Only one American ski jumper has ever won an Olympic medal -- and that happened at the very first Winter Games in 1924. USA Nordic would love to see more at the upcoming Beijing Games or beyond.
Former Norge Ski Club ski jumpers Kevin Bickner and Casey Larson will become two-time Olympians at the Beijing Games. Patrick Gasienica earned a spot for the first time this year.
“I had a crew of probably about 10 kids that kind of grew up with me, started with me,” Larson said in Lake Placid, New York, sitting on a deck at the Olympic Jumping Complex. “And by the time we were on hills this size, only about three or four of us were left. USA Nordic executive director Billy Demong said there are about 1,000 boys and girls paying to be part of a ski jumping program and regularly attending practice, roughly tripling the total from a decade ago.“COVID just boosted everything because people were looking for stuff to do with their kids,” Demong said.
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