Wolfgang Steiert ends
work with Russian team After the weak performances at the Olympic
Winter Games in Vancouver, head coach Wolfgang Steiert
will end his work with the skijumpers from Russia.
[more]
26.02.2010
Nordic Combined: America's
Bill Demong wins Nordic Combined gold Olympic veteran Bill Demong capped the United
States' impressive Nordic Combined campaign at the
Vancouver Games by winning the large hill gold medal
on Thursday. Fellow American Johnny Spillane took
silver, his third of the Games, with Austria's Bernhard
Gruber claiming bronze. Two days after anchoring
the US to silver in the team event, Demong becomes
the United States' first ever Olympic Nordic champion.
Spillane was second in the normal hill event behind
Frenchman Jason Lamy-Chappuis and also won silver
in the team event on Tuesday. [more]
23.02.2010
Ski jumping (Team): Austrian
'Eagles' soar to success Austria's invincible ski-jumpers soared to a
convincing Olympic gold medal on Monday in the team
event for a record-tying fifth consecutive title
at major competitions.
Young gun Gregor Schlierenzauer just managed to
stay on his skis in the final jump of the day to
lead the 'Eagles' to victory over Germany and Norway.
They scored 1107.9 points - the highest in Olympic
team history - to Germany's 1035.8 and Norway's
1030.2.
"I feel so fantastic. It is a dream..."
[more]
21.02.2010
Ammann captures historic
fourth career gold
Switzerland's Simon Ammann conquered his nerves
to win the Olympic Games large hill title on Saturday
and become the first ski jumper in history to win
four individual golds. Ammann, who pulled off the
double in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, also won
the 2010 normal hill title last Saturday. The 28-year-old
recorded jumps of 144m and 138m for a total of 283.6
points to beat off Poland's Adam Malysz (137m and
133.5m for 269.4pts) and Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer
(130.5m and 136m for 262.2pts).
It was the same podium as last week's normal hill.
[more]
15.02.2010
Lamy-Chappuis gives France
combined gold
Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France won the gold medal
in Sunday's Olympic Games Nordic Combined with American
Johnny Spillane taking silver and Italian Alessandro
Pittin the bronze. The American-born Lamy-Chappuis
held off Spillane in a thrilling dash for the line
to give the French contingent their second gold
of the day after Vincent Jay won the men's biathlon
sprint. Lamy-Chappuis had it all still to do as
he stood fifth following the morning ski jump section
which saw Finland's Janne Ryyaenen throw down an
early gauntlet. But the Frenchman, five World Cup
wins and nine podiums this season, dug deep as the
23-year-old emulated Fabrice Guy, who won the title
on home snow at Albertville 18 years ago.
14.02.2010
Ammann magic as Swiss
land gold again
The legend lives on after Swiss ski-jump superstar
Simon Ammann won gold in the normal hill on Saturday
to clinch the first precious metal of the 2010 Olympic
Winter Games.
"This is my third Olympic gold medal, it's
insane. I have no words for this, it's crazy,"
said the 28-year-old, who pulled of a golden double
at the Salt Lake Games eight years ago to earn the
nickname Harry Potter, the young wizard he resembles.
[more]
10.02.2010
First training - everyone
satisfied
The first training for the normal hill competition
took place on Wednesday at the Whistler Olympic
Park. Under slight snowfall, later sleet, the Olympians
very extremely relaxed and happy about the atmosphere
at the XXI. Olympic Winter Games. The Norwegian
were positively surprised by the Olympic Village
and showed good jumps, first and foremost Anders
Jacobsen. After the first training jumps he has
to be considered a favorite for Saturday's competition.
[more]
03.12.2009
À BIG CAREER STARTED HERE
A 16-year-old jumper from Austria if third after
the first round. It's his first appearance in the
World Cup. The great Adam Malysz, a four-time World
Champion, three-time overall World Cup winner, 4-Hills-Tournament
winner, is in the lead. But the 16-year-old does
not care. He shows a 137 m jump, farther than the
competition, and celebrates his first ever victory
in the World Cup. This 16-year-old shooting star
is Gregor Schlierenzauer and almost exactly three
years ago he won his first World Cup competition
- and that in Lillehammer. [more]
16.11.2009
Registration deadline
for 1st Winter Masters Games extended until 25th
December
More than 2'000 athletes from 42 countries have
already registered to participate in the World Winter
Masters Games in Bled (SLO) from 25th-31st January
2010. As of now, more than 500 alpine skiers, 400
cross-country skiers, 200 ski jumpers, 100 biathletes
and over 30 ice hockey teams have registered to
have an ‘Olympic' style experience, tailored for
recreational athletes. [more]
27.03.2009
VASILIEV: SKI FLYING IS
FASCINATING
The leader of the Russian ski jumping team, main
sensation of the season Dmitry Vasiliev talked to
Sport Express.
