After major podium upsets in the men’s and women’s individual normal hill events, ski jumping continues at the Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium with the mixed team event. Milan Cortina 2026 marks only the second time the mixed team event will be contested at a Winter Olympics after making its debut at the Beijing Games in 2022.

Two women and two men from 12 countries will be competing on the normal hill in what may be the most competitive ski jumping event at these Games.

Traditional ski jumping powerhouses Austria, Germany, Japan and Norway were left off the podium at the 2022 Winter Olympics after several key athletes were disqualified for suit violations. This left the door open for the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada to slide into silver and bronze. Neither delegation has a team competing in the event in Predazzo.

Here’s what we could expect to see in Tuesday’s contest…

Siblings Domen and Nika Prevc headline the Slovenian team as the reigning world champions in men’s and women’s large hill. While the pair didn’t snag Olympic gold in either individual normal hill event, they’re still poised to steer the Slovenian team to a repeat Olympic title in the team contest.

Slovenia claimed medals both years the mixed team event was contested at the world championships after Beijing (2023 and 2025). Olympic team members Domen and Nika Prevc and Anze Lanisek were part of the Slovenian team that placed 2nd at the 2025 world championships. Nika Vodan helped Slovenia finish 3rd at the 2023 world championships.

Domen and Nika Prevc’s older brother, Peter Prevc, earned Slovenia’s mixed team Olympic gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics alongside Vodan, the only returning member of that team. If Slovenia wins at Milan Cortina 2026, the Prevc family will be the first in Winter Olympics history to have four siblings each earn an Olympic medal.

Austria brings some of the most competitive jumpers into the mixed team event. Lisa Eder, Stephan Embacher, Jan Hoerl and Julia Muehlbacher will represent the country. The Austrians uncharacteristically found themselves off the podium in the individual normal hill events in Predazzo, with Embacher and Hoerl struggling to adjust to the hill size. Normal hill is only contested once per season on the men’s World Cup circuit, so the men have fewer opportunities to compete on a smaller hill. Nevertheless, it’s possible Embacher and Hoerl will find their footing in time for the mixed team event.

Germans Felix Hoffmann, Philipp Raimund, Agnes Reisch and Selina Freitag head into the team event after Raimund’s shocking win in the men’s individual normal hill contest on Feb. 9. Raimund, who’s never won a World Cup event, jumped 106.5 meters — nearly the full length of the hill's in-run — in the final round to clinch the Olympic title.

The Japanese are hungry for gold. After missing the podium at the Beijing Games and at both world championships since, Japan is on a quest to prove that it’s just as strong in team events as its members are in individual events. Nozomi Maruyama, Ren Nikaido and Ryoyu Kobayashi are all individual Olympic medalists, with Maruyama and Nikaido each winning normal hill medals in Predazzo. The final member, Sara Takanashi, posts an incredible 55-percent win rate at World Cup events but has yet to reach an Olympic podium.

Like Slovenia, Norway also found its way onto both world championship podiums since Beijing. Olympic team members Anna Odine Strom, Marius Lindvik and Eirin Maria Kvandal were part of the team that won the 2025 world title. Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal will join them in leaping for Olympic gold. Strom is fresh off a surprise win in the women’s individual normal hill on Feb. 7, where she bumped Nika Prevc into 2nd.

Annika Belshaw, Jason Colby, Tate Frantz and Paige Jones will represent the U.S.

Find out which team prevails when the mixed team event starts at 12:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 10. It can be seen live on NBCOlympics.com and Peacock.