Andreas Wellinger

U.S. ski jumper Kevin Bickner explains his sport using legos.

Defending champion Kamil Stoch won ski jumping’s large hill at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The 30-year-old Polish jumper had leaps of 135 and 136.5 meters for 285.7 points to beat normal hill gold medalist Andreas Wellinger of Germany, who took the silver. Robert Johansson of Norway won the bronze.

No surprises here. It was the all normal suspects atop the men’s individual large hill qualifying round scoreboard at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre Friday. Names like Norway’s Johann Andre Forfang, Germany’s Andreas Wellinger (who won the gold on the normal hill) and Kamil Stoch (the 2014 gold medalist) all were included in the top seven. But enough about the...

Andreas Wellinger took the gold medal after nailing a jump of 113.5 meters.

One of four Americans made it to the final round of normal hill ski jumping Saturday, but Kevin Bickner didn’t soar far enough to win the gold, which went to German Andreas Wellinger. High winds at the Alpensia Ski Jumping center during the first round resulted in a 30-minute delay of the final. The temperature was minus-11 Celsius (12 Fahrenheit)...

The Olympic cauldron is lit, the opening ceremony is finished and it’s time for the athletes in Pyeongchang to officially go for gold. While competition has been underway for a few days, Saturday brings the first medal events at the 2018 Winter Games: three in ski events and two in speedskating.

Kevin Bickner, Michael Glasder, William Rhoads and Casey Larson moved to the next round of normal hill ski jumping after Thursday morning’s qualifiers.

At 45 years of age and competing in a record eighth Winter Games, Noriaki Kasai is hoping Pyeongchang becomes the venue for his biggest Olympic achievement.

It may look like they are just running across the snow in skis, but there’s a lot more to cross-country skiing. Watch Sadie Bjornsen and Jessie Digins explain their sport — using Legos.