Summer Grand Prix
Permregion, especially Chaikovsky make preparations
for Summer Grand-Prix (Men, Ladies) on the 5-6th
of September.
At this moment OC has got entry forms from 12 countries,
they are Germany, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Russia,
Slovenia, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland,
South Korea and Japan. Totally there are more than
70 athletes (men and ladies). Names of athletes
we will know on 25th of August. We hope to see in
Chaikovsky stars of world Ski Jumping.
Unfortunately, the both national teams of Austria
(men and ladies) have officially announced that
they will not take part in competitions in Chaikovsky,
as well as the national team of Canada.
OC has agreed programs of both competition days,
viewers will see the first competition among males,
and after a short break the Lady�s teams will start.
The channel "Eurosport 2" will show in a live competition
among men. Female start will be broadcast previously
by Russian channel "Match TV" also in a live.
We are all pleased to invite you to Chaikovsky to
see a nice jumps. Well, those who can not come,
necessarily include "Eurosport 2" and watch the
competitions on TV.
02.04.2015
Kornilov and Vassiliev
new Russian Champions
The Russian National Championships of ladies and
men were held in Chaikowsky last week. [read more]
05.02.2015
Next Gold for Tikhonova
About a week after her win at the European Youth
Olympic Festival in Tschagguns (AUT), Sofia Tikhonova
won her next Gold medal in Almaty. The 16-year-old
Russian won the competition with two jumps on 95.5
m and 227.5 points. "I'm very happy about this Gold
medal. I like this venue because I feel comfortable
here and it's not the first time that I'm jumping
on this hill", said the new Junior World Champion. [read more]
01.02.2015
Zografski and Avvakumova
win Gold at the Universiade
The ski jumping competitions of this year's Winter
Universiade were held this week in Strbske Pleso
(SVK). [read more]
15.12.2014
W. Hofer: "Nizhny
Tagil was a great experience"
The first Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil
is history, and it was a good debut for the Russian
Organizer. This is the unanimous opinion of athletes
and officials after the two competitions this past
weekend. [read more]
14.12.2014
First win this season
for Severin Freund
Severin Freund won the second individual competition
in Nizhny Tagil (RUS). Under changing wind conditions
the German posted a jump on 131.5 m and took his
first win this season. [read more]
13.12.2014
Anders Fannemel first
World Cup winner in Nizhny Tagil
Anders Fannemel took his first win in the World
Cup. At the World Cup premiere in Nizhny Tagil (RUS)
the Norwegian scored a total of 263.1 points with
132 m and 133 m and came in ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer
and Severin Freund. [read more]
12.12.2014
Jarkko Maeaettae wins
the qualification
Jarkko Maeaettae was the best in the qualification
for the first Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil
(RUS). The 19-year-old Finn won with a jump on 133
m and 129.5 points ahead of Jan Matura (CZE) and
Poland's Dawid Kubacki. [read more]
12.12.2014
Social Media Ticker: Welcome
to Russia
The new social media ticker on berkutschi.com gives
a weekly overview over the internet-activities of
the ski jumping stars. With a wink. [read more]
11.12.2014
Facts & Figures about
the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhniy Tagil
The ski jumping World Cup will visit Nizhniy Tagil
for the first time. Nizhniy Tagil is the 65th different
venue in World Cup history (men�s and women�s). [read more]
05.12.2014
Green light for Nizhniy
Tagil
The first World Cup in Nizhniy Tagil (RUS) got the
green light after the official snow control. [read more]
23.10.2014
Vitaliy Mutko: program-2018
is a development of program-2014
Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Vitaliy
Mutko signed an order �783, which confirmed �Complex
Program of preparation of Russian Athletes for the
Olympic and Paralympic Games 2018 in Pyeongchang-2018. [read more]
20.10.2014
Mikhail Maksimochkin wins
at Russian Nationals
About eight months after the last Olympic Winter
Games, the Russian national Championships were now
held on the hills in Sochi. Mikhail Maksimochkin
took both men's individual titles there on the past
days. [read more]
17.09.2014
Yahin and Nabeev Russian
summer national champions
The Russian summer national championships took place
in Chaikovskiy from the 12th to the 14th of September
a featured a competition from the normal hill with
a 7.5 kilometre run and another one on the large
hill with the classic 10 kilometre Gundersen-distance. [read more]
02.09.2014
Victories for Gladysheva
and Dolezelova in Frenstat Anastasiya Gladysheva and Michaela Dolezelova
won the FIS Cups in Frenstat this weekend. [read more]
31.08.2014
EYOF 2015 in Vorarlberg
and Liechtenstein
Besides World Cups, World Championships and Olympic
Games there are now numerous international events
within a short period of time. Young athletes have
the chance to participate in the Universiade and,
since 2012, also in the Youth Olympic Winter Games.