The achievements of the Russian national team in
general and our leader in particular let us think
this winter became the best in the history of Russian
ski jumping sport. "I am very happy that I
managed to get into the top six ski jumpers of the
World Cup campaign," said Vasiliev. "I
had to work very hard to have such a fruitful display.
And now coaches and supporters congratulate me."
"The coming year is an Olympic year. And it
is no secret for anybody that all sportsmen want
to become Olympic champions. I am not an exception
and hope to fulfil my dream." [more]
06.02.2009
VASILIEV: MY MAIN MISTAKE
– SKI JUMPING
The leader of the Russian
national ski jumping team Dmitry Vasiliev gave an
interview to Sport Express.
The 29-year old sportsman is a remarkable person.
Not least because he became the first ski jumper
in the history who was suspended for dopó using:
in 2001 he was caught on furosemide, medicine for
weight cutting. And this season Dmitry has already
managed to be the craze, having displayed very well
at the oldest European tournament – Four Hills Tour,
where he twice got to the pedestal. Dmitry is currently
number seven in the standings of the World Cup but
it is not his limit, he is planning to get into
the six best till the end of the season. And now
he prepares to the World Cup that is to take place
in the second half of February. [more]
12.01.2009
PAGES OF OLD PHOTO ALBUM
December 20, 1964. The Traditional competitions
on prize F. E. Dzerzhinsky. Perm - sport.klub "Flying
skier". [more]
06.01.2009
Flying toward 2010 Lodwick's comeback helps Americans produce nordic
combined dream team for Vancouver Games
There are still 401 days to go before the Vancouver
Winter Olympics, but a small, devoted following
for one of America's most obscure sports — nordic
combined — can hardly wait. Led by world championships
silver medalist Bill Demong and aided by the return
from retirement of Steamboat Springs native Todd
Lodwick, the U.S. Ski Team figures to be a prime
contender to win its first Olympic medal in the
sport. That might not be a hot topic on the 16th
Street Mall, but in Steamboat and the other outposts
where the exceedingly old-school sport is practiced
— Lake Placid, N.Y., and Park City, Utah — it's
epic. [more]
17.12.2008
Lodwick wins despite weather American hops back on top after two-year hiatus
On a weekend when weather made it bad to be a ski
jumper, at least it was really good to be an American
at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic
Combined Continental Cup season-opener. With a weekend
full of wild weather, the American Continental Cup
ski-jumping team managed to make the best of a bad
situation, with Todd Lodwick winning the competition
on both days, despite canceled and delayed events.
[more]
06.12.2008
Moan wins Nordic combined
in Norway
Magnus Moan of Norway won a World Cup Nordic combined
event on his home trails Saturday while Bill Demong
of the United States finished fourth. Moan edged
Jason Lamy Chappuis of France by 0.7 seconds in
the 10-kilometer cross-country ski race, finishing
in 24 minutes, 49.6 seconds. Anssi Koivuranta of
Finland was third, 1.5 seconds back, and Demong
was 2.2 seconds behind. "It's great to win
on my home track," Moan said. [more]
27.11.2008
Nordic combined looks
to new format in post-Manninen era
Nordic combined skiing has undergone a complete
overhaul to raise its popularity but has lost its
superstar Hannu Manninen when the World Cup season
starts on Saturday. Manninen, 30, announced his
retirement in May, quitting after a poor 2007-08
season. He is the sport's most decorated athlete
with four World Cup trophies 2004-2007, a record
45 race wins, a sprint world title and team golds
at worlds and Olympics. The Finn will now watch
from the sidelines as the sport twinning ski-jumping
and cross-country skiing has changed face again
for popularity and television reasons. [more]
27.11.2008
World Cup kicks off
Steamboat Springs — It’s been eight long months
of training for the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team.
But on Saturday, the jumps and the results will
count as the World Cup tour returns for another
season. Steamboat’s Johnny Spillane and Alex Glueck
will join Bill Demong and Eric Camerota in representing
the American team at the first World Cup Nordic
combined event of the season in Kuusamo, Finland.
[more]
29.09.2008
Lodwick eyes return
The golden trees lining Strawberry Park hillsides
last week served as a reminder for Nordic combined
skier Todd Lodwick as he continued to train for
his return to the world stage. Lodwick hopes to
see Olympic gold in 2010. The four-time Olympian
from Steamboat Springs retired after the 2005-06
season, but last spring announced his intent to
return and pursue the Olympic medal that has eluded
him. On Thursday, he took a few minutes away from
a roller-skiing session to chat about his efforts
to return to international competition. [more]
21.09.2008
John F. Russell: No easy
task to simplify Nordic
When I purchase something at the store, I want to
rip open the box, pull the item out and start using
it. I’ve never been big on instructions. Normally,
I only read them when I run into a problem that
I can’t figure out by punching a button, flipping
a switch or asking a friend how it works. As this
winter creeps closer, it appears the International
Skiing Federation also likes things nice and easy.
