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Norway's Oftebro Powers to Gold with Late Surge in Olympic Men's ...

Jens Luraas Oftebro overcame a 22-second deficit after the ski jump to claim his second Nordic combined gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

  • On Tuesday, Jens Luraas Oftebro won his second Nordic combined gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games after the large hill ski jump and 10-kilometer ski race.
  • Top World Cup rankings show Lamparter and Oftebro are first and second, respectively, entering the Nordic combined event. The event starts with a single morning ski jump, converting points into staggered starts for the 10-kilometer race.
  • Starting positions showed Ryota Yamamoto began the cross-country race eight seconds ahead of Lamparter and Andreas Skoglund started 16 seconds back, while Ilkka Herola began 32 seconds behind in seventh, highlighting varied deficits.
  • With only one change from last week, Johannes Lamparter of Austria took silver and Ilkka Herola of Finland won bronze, nearly mirroring the normal hill results.
  • Nordic combined is contested since 1924 and excludes women; it faces possible elimination, with the International Olympic Committee due to decide later this year.
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Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro wins 2nd gold in Nordic combined

Norway’s Jens Luraas Oftebro has won his second Nordic combined gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games in the large hill event.

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February 17, 2026 ✅ Olympics. Results are so-so: Norway's Jens Louros Oftebro won his second Nordic combined at the 2026 Olympics. This was reported by Suspilne Sport. Austrian Johannes Lamparter... ᐉ football news ⚽ on UA-Football

Norwegian team member Jens Luraas Oftebro also won the large hill event at the Olympics and, after triumphing in the opening individual event on the middle hill, won his second gold in Italy. Austrian Johannes Lamparter finished second again behind him. The bronze medal remained with Finland, this time won by Ilkka Herola. The Czech representatives performed worse in Tesero today than on the middle hill: Jiří Konvalinka took 25th place, Jan Vytr…

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