the long hill competition, which begins on with the qualification round at 10 a.m. on Friday.

-- Houston Mitchell in Vancouver, Canada

Freestyle Skiing; Mogul master

In moguls skiing, competitors perform two jumps off ramps called kickers as they race down the course, earning points for turns, jumps and speed. Here is a look at one jump:

2010 Winter Olympics daily schedule

Competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, with the opening ceremony following at 6 p.m. The closing ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28.

U.S. ski jumping team named

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Assn. announced today that Olympic veteran Anders Johnson and first-timers Nick Alexander and Peter Frenette will make up the U.S. ski jumping team at next month's Winter Olympics.

Johnson, 20, finished 14th overall on the large hill at the 2006 Olympics and won the 2009 overall national championship. Alexander has qualified to compete in six FIS World Cup events this season and Frenette competes in the FIS Continental Cup.

Former East German ski jumper Jochen Danneberg, a 1976 Olympic silver medalist, will coach the team, which is still subject to approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

-- Austin Knoblauch