It seems the FIS will simplify the sport of Nordic
combined by using a one-jump, 10-kilometer race
format during its planned stops this winter. [more]
29.08.2008
Ski jumpers find opportunity
in Norway
Taylor Fletcher, Brett Denney and Cliff Field left
for Lillehammer, Norway, last week in search of
opportunity. The three Steamboat Springs residents
are finding it. “This is an incredible opportunity,”
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club coach Todd
Wilson said. “Two weeks training alongside the national
team. It’s great for these young skiers, and it’s
a valuable experience.” [more]
26.08.2008
Lake Placid Hosts U.S.
Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships in
October
The 2009 U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships
will feature an added element of excitement as the
nation's finest nordic athletes compete on plastic
jumps and inline skates for the first time in championship
history this October in Lake Placid, the U.S. Ski
and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced. The
championships will take place Oct. 11th during the
town's annual Flaming Leaves Festival that coincides
with the Columbus Day holiday weekend and will have
athletes competing on dry land as opposed to snow.
[more]
24.12.2007
Morgenstern fails to win 7th
straight World Cup
Thomas Morgenstern failed to win a record seventh
straight event in World Cup ski jumping after finishing
third Sunday. The Olympic champion was beaten by
Andreas Kuettel of Switzerland, who won with jumps
of 125.5 and 136 metres in the large hill for 252.7
points. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer was second
with 248.9 points after jumps of 124.5 and 136.
Morgenstern came third with 124.5 and 135 meters
for 246.6 points, ending his bid to break the record
for most consecutive victories. [more]
14.09.2007
Indoor Ski Jumping facility
project in Finland
Ylitornio in Finnish Lapland is trying to develop
plans to become the first venue to stage indoor
Ski Jumping competitions. The municipality presented
the results of an eight-month long feasibility study
to the representatives of the Finnish Ski Association
on Tuesday. The innovative plan calls for building
three hills side-by-side, a Ski Flying hill (K 185)
enabling jumps of up to 250 meters, a large hill
(K 120) with jumps of approx. 140 m, and a normal
hill (K 90). [more]
25.03.2007
Polish Malysz takes overall
ski-jumping World Cup title
Polish ski-jumper Adam Malysz took the overall ski-jumping
World Cup title on Sunday, by securing his third
consecutive victory in the season finale at the
Planica flying hill in Slovenia.
With the second round of jumps cancelled due to
heavy snowing, the 29-year-old Malysz won with his
first-round effort of 220 meters, which gave him
a score of 215 points, three points ahead of his
closest rival, Simon Ammann (217.5 m; 212 pts) of
Switzerland, the Slovenian national news agency
STA reported.
Third place went to Martin Koch of Austria, who
jumped 216.5 meters for a score of 211.8 points.
With the closure of the season after Sunday's meet,
Malysz held on to his 66-point lead in the overall
standings in the World Cup by beating his closest
challenger Anders Jacobsen of Norway. Jacobsen was
8th with a score of 202 points from a jump of 208
meters.
A total of 70 competitors from 18 countries, including
11 Slovenians, joined the meet in Planica, which
also holds the record for the world's longest jump
of 239 meters, achieved by Norway's Bjoern Einar
Romoeren in 2005.
18.03.2007
Ammann wins, Jacobsen leads
OSLO, Norway — Simon Ammann of Switzerland won a
large hill ski jumping competition at Holmenkollen
on Sunday, and Anders Jacobsen of Norway took the
overall World Cup lead with a seventh-place finish.
Ammann jumped 118.5 meters for 121.8 points. The
second round was canceled because of strong winds.
Martin Koch of Austria was second with 113.9 points
after jumping 115.5 meters, and Matti Hautamaki
of Finland was third with 110.4 meters after reaching
113 meters. Jacobsen leads the overall standings
with 1,167 points, 14 ahead of Adam Malysz of Poland.
Ammann is now third with 975 points. After winning
the last three meets, Malysz was 54th. The World
Cup season ends next weekend with three ski flying
competitions at Planica, Slovenia. [more]
10.03.2007
American Demong wins Nordic
combined event
Bill Demong of the United States won a World Cup
Nordic combined race in Lahti on Friday, his first
victory in five years. Demong, who won silver last
week at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in
Sapporo, Japan, was 10th after the jumping and dominated
the 15-kilometer cross-country race to win in 39
minutes, 31.9 seconds. Demong jumped 120.5 and 121
meters and beat Germany's Sebastian Haseney by 6.6
seconds and World Cup leader Hannu Manninen by 15.6.
