Ski Jumping Drama: Last-Jump Gold

Ski jumping doesn't get more cruel than this: the German leader carried an 8-point cushion into the final round, then a gust of wind hit mid-jump and cost him 12 points and the gold in the space of a few seconds. The Austrian who inherited the lead had the luxury of calmer air and used it, landing a 136-metre jump that broke the Olympic record and won gold by 0.6 points — margins this event rarely allows. What people remembered afterward wasn't the winning jump so much as how evenly the German took the loss.