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Prevc rebounded from disappointing first jump to win bronze
Prevc moved past Silje Opseth and Heidi Dyhre Traaserud with 127.5m leap in final round
Kvandal finished 2.1 points behind in silver
Historic gold was given to 27-year-old from far north of Norway
Kvandal jumped 133.5m furthest of evening
Five-person judging panel deemed Odine Strøm's attempt cleaner
This year is first Games women have competed in large hill discipline
Nika Prevc was heavy favorite entering competition
Anna Odine Strøm took her second gold in ski jumping on Sunday evening
She plans to rest Monday then train Tuesday
She won slalom at the Olympics 12 years ago
Italian Alpine skiing star who returned to competition a month ago after bad injury last April won her second gold of these Games
Brignone’s stellar morning run knocked Shiffrin down to more than a second off lead and ultimately into seventh place with one run to go
She missed about nine weeks of season and had to rebuild her core musculature
She couldn’t think clearly she didn’t want to go fast
With therapy and training she slowly worked her way back into racing form
Her last podium finish at Games was in 2018
That race took place on warm humid gray afternoon on soft slushy snow not ideal for Shiffrin who prefers hard dry tracks
She had fourth-slowest slalom run in team combined causing her team to drop from first place to fourth
On Sunday in finish area after race she spoke of quality of competition that landed her outside top 10 but three-tenths of a second off podium