It was his second career win after a victory in
Liberec, Czech Republic, in 2002. "The ski
jumping was the crucial point to get a decent start,"
Demong said. "My cross country skiing is really
stable. and I can rely on that. Now, two decent
jumps put me ahead of most of the dangerous guys,
and that was the crucial difference between finishing
fourth or worse, or on the podium." /
USA
TODAY
03.03.2007
Awesome Malysz jumps to
gold The final resultAdam Malysz crushed the field
on the normal hill at Sapporo to win the fourth
World Championship gold of his career. The Pole
produced the best jump in both rounds to take the
title by over 20 points, with his efforts of 102.0m
and 99.5m dwarfing the next best jump of the day
which was a 96.5m effort from Simon Ammann. The
Swiss man went on to take silver to add to the gold
medal he won on the big hill earlier in the Championship.
Thomas Morgenstern took the bronze, but World Cup
king pins Andres Jacobsen (seventh) and Gregor Schlierenzauer
(eight) were off the pace. The victory makes up
for Malysz previous disappointments at the championships.
He finished fourth on the big hill, and then also
just missed out on a medal in the team event when
his Polish team finished fifth. /
03.03.2007
Steady Ackermann grabs gold Ronny Ackermann profileRonny Ackermann was
a model of consistency in men's 15km Individual
Gundersen World Championship event, as he took gold
in Sapporo. The German was fifth after the two
ski jumps, before he completed the cross-country
course in the eight best time, which saw him cross
first ahead of Bill Demong and Anssi Koivuranta.
World Cup leader Hannu Manninen produced the best
cross country performance of the competition but
he left himself with far too much to do after the
ski-jumping stage when he was only 24th. It was
Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis who lead after the
ski-jumping thanks to jumps of 96.0m and 99.5m,
but he couldn't cope with the pace when it came
to the skiing and finished way down in 17th. Ackermann
would eventually finish 8.5 seconds ahead of Bill
Demong, with the American have moved up from eight
in the ski-jumping stage. Koivuranta was the second
best jumper, but was just pipped on the line for
silver by Demong. There was then a big gap of over
50 seconds to Austria's Christoph Bieler who was
fourth, while his countryman Felix Gottwald was
fifth. Norway's Magnus Moan, currently second in
the World Cup standings, could only finish 10th.
/
25.02.2007
Ausria win team title
Olympic champions Austria added the world championship
title to their collection winning the team event
in Sapporo as hosts Japan took the bronze medal
behind Norway.
25.02.2007
Manninen wins 2nd gold at
Nordic Worlds
Hannu Manninen won his second gold medal of the
Nordic World Ski Championships, anchoring Finland
to the gold medal in the Nordic combined team 20-kilometer
event on Sunday. Manninen, who won his first individual
gold medal on Friday in the 7.5-kilometer sprint,
surged ahead of Germany's Bjorn Kircheisen on the
final leg of the cross-country race to ensure another
gold for Finland. Finland finished with a time of
49 minutes, 14.9 seconds — 28.4 seconds ahead of
Germany. Norway took the bronze a further 1:12.0
back. Germany's No. 3 skier Tino Edelmann gave his
team a brief lead heading into the final leg but
Manninen was too strong for Kirscheisen, who finished
third in the sprint event. Finland started the cross-country
race with a 0.39-second lead after Manninen and
his teammates combined to lead the ski jumping portion.
After failing to win a single individual gold medal
in the Olympics or world championships, Manninen,
who has dominated the World Cup over the past three
years, is making an impressive showing in the 2007
meet. / By JIM ARMSTRONG, AP Sports
24.02.2007
Ammann holds nerve Ammann only won courtesy of his excellent style
points, having actually travelled less far than
Olli over the two jumps. Roar Ljoekelsoey mounted
the bottom step of the podium for Norway in front
of an enthusiastic night-time crowd. But the home
fans left somewhat disappointed as the leading Japanese
jumper - Shohhei Tochimoto - came in only 16th.
Poland's Adam Malysz came fourth, Thomas Morgenstern
fifth and Janne Ahonen sixth as all three men held
their positions from the first jump. This season's
revelation, Gregor Schlierenzauer, was also disappointing,
barely cracking the top 10. Matti Hautamaeki also
suffered, with a second jump of just 116.5 seeing
him slump to 18th. /
23.02.2007
Manninen finally claims
world nordic skiing title
Dominant Finn Hannu Manninen finally landed his
first world title with a thrilling photo-finish
victory over Norway's Magnus Moan in the Nordic
combined sprint here on Friday. Manninen has long
been a leading force in nordic combined events and
with 50 World Cup victories is out on his own in
terms of success, but he had always missed out on
the top prize. "It's incredible because this
title has been my goal and my dream for many years,"
said the Finn. [more]
12.02.2007
Schlierenzauer shines for
Austria in Willingen
Austria won the Large Hill Team event at Willingen
on Sunday afternoon thanks to a final jump of 141
metres from Gregor Schlierenzauer. The Austrians
finished the day with a total points score of 998.4,
ahead of Norway in second place (990.5), and Germany
in third (931.8). Schlierenzauer's jump was enough
to see off the challenge from final Norwegian jumper
Roar Ljoekelsoey, whose effort of 138.5 metres was
not enough to catch the Austrian team. Distances
of 140.5 metres from Wolfgang Loitzl and 140 metres
from Andreas Kofler also contributed to Austria's
victory. Anders Jacobsen landed the longest jump
of the day, a distance of 147 metres with his second
jump for the Norwegian team, but it proved not enough.
