Lahti Ski Games

Lahti Ski Games

Finnish ski jumping legends Janne Ahonen (left) and Toni Nieminen before men's ski jumping HS130 qualification at the FIS Nordic World Cup Lahti Ski Games in Lahti, Finland, on March 22, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / PEPE KORTENIEMI PEPE@PHOTEX.FI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Pepe Korteniemi pepe@photex.fi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Lahti Ski Games

Lahti Ski Games

Finnish ski jumping legends Toni Nieminen (left) and Janne Ahonen before men's ski jumping HS130 qualification at the FIS Nordic World Cup Lahti Ski Games in Lahti, Finland, on March 22, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / PEPE KORTENIEMI PEPE@PHOTEX.FI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Pepe Korteniemi pepe@photex.fi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Lahti Ski Games 2025

Lahti Ski Games 2025

Finnish retired champion ski jumper Janne Ahonen at the Salpausselkä ski stadium during the Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen HS130 ski jumping competition of the FIS Nordic World Cup Lahti Ski Games in Lahti, Finland, on March 21, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / PEPE KORTENIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Pepe Korteniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Lahti Ski Games 2025

Lahti Ski Games 2025

Finnish retired champion ski jumper Janne Ahonen at the Salpausselkä ski stadium during the Nordic Combined Men's Individual Gundersen HS130 ski jumping competition of the FIS Nordic World Cup Lahti Ski Games in Lahti, Finland, on March 21, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / PEPE KORTENIEMI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Pepe Korteniemi/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Teenager Ito places 3rd in World Cup ski jumping

Teenager Ito places 3rd in World Cup ski jumping

BISCHOFSHOFEN, Austria - Daiki Ito, 19, smiles after giving Japan its first podium finish of the season when he placed third at a World Cup ski jumping meet in Austria on Jan. 6. He did a hill record 143-meter second jump to soar from ninth to third place behind winner Martin Hoellwarth of Austria and Finland's Janne Ahonen.

Funaki wins overall Four Hills jumping

Funaki wins overall Four Hills jumping

Japan's Kazuyoshi Funaki (C) responds to audience cheers after becoming the first Japanese to win the overall Four Hills jumping crown in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6. Germany'sSven Hannawald (L) was placed second and Finland's Janne Ahonen (R) third.

Teenager Ito places 3rd in World Cup ski jumping

Teenager Ito places 3rd in World Cup ski jumping

BISCHOFSHOFEN, Austria - Daiki Ito, 19, smiles after giving Japan its first podium finish of the season when he placed third at a World Cup ski jumping meet in Austria on Jan. 6. He did a hill record 143-meter second jump to soar from ninth to third place behind winner Martin Hoellwarth of Austria and Finland's Janne Ahonen. (Kyodo)

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

Finnish ski jumping legend Janne Ahonen , 40, soars in the air in the men's individual normal hill ski jumping at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

Finnish ski jumper Janne Ahonen speaks at a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Funaki wins overall Four Hills c

Funaki wins overall Four Hills c

Japan's Kazuyoshi Funaki (C) responds to audience cheers after becoming the first Japanese to win the overall Four Hills jumping crown in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan. 6. Germany's Sven Hannawald (L) was placed second and Finland's Janne Ahonen (R) third.