In addition there is also the European Youth Olympic
Festival. Here's more information about the EYOF. [read more]
30.08.2014
FIS Children's Grand Prix
ends on a high note
It was another successful day for the Finnish boys
at the FIS Children�s Grand Prix event in Oberstdorf
(GER). The Finns took four of the six podium places
in the two boys� divisions. It total, Finland had
eight athletes make the podium in the two days of
competition. [read more]
30.08.2014
Johannes Rydzek, the king
of summer!
Johannes Rydzek proved to be unbeatable this summer
and won all five competitions of the Summer Grand
Prix 2014, including today�s Final Individual Gundersen
with 2 rounds of jumping and 15 kilometres of roller-skiing.
With a perfect score of 400 points, he also took
the overall ahead of teammates Eric Frenzel and
Bjo"rn Kircheisen. [read more]
30.08.2014
COC: First win in three
years for Jure Sinkovec
Jure Sinkovec of Slovenia was the best on the second
day of the Continental Cup in Frenstat pod Radhostem,
Czech Republic and won in the "Jiri-Raska"-Ski
Jumping Center ahead of Jakub Janda and Pius Paschke. [read more]
30.08.2014
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz
is back on the hill
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz has returned to the hill
and was able to start ski jumping training again
this week after a break of several months due to
a knee injury. [read more]
30.08.2014
Lisa Demetz ended her
career
Italian Lisa Demetz has decided to end her career
in ski jumping. [read more]
29.08.2014
Markus Schiffner wins
COC premiere in Frenstat
This week a Continental Cup is held in Frenstat
pod Radhostem (CZE) for the first time. The premiere
on the facility, which was named after the Czech
ski jumping legend Jiri Raska, was won by Markus
Schiffner Friday afternoon. [read more]
29.08.2014
Anders Jacobsen works
on his comeback
Anders Jacobsen achieved his goal and was able to
return to the hill in August after he was recently
sidelined due to a knee injury. [read more]
29.08.2014
Vasja Bajc joins coaching
staff of US ladies' team
Women's Ski Jumping USA announced that Slovene Vasja
Bajc will be the new travel coach for the US National
Team. [read more]
29.08.2014
Germany sweeps podium
again
The summer of 2014 is developing into a showcase
period for the German Ski Federation: The first
competition in Oberstdorf saw a triple German victory
again. Local hero Johannes Rydzek had a start finish
victory, and enough time to cross the finish line
waving a German flag. He finished a whopping 41.2
seconds ahead of teammate Eric Frenzel who in turn
beat Bjo"rn Kircheisen for the second rank.
Kircheisen finished 47.3 seconds after Rydzek. [read more]
29.08.2014
Exciting ladies� premiere
at FIS Youth Cup
With exciting competitions in five different categories,
the first day of the FIS Youth Grand Prix in Oberstdorf
concluded with Finnish, Slovenian, Austrian and
German victories. [read more]
28.08.2014
Evgeniy Klimov rules on
Oberstdorf�s large hill
Russian jumping sensation Evgeniy Klimov has once
again proved he is the jumper to contend with when
it comes to jumping the large hills. Klimov took
the victory in today�s PCR with a great jump of
134.5 metres which meant 142.6 points and a 13-second
headstart for the roller-ski race should the PCR
have to be taken into account in case of difficult
wind conditions tomorrow. [read more]
28.08.2014
The big day for Ladies
Nordic Combined is here
The 28th of August, 2014 will probably go down into
the history books of Nordic Combined, marking the
first official training session for the first ever
international Ladies Nordic Combined competitions.