Michael Uhrmann landed third-placed Germany's longest
jump with a leap of 142 metres. /
11.02.2007
Jacobsen back with a bang
World Cup leader Anders Jacobsen returned to ski
jump action on Saturday by winning his fourth World
Cup event of the season on the big hill at Willingen.
The Norwegian produced jumps of 148.0m and 139.0m
for a total of 283.1 points which saw him ease to
victory ahead of home favourite Michael Uhrmann.
[more]
08.02.2007
Austrian Schlierenzauer
wins ski jumping World Cup
Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer claimed his fifth
ski jumping World Cup victory of the season after
producing the longest jump of the day in the first
heat. Following his impressive first jump of 142.5
meters, Schlierenzauer had a solid second effort
of 138.5 to seal the victory on the large hill in
Klingenthal, Germany with 289.8 points. Former Olympic
champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland had a jump
of 141.5 in the second series but had to settle
for second place overall after a first effort of
134.5 and a total 280.3 points. Adam Malysz of Poland
took third place at 272.1 points after jumps of
137.5 and 134.5. Schlierenzauer cut the gap to overall
World Cup leader Anders Jacobsen of Norway to 86
points. The Norwegian, who leads with 987 points,
skipped the meet.
05.02.2007
Female ski jumpers launch
official complaint
VANCOUVER - The federal government must be forced
to pressure the International Olympic Committee
to include women's ski-jumping in the 2010 Winter
Olympic Games in Vancouver - or fund a parallel
event for the female sport, says a complaint to
the federal human-rights arbiter. [more]
04.02.2007
Adam Malysz
Malysz wins second ski jumping
World Cup event
TITISEE-NEUSTADT, Germany (AP) - Adam Malysz of
Poland used a strong second leap Sunday to win his
second ski jumping World Cup event in as many days.
After tying the hill record with a leap of 145.0
metres Saturday, Malysz jumped 134.5 on his second
go-around to win his 32nd World Cup meet with 257.7
points. Austrian teenager Gregor Schlierenzauer
ended is slump by finishing second with 245.7 points,
while Dmitri Vassilyev of Russia was third with
242.4. Anders Jacobsen of Norway finished fourth
and retained his lead in the World Cup standings
after 15 of 23 events with 987 points. Schlierenzauer
is second with 801 points and Malysz third with
757. /
04.02.2007
Zakopane NC: Kirchelsen
wins worlds tuneup
ZAKOPANE, Poland — Germany's Bjoern Kircheisen led
the jumping and went on to win a nordic combined
World Cup sprint event Sunday. No Americans competed
in the final weekend of World Cup action before
the World Championships. Earlier, in the conclusion
of a rare World Cup doubleheader involving the end
of an event that started Saturday, World Cup leader
and defending three-time champion Hannu Manninen
of Finland led the 10-kilometer race and held on
to win a mass-start combined event — the 45th win
of his career — with teammate Jaakko Tallus second.
The jumping Saturday was postponed until Sunday
morning because of winds and heavy snowfall. In
the second event Sunday, Kircheisen led the lone
round of jumping, starting 59 seconds ahead of Manninen,
who was 21st in jumping. The German won by 15.7
seconds with Manninen second and Norway's Magnus
Moan third. /
03.02.2007
Malysz wins as German duo
crash
Adam Malysz continued his World Cup fightback by
claiming his second win of the season at Titisee-Neustadt.
The 29-year-old Pole jumped 138m and 145m to record
a score of 293.8 and beat runner-up Andreas Kofler,
of Austria, but 8.5 points and move up to places
to third in the overall standings. World Cup leader
Anders Jacobsen actually extended his already sizeable
advantage by finishing third, as his closest rival,
17-year-old Gregor Schlirenzauer, could only manage
eighth. But while Malysz grabbed the plaudits, much
of the attention was on German duo Martin Schmitt
and Michael Uhrmann, both of whom fell spectacularly
and required medical attention afterwards. The jumpers
tackle the large hill on Sunday.
31.01.2007
Jumper may return to slopes
JAN Mazoch, who crashed during a ski jumping world
cup competition in Poland nine days ago, has woken
from an artificially induced coma and is likely
to ski again, medical officials said overnight.
