Ski jumping at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 got under way Saturday morning at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center in Zhangiakou with the men's qualification round and the women's final normal hill jump. All four athlete's competing for the men, qualified for the final competition round set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 6. The athletes, Casey Larson, Decker Dean, Kevin Bickner, and Patrick Gasienica finished 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 44th respectively. 

"My trainings have been really good but qualification today was not up to my standard," commented Larson. "Thankfully today was not too difficult and the whole team is through to the final. I’m really excited to get prepared for the individual tomorrow and have my best jump in competition."

The women's final competition concluded Saturday afternoon in Beijing, with Anna Hoffmann finishing 37th. Hoffmann was the sole representative of the United States women's ski jumping team, having got the call that she clinched a spot in Beijing after the Italian team withdrew a week prior to the Games.

Hoffmann, a student at the University of Utah, was not excited about her jump, but was still stoked to have had the chance to compete for her country.

"I had an amazing time competing here in Beijing and am so glad I got the chance to experience this," Hoffman said on her Olympic debut. "I'm so glad to say I have finally achieved a childhood dream. Thank you to my mom and dad for always having my back and to my coaches, Blake Hughes, Anders Johnson, and Trevor Edlund for teaching me how to be an elite athlete."

Ski jumping competition continues on Sunday, Feb. 6th. Fans in the states can tune in at 5:00 a.m. EST to catch the normal hill final live, or watch a same-day delay broadcast at 2:00 p.m. EST on the USA Network.

RESULTS 
Men's Qualification
Women's Final

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

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Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
1:00 p.m. Ski Jumping – Women's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage – Cross-Country Skiing Women's Skiathlon, Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Final & More, delayed broadcast, NBC

Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
5:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Men's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 p.m. Ski Jumping – Men's Normal Hill Final, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
5:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Mixed Team Normal Hill, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:00 a.m. Ski Jumping – Mixed Team Normal Hill, Snow Ruyi, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime Broadcast Coverage of Biatholon 15km Individual, Ski Jumping Mixed Team Event, delayed broadcast, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
2:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
3:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
6:00 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event 10km No. 1, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10 a.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event 10km No. 1, Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
7:00 p.m. Nordic Combined – Men’s Individual Event Normal Hill (re-air), Kuyangshu Nordic Center, Zhangjiakou, CHN, USA Network

Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

• Alpine
• Cross Country
• Freeski
• Freestyle
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined
• Snowboard

Broadcast and streaming schedules are updated on a daily basis throughout the season.

In the New York Times exclusive multimedia feature, What Scares the World's Most Daring Olympians, published Feb. 1, 2022, journalists explore the five biggest fears of Winter Olympic athletes – getting hurt, new tricks, bad weather, uncertainty, and skiing nearly blind. Five parts, five stories, one for each fear. 

Each piece walks readers through an interactive, visual experience that depicts the thoughts and feelings that race through the minds of the athletes as they push themselves to new speeds and new heights. As a whole, it is a testament to the grit, determination, and focus that every athlete channels when they put their bodies on the line in pursuit of a feeling – a feeling that defies fear and derives exuberance. The Olympic stage is one most athletes spend their entire lives pursuing, an opportunity none of them will take for granted, no matter the stakes.

The article features three dozen active and retired Winter Olympians, including U.S. Ski & Snowboard's very own Jamie Anderson, Erik Arvidsson, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Billy Demong, Red Gerard, Faye Gulini, Breezy Johnson, Casey Larson, Ben Loomis, Annika Malacinski, Alice Merryweather, Steven Nyman, River Radamus, Logan Sankey, Shaun White, and Jackie Wiles.

"The Winter Olympics are a carnival of danger, a spectacle of speed and slick surfaces, powered mostly by the undefeated force of gravity. Skiers hurtle themselves down mountains faster than cars drive on highways. Sliders ride high-speed sleds down a twisting chute of ice. Ski jumpers soar great distances through the air, and snowboarders and freestyle skiers flip and spin in the sky and hope for a safe landing. The next wipeout always feels moments away. The athletes who perform these daring feats are not crazy. They are not reckless. But they do have one thing in common that might surprise those of us who watch.

They are scared. Every one of them."

Explore the full feature at NYTimes.com >>