Sara Takanashi pledged to pull out all the stops to become the first woman to win a Winter Olympic ski jumping gold medal after arriving in Sochi in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Women's ski jumping will make its Olympic debut here and Takanashi has arrived in Russia with confidence high after winning consecutive World Cup events in Austria last weekend, setting a record for the most women's World Cup victories in a single season in the process.

"I want to give my best performance," said the 17-year-old Takanashi. "I am aiming for that (the gold medal) but first of all I want to make sure I am on top of each and every thing."