"Doctors see no reason why Jan Mazoch can't
return to ski jumping if his rehab goes as expected,"
hospital spokeswoman Anna Niedzwiedzka said. Mazoch
was scheduled to be released from hospital on Wednesday,
and would be flown to Prague, Niedzwiedzka said.
The Czech was knocked unconscious after falling
in the competition at Zakopane, in southern Poland,
on January 20. Doctors put him into an artificial
coma to limit damage to his brain. /
29.01.2007
Uhrmann jumps to victory
GERMANY'S Michael Uhrmann ended a three year barren
spell with victory in the second world cup ski-jumping
event in Oberstdorf, Germany, overnight. Uhrmann
jumps to victory From correspondents in Oberstdorf,
Germany's Michael Uhrmann ended a three year barren
spell with victory in the second world cup ski-jumping
event in Oberstdorf, Germany, overnight. With jumps
of 140.5 metres and 129 metres, Uhrmann finished
ahead of Norway's Anders Jacobsen and Andrea Morassi,
who gave Italy its first podium finish in seven
years. Jacobsen, in his first season at this level,
consolidated his position at the head of the overall
standings almost 200 points clear of Austria's Gregor
Schlierenzauer, who was 10th in Oberstdorf. /
27.01.2007
Malysz wins in Oberstdorf
Adam Malysz profileAdam Malysz produces two solid
jumps to secure his first World Cup victory of the
season at Oberstdorf. The experienced Pole delivered
jumps of 132.5m and 137.0m which were the second
and third best jumps in their respective rounds.
Austria's Thomas Morgentstern was leading after
the first jump after a 134m effort, but his second
effort of 131.5m was only 10th best. Michael Uhrmann
gave the home crowd something to cheer, taking third
with 258.9 points after jumps of 121.5m and 134.0m
to register the first podium placing by a German
ski-jumper this season. Teen sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer
was fourth, while Russia's Dmitry Vassiliev was
fifth. World Cup leader Anders Jacobsen could only
finish sixth, but he is still over 100 points ahead
of Schlierenzauer. Third placed Simon Ammann however,
had a poor day as he could only finish in 17th.
Malysz moves up to fifth in the overall standings
after his win. / Eurosport.com
22.01.2007
Olympics Are Still a Dream
for Female Ski Jumpers
Starting with the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,
British Columbia, both men and women will win medals
in ski cross, a somewhat gladiatorial freestyle
event that was conceived in the 1990s. But ski jumping,
which has been an Olympic event since the first
Winter Games in 1924, will remain a stag party —
unless a discrimination complaint achieves its objective.
[more]
22.01.2007
High winds end ski jump
THE World Cup nordic combined event, scheduled here
overnight, was cancelled because of bad weather
conditions. The ski jump started but was stopped,
after the first 27 athletes had competed, due to
high winds. Austria's Felix Gottwald won Saturday's
event here ahead of France's Jason Lamy-Chappuis
and Magnus Moan from Norway.
21.01.2007
Nordic combined World Cup
cancelled
SEEFELD, Austria (AP) - A Nordic combined World
Cup event was cancelled Sunday due to heavy winds
and rain. The event started but as weather conditions
worsened, organizers called it off after 28 of 43
athletes completed ski jumps. The format was changed
from an individual race (two jumps, 15-kilometre
cross-country race) to a shorter sprint race (one
jump, 7.5-kilometre cross-country race), but a restart
was postponed several times before the race was
canceled.
21.01.2007
Urbanc triumphs in hazardous
winds as Mazoch hospitalised
ZAKOPANE, Poland - Slovene Rok Urbanc won his first
World Cup ski jumping title as high winds cut short
the competition after a serious crash involving
Czech Jan Mazoch. Urbanc led after the first round
of jumps with a leap of 136m, ahead of Norway's
Roar Ljoekelsoey (135.3m) and Finn Matti Hautamaki
(131.5m). [more]
20.01.2007
Austria's Gottwald wins
20th World Cup nordic combined title
SEEFELD, Austria (AP) - Felix Gottwald of Austria
won his 20th career World Cup title Saturday at
a nordic combined sprint. The 31-year-old Olympic
champion, ranked fifth after the ski jumping discipline,
won in 21 minutes 3.2 seconds. [more]
17.01.2007
Hill switch in Oberstdorf
The ski flying competition in Oberstdorf next weekend
will take place on the jumping hill. There is a
lack of snow on the flying hill. Sunday's ski flying
competition in Vikersund was cancelled because of
unfavourable wind. Four Hills champion Anders Jacobsen
had continued his hot streak on Saturday by winning
the opening World Cup event of the season on the
flying hill. / eurosport.com
14.01.2007
Finland wins team sprint
event
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy: Hannu Manninen, Anssi Koivuranta,
Jaakko Tallus and Ville Kaehkoenen led Finland to
victory Sunday in a Nordic combined World Cup team
sprint event. Fourth after the ski jumping, the
four Finns rallied in the 4x5-kilometer cross-country
race to finish in 50 minutes, 58 seconds, 10.5 ahead
of Austria I. "It was a good race from all
of us today and the jumping was good," Manninen
said. "The time difference between us and the
leading Austrians was not too big so we hoped we
could be either second or first." The Austrian
quartet of Christoph Bieler, Bernhard Gruber, Felix
Gottwald and Mario Stecher led Finland by 37 seconds
going into the cross-country race. Havard Klemetsen,
Espen Rian, Petter L. Tande and Magnus-H. Moan of
Norway were third, 49.1 seconds back.
