Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Abigail Strate of Calgary, Alberta won the silver medal in a World Cup women’s large hill ski jumping event in Lillehammer, Norway on Saturday. The hill was 140 metres. This is Strate’s sixth career World Cup ski jumping medal.
Strate posted a second place score of 259.7 points. Nozomi Maruyama of Japan won the gold medal with a score of 285.5 points. Lisa Eder of Austria won the bronze medal with a score of 255.4 points. Strate reached the podium by 7.3 points. Anna Odine Stroem of Norway finished in fourth place with a score of 252.4 points.
With the silver medal in Norway this weekend, Strate is second in the World Cup women’s ski jumping standings with 125 points. She is tied with Heidi Dyhre Trasserud of Norway. Maruyama is the World Cup leader in women’s ski jumping with 200 points.
Strate’s first World Cup medal was a bronze medal in Hinterzarten, Germany on January 28, 2023. That was followed by a bronze in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on December 30, 2023, a silver in Oberstdorf, Germany on January 1, 2024, a silver in the super team on January 20, 2024, and a bronze medal in Hinzenbach, Austria on February 23, 2025.
Strate’s Olympic medal came in the mixed team event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. She won a medal alongside Alexandra Loutitt of Calgary, Matthew Soukup of Calgary, and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes of Toronto, Ontario. It should be noted Loutitt is out for the season with a knee injury. The silver medal for Strate in Norway will give her confidence as she prepares for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo.
