03.12.2009

А 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 dopу 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]