/AP
13.01.2007
Jacobsen keeps flying Four Hills champion Anders Jacobsen continued
his hot streak, claiming his first-ever ski flying
win with a victory on home snow at Vikersund, Norway
on Saturday. [more]
13.01.2007
Bieler Wins Nordic Combined
In Austrian One-two
Austrian Christoph Bieler beat compatriot Felix
Gottwald to win the Nordic combined World Cup event
in Val di Fiemme Saturday... [more]
13.01.2007
Snow drain could be Norge’s
gain
FOX RIVER GROVE – Scott Smith was five days away
from taking off for Finland when he got the news.
The Nordic country didn’t have enough snow to accommodate
ski jumping. [more]
08.01.2007
Ski jumping hero home again
Young Anders Jacobsen landed back in Oslo on Monday,
after landing some spectacular ski jumps that won
him the world's most prestigious title in his sport
over the weekend. [more]
06.01.2007
Jacobsen takes Four Hills
title
Norway's Anders Jacobsen won the most prestigious
title in ski jumping, the Four Hills after finishing
second behind Gregor Schlierenzauer. [more]
06.01.2007
Gottwald claims Oberstdorf
win
Austria’s Felix Gottwald took his first victory
of the season in the 15 kilometre Nordic Combined
competition in Oberstdorf. [more]
04.01.2007
Jacobsen spoils Austrian
party
Andreas Jacobsen denied Austria's Thomas Morgenstern
a home victory at Innsbruck, winning the third of
the Four Hills events by 1.1 points. [more]
03.01.2007
Finland wins team sprint
event
RUHPOLDING, Germany: Hannu Manninen and Anssi Koivuranta
led Finland to victory in a Nordic combined World
Cup team sprint event Wednesday. Third after the
ski jumping, the two Finns dominated the 2x7.5-kilometer
cross-country to finish in 31 minutes, 22.5 seconds,
8.2 ahead of Germany's Ronny Ackermann and Sebastian
Haseney. Austria's Mario Stecher and Christoph Biehler
were third, 37.2 seconds back. France's Maxime Laheurte
and Jason Lamy-Chappuis, who led after the ski jumping,
were fourth, 45 seconds behind the winners.
02.01.2007
Welcome return to podium
for Matti Hautamaki
Sunday saw the second round of the traditional Four
Hills ski-jumping tournament, always held at the
turn of the year. It was also a farewell of sorts...
[more]
01.01.2007
Weather benefits Kuettel
Andi Kuettel's top first jump was good enough to
win the second of the Four Hills when Garmisch's
second round was cancelled due to weather. [more]
30.12.2006 Austrian teenager Schlierenzauer soars to win
first Four Hills ski jump
OBERSTDORF, Austrian teenager Gregor Schlierenzauer
won the first event in the Four Hills ski jumping
calendar ahead of Switzerland's Andreas Kuettel
and Adam Malysz of Poland. More ››
30.12.2006 Manninen back on top
Three-time defending World Cup champion Hannu Manninen
claimed his first victory of the season at Ruhpolding's
15-km Gundersen on Saturday. More ››
30.12.2006 Four Hills: The programme
Check out the full race programme for the 55th edition
of the Four Hills tournament, starting on Saturday
in Oberstdorf. More ››
29.12.2006
Simon Ammann - Ski-jumping's Harry Potter - Returns
To Form
The Harry Potter novels are coming to an end in
2007 while the ski-jumper nicknamed after the famous
character can complete an unexpected comeback next
year. Simon Ammann became the toast of the 2002
Salt Lake City Olympics when he won double gold
in his sport at age 19 - his looks swiftly earning
him the Harry Potter nickname. More ››
29.12.2006 Women Ski Jumping
The International Olympic Committee can be a baffling
organization.At their recent meeting in Kuwait,
they voted to allow Olympics competition in an obscure
new sport called ski cross, while denying deserving
women the opportunity of competing in the traditional
winter sport of ski jumping. Never mind few have
ever heard of ski cross, while scores of talented
women across the world compete regularly in internationally
sanctioned ski jumping events! More ››
28.12.2006 Schonach cancelled The Nordic Combined World Cup competition in
Schonach (GER), 06.01.2007 is cancelled due to lack
of snow and warm temperatures. Information about
a possible replacement will follow on Saturday,
30th December 2006. / Eurosport.com
27.12.2006 Norway leave Lars home
Olympic champion Lars Bystoel was one of three notable
absences for the Norwegian team heading into the
Four Hills opener at Oberstdorf. More ››
25.12.2006 New russian results
On a site in section RESULTS
are published reports of 3rd and 4th stages of the
Russia Cup (in Russian).
