Vancouver 2010: Ammann wins first gold medal in ski jumping

Winter Olympic kicked off yesterday with fantastic opening ceremony at Vancouver. And the first gold medalist for the Olympics was Switzerland’s Simon Ammann whi won the first gold medal in normal hill ski jumping at Winter Olympics 2010.

He won the title by setting a hill record at 108m with his final jump to carry the third Olympic medal after winning two gold medal four years ago in Salt Lake City.

He recorded a score 276.5 points in his first round and looked nervous for his final jump of the game.

and according to him “I have no words for this. It’s crazy. I tried to hard to focus” he said “It’s my third gold medal. It’s insane.” He further said.

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