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Maren Lundby was the world's best female ski jumper for three years, starting in 2018...

Maren Lundby was the world's best female ski jumper for three years, starting in 2018 when she won Olympic gold in South Korea.

Over the past few months, Lundby has emerged as an advocate for change in a sport that has historically had athletes develop eating disorders as teenagers to be as light as possible.

Wauconda native Kevin Bickner is heading back to the Winter Olympics. Bickner, 25, who grew up training with the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, secured his spot on Team USA's ski jumping team on Christmas Day when he finished first at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Lake Placid, New York. He won the men's ski jumping trials Saturday by accumulating 257 points through two rounds, 13 ahead of Decker Dean.

Stefan Kraft wins large hill qualification Stefan Kraft It will be exciting in Oberstdorf. Austria's Stefan Kraft won the final qualification of the WSC 2021. The 2017 World Champion posted a jump of 127 m (143.5 points) on the HS 137 large hill and took the win ahead of Norway's Johann Andre Forfang and Markus Eisenbichler of Germany. With today's success, Stefan Kraft confirmed his upward trend of the past days and weeks. After this performance, Kraft is now also one of the top contenders for the medals in the competition tomorrow. The same applie...