Word: malysz
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Sitting on the bar at the top of the K90 hill, Simon Ammann felt "horrible, I was so nervous." The 20-year-old Swiss who had never won an international competition was up against the two big names of ski jumping, Germany's Sven Hannawald and Adam Malysz of Poland. But by the time Ammann leapt out into the pristine air over the Utah Olympic Park, he knew his final jump would be a good one. With a distance of 98.5 m and a perfect landing, it gave him the gold. He thus became the first Swiss ever...
...Ammann's confidence couldn't get any higher. After the first jump of the medal round, he was tied on points with Hannawald. On his second and final attempt, Hannawald jumped short and fell on landing, which pushed him back to fourth place behind Finland's Matti Hautamaeki. With Malysz in silver- medal position, Ammann knew he had to pull out a good jump. He did, launching the competition's longest jump, 133 m, for his second gold. "I knew immediately that this was the jump," he said. "It was such a good feeling...
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