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
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]
