Johansson’s jump helps Norway win large hill

Robert Johansson nailed a jump of 136 meters in the final round to give Norway the gold medal in large hill team ski jumping, his third medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Norway went into the last round with a 22-point lead and finished with a total of 1,098.5, well ahead of defending champion Germany, which took the silver medal with 1,075.7. Poland finished third with a total of 1,072.4 for its first Olympic medal in the team event.

Johansson also won bronze medals in the normal and large hill. Kopacz were thoroughly confused when they crossed the finish line. They knew they had just won an Olympic gold medal for Canada, and were puzzled why the rival Germans were running their way to celebrate. Eventually, it made sense. The closest Olympic sliding race in history had two sets of winners. Canada and Germany will share gold from the twoman bobsled event after Kripps and Kopacz finished their four runs in the exact same time as the German duo of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis.

The winning time: 3 minutes, 16.86 seconds.

It was Canada’s second gold medal in two-man bobsledding — both coming in a tie. The Canadians shared gold with Italy in 1998.

Latvia got bronze, with Oskars Melbardis and Janis Strenga finishing 0.05 seconds back to complete the closest three-sled finish in Olympic history.

Justin Olsen and brakeman Evan Weinstock were the top American sled, placing 14th.