My PC joystick had a rapid fire mode, and if I remember correctly, it was possible to achieve huge jumps leveraging this.

This game and the Summer Olympics had a huge wow factor when arriving to PC gaming - nice memories!

Also, it seems the same graphics engine was further used (and refined?) in baseball games - with the Hardball series. These, of course, had little traction in Europe. How was it in baseball friendly geographies? How did the popularity of the baseball games compare to the Olympics titles?

I have spent countless hours on Ski JUMP in Winter Challenge with my best friend in the days. I still remember that 108.5 was the max jump we were able to achieve

I'm just astounded they achieved those graphics, and had the inspiration to do it too.