21.12.2006 Druml soars to World Cup Nordic Combined B title
LAKE PLACID — Austria’s Tomaz Druml skied and jumped
his way to victory Wednesday in the Lamb Lumber
FIS World Cup B Nordic Combined competition held
at Whiteface Mountain and the MacKenzie Intervale
Jump Complex. The event, which featured an international
field of 51 competitors, began early in the morning
with a 10-kilometer mass start cross country ski
race at Whiteface and concluded with two rounds
of jumping on Intervale’s 90-meter hill. More ››
20.12.2006 Oberhof cancelled
World Cup CalendarNext week's World Cup event in
Oberhof has been cancelled due to lack of snow and
warm temperatures. But FIS remain hopeful of staging
a replacement event. A 15km Gundersen had been scheduled
for the 30th at the German venue. / Eurosport.com
19.12.2006 FIS World Cup event opens Wednesday in Lake Placid
The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority
will host the 2006 Lamb Lumber FIS World Cup Nordic
Combined “B”, Dec. 20-21 at the Olympic Ski Jumping
Complex and Whiteface Mountain. A lack of snow at
Mount Van Hoevenberg forced ORDA to move cross country
ski segments of the competition to Whiteface. More
than 59 athletes from 11 nations are scheduled to
compete in Lake Placid. More ››
19.12.2006 Four Hills Trophy ski jumps on track
Four Hills Trophy organisers have said that this
year's ski-jumping classics would go ahead despite
a lack of snow in the Alps. More ››
17.12.2006 Moan reclaims World Cup lead
Magnus Moan recaptured the lead in the World Cup
standings by winning a Nordic combined sprint Sunday.
The 23-year-old Norwegian won the 7.5-kilometer
sprint race in 16 minutes, 53.3 seconds, beating
Jason Lamy Chappuis of France by 0.7 seconds. Ronny
Ackermann of Germany finished third, 1.2 seconds
behind Moan. More ››
17.12.2006 Jacobsen dominates in Engelberg
Engelberg resultsNorway's Anders Jacobsen preserved
his first round lead to seal his first-ever World
Cup victory in the large hill at Engelberg on Sunday.
The 21-year-old produced a second round leap of
137.5 metres, the second biggest jump of the round,
to lengthen his lead from the morning and give him
a final total of 280.9 points, over 14 points clear
of Simon Amman in second. More ››
16.12.2006 Bieler wins second straight race
Austria's Christoph Bieler won the ski jumping discipline
Saturday for his second straight World Cup Nordic
combined victory. The 29-year-old Bieler, who also
won the sprint event in Lillehammer two weeks ago,
finished 17th in the mass sprint and then led the
jumping portion for a total of 265 points. Finland's
Anssi Koivuranta was second with 263.7 points, and
France's Maxime Laheurte was third with 253.0. More ››
16.12.2006 Teen ace on song again
Teenage sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer claimed
his second World Cup victory of the season with
a sensational leap in Engelberg. The Swiss 16-year-old
delighted the home crowd by soaring 140.5m in the
second round - easily the longest leap of the day.
Schlierenzauer lay just sixth after the first round,
but went six points clear of Norway's Anders Jacobsen,
who managed just 129m in the second round. More ››
13.12.2006
Still waiting for winter in Europe
With the winter still taking its time to settle
in, changes continued to be necessary in some FIS
World Cup calendars while others are progressing
right on schedule. There is good snow in La Clusaz
(FRA) for the first period’s last Viessmann FIS
World Cup Cross-Country events scheduled for this
weekend. There is also plenty of snow in Engelberg
where the e.on ruhrgas FIS World Cup Ski Jumping
is continuing according to the calendar. The Warsteiner
FIS World Cup Nordic Combined races in Ramsau (AUT)
– a mass start and a hurricane sprint – will also
go ahead as planned. More ››
08.12.2006 Women skiers are underrated
The International Olympic Committee's vote to deny
women the right to leap off ski jumps in the 2010
Olympics was, to me, one of those surprising but
not unexpected decisions. It seemed like the right
thing to do, so why should we be surprised at the
IOC doing the wrong thing? It's happened before.
There are, after all, only two events in the Olympics
— ski jumping and nordic combined — without a division
for women. So why go with something so traditional
in winter sports as ski jumping and go with something
with a real history like skicross? More ››
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