Wisconsin's Ben Loomis dodged injury or crash even though he was struck by a leaf blower during a ski jump at the Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping left a distinct mark on the Milano Cortina Winter Games, with a strange sideshow, a weather-driven controversy and a series of upsets that reshaped the sport’s landscape as its Olympic programme expanded.

The 19-year-old captured two silver medals and a bronze, becoming Poland’s first ski jumper to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. But instead of a flashy celebration, Tomasiak asked for a thanksgiving Eucharist, placing his medals on the altar in gratitude to God.

Here are some of the most unusual Winter Olympic sports in history, from ski ballet and military patrol to dog sled racing and skijoring.

Annika Belshaw's DQ came shortly after Austria's Daniel Tschofenig was disqualified for boots that were too big

PREDAZZO, Italy — Norway’s Anna Odine Strøm took her second gold in ski jumping in the women’s large hill on Sunday evening, making history as the first woman to win two individual events in the sport in the same Olympics.

Britain won two mixed team gold medals, while there were individual triumphs for Norway’s Anna Odine Strøm and Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi

A hand grenade from World War II was discovered in a car park near the Winter Olympics ski-jumping venue in Predazzo and defused, Italian police said on Sunday. Experts defused the hand grenade and