There may have been just one gold medal awarded in the inaugural women's ski jump event at the 2014 Winter Olympics but every competitor made history. The 30 ski jumpers who flew through the air at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center in Sochi on Tuesday were the first women to ever compete in the event at the Olympics. Men's ski jumping was included in the program of the very first Winter Games of 1924 in Chamonix but women had been grounded until 2014.
"Girls are much more capable than people give them credit for, a lot of the time," U.S. ski jumper Jessica Jerome said after placing 10th on Tuesday. "And I think that we've shown that tonight. We've shown we belong here, and we put on a great show."
Ninety years after Jacob Tullin Thams won the first gold medal awarded in men's ski jump, Carina Vogt took home gold in the debut women's event.
Here are the 30 fearless pioneers who soared into the history books:
Carina Vogt, Germany
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Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Austria
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Coline Mattel, France
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Sara Takanashi, Japan
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Evelyn Insam, Italy
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Maja Vtic, Slovenia
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Yuki Ito, Japan
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Maren Lundby, Norway
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Line Jahr, Norway
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Jessica Jerome, United States
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Katja Pozun, Slovenia
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Atsuko Tanaka, Canada
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Taylor Henrich, Canada
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Helena Olsson Smeby, Norway
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Lindsey Van, United States
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Irina Avvakumova, Russia
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Julia Kykkaenen, Finland
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Bigna Windmueller, Switzerland
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Julia Clair, France
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Lea Lemare, France
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Sarah Hendrickson, United States
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Ulrike Graessler, Germany
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Katharina Althaus, Germany
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Gyda Enger, Norway
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Chiara Hoelzl, Austria
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Spela Rogelj, Slovenia
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Eva Logar, Slovenia
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Gianina Ernst, Germany
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Elena Runggaldier, Italy
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Yurina Yamada, Japan
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