‘I Want To Jump’: Growing Olympic Ski Jumpers Starts Young
Jan 31, 2022, 3:35 PM
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FOX RIVER GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Only one American ski jumper has ever won an Olympic medal and it dates to the very first Winter Games in 1924.
USA Nordic is pushing to change that and backs more than 30 clubs across the country trying to teach youngsters to take to the sport.
One of those is the Norge Ski Club about 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
Three men who trained at the club are going to the Olympics in China.
Congratulations to @decker_dean on being nominated by USA Nordic Sport to represent Team USA at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing for Ski Jumping! This will be Decker’s 1st ever Olympic Winter Games. pic.twitter.com/wlVz2L4OZo
— USA Nordic (@usanordic) January 26, 2022