YOG: USA 10th in Team Jump

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (Feb. 18, 2016) - Slovenia continued to roll Thursday, taking gold in the mixed gender team ski jumping event at the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer. The USA was 10th. Germany took silver with Austria bronze.

The event included both the long man and women from each nation’s ski jumping team, plus the nordic combined athlete.

Logan Sankey (Steamboat Springs, CO) went 70.0 and 67.5 meters on her two jumps. Nordic combined skier Ben Loomis (Eau Claire, WI), the silver medalist from the combined individual competition Tuesday, soared 86.0 and 87.0 meters while special jumper Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) went 92.5 and 89.0 meters.

Sankey came out of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club program and has been a part of Women’s Ski Jumping U.S.A.’s Fly Girls program. Larson is from the Norge Ski Club in suburban Chicago, which has been one of the leading jumping clubs in America. Loomis is from the Flying Eagles Ski Club in Eau Claire, WI, and has had a strong season on the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup series.

The nordic skiers will wrap up on Saturday with another team event. The unique nordic combined relay will feature two cross country skiers racing, the two special jumpers jumping plus the nordic combined skier doing both.

RESULTS
Mixed Gender Ski Jumping Team Event