It is the athlete sitting grim-faced in the start gate, bug-like in their oversized helmet and goggles, when all that is visible is a rigid jaw. Their bench is known as “the bar,” and they are only on it a short while, perhaps 10 seconds on average. Below them is over 100 metres of runway, and up to 250m of air.

A leaf blower interfered with a ski jump during Milan Cortina Games. Luckily, no one was upset.

Ski jumping left a distinct mark on the Milano Cortina Winter Games, with a strange sideshow, a weather-driven controversy and a series of upsets that reshaped the sport’s landscape as its Olympic programme expanded.

Annika Belshaw's DQ came shortly after Austria's Daniel Tschofenig was disqualified for boots that were too big

It's been 102 years since a U.S. ski jumper made the podium at the Winter Olympics. Team USA's one and only ski jumping medal came in 1924.

Learn how Olympic ski jumping works — explore the men’s, women’s and mixed events, how distance and style points are scored, hill sizes (normal hill vs. large hill) and how athletes qualify for the finals at the Winter Olympics.

Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig, 23, was disqualified from the Winter Olympics' men's large hill individual event because of his boots

Future Olympic prospects are testing a device that can give them corrective advice in real time as they hurtle into the air.

A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics behind ski jumps

Ski jumpers will take to the skies this weekend for the 104th Harris Hill Ski Jump. A new local will join the ranks of hometown favorites like Spencer