The 12th edition of the FIS Youth Grand Prix has
officially started at Oberstdorf this morning with
two rounds of jumping training and a joint lunch
for the over hundred participants from nine nations. [read more]
27.08.2014
Rydzek keeps on winning
in Villach
Johannes Rydzek continues on his summer winning
spree! After taking the Team Sprint together with
Eric Frenzel and the Individual Gundersen in Oberwiesenthal,
the 22-year-old also took the win at the Individual
Gundersen competition in Villach, Austria, today.
The German crossed the finish line a clear 13.1
seconds ahead of teammate Bjo"rn Kircheisen
and 20.2 seconds earlier than Slovenia�s Marjan
Jelenko. [read more]
26.08.2014
Youngster Rehrl takes
PCR at Villach
Austrian youngster Franz-Josef Rehrl has taken the
win at the Provisional Competition Round in Villach
today. In front of his home crowd, the 21-year old
jumped 95.5 metres which was enough to beat veteran
teammate Christoph Bieler who landed at 93 metres.
Czech Republic�s Tomas Portyk and Yoshito Watabe
from Japan shared rank three with jumps of 93 and
97.5 metres and a total point value of 125.5. [read more]
25.08.2014
�We want to spend time
with the little one!� Interview with Sebastien Lacroix
(FRA)
Some spectators at the FIS Summer Grand Prix 2014
might have missed French veteran Sebastien Lacroix.
The 31-year-old had a very good reason to stick
a little closer to home this summer: the birth of
his first child, a little boy called Evan. Nordic
Mag checked in with Lacroix to see how his summer
preparation was going. [read more]
24.08.2014
Outstanding Sjoeen wins
again in Hakuba
Phillip Sjoeen also won the second FIS Grand Prix
competition in Hakuba (JPN). Daniel-Andre Tande
completed the Norwegian double victory in second.
Slovenia's Jernej Damjan came in third. [read more]
24.08.2014
Germany sweeps podium
at Oberwiesenthal
Team Germany ruled supreme at today�s Individual
Gundersen competition in Oberwiesenthal with Johannes
Rydzek taking the win and Eric Frenzel and Bjo"rn
Kircheisen completing the podium on ranks two and
three. Rydzek put 3.7 seconds between himself and
local hero Eric Frenzel, Bjo"rn Kircheisen
finished 6.8 seconds after Rydzek. [read more]
23.08.2014
First win for Phillip
Sjoeen in Hakuba
Phillip Sjoeen of Norway won the first of two FIS
Grand Prix competitions in Hakuba, Japan. The 18-year-old
scored a total of 277.5 points with his jumps on
125 m and 131 m and came in six points ahead of
Slovenia's Jernej Damjan. [read more]
23.08.2014
Frenzel & Rydzek victorious
at SGP opener
Local hero Eric Frenzel and Johannes Rydzek have
taken the win at the first competition of the summer.
A Team Sprint was on schedule in Oberwiesenthal
today and the Germans proved to be unbeatable with
a finish time of 29.31.9. 7.5 seconds later, Team
Austria I (Christoph Bieler/Bernhard Gruber) claimed
the silver rank, the third place on the podium went
to Team Germany II (Tino Edelmann/Bjo"rn Kircheisen)
who finished 12.4 seconds after the winners. [read more]
22.08.2014
FIS Grand Prix 2014 -
Fourth stop Hakuba
The effort of the more than 20-hour trip in addition
to a time difference of 7 hours to Central Europe
is intense, but still Hakuba is worth it. For most
athletes, the trip to Japan, and to the city located
about 300 km northwest of Tokyo, takes about five
days, two of which are required for the trip. [read more]
22.08.2014
Marjan Jelenko wins first
PCR of the summer
Slovenia�s Marjan Jelenko, came, saw and conquered
the first Provisional Competition Round of the summer
of 2014. With a 100.5 metres and a total of 129.7
points, he beat Russian jumping sensation Evgeny
Klimov by hair�s breadth, or a point value of 0.1
points. With also 100.5 metres, Klimov and Jelenko
would start at the same time should the PCR have
to be used on this weekend. [read more]
20.08.2014
Norway nominates SGP 2014
team
The Norwegian Ski Federation has nominated five
athletes for the Summer Grand Prix 2014: Olympic
Champion Jurgen Graabak will start at the first
SGP stop of Oberwiesenthal together with his teammates
Haavard Klemetsen, Jan Schmid, Thomas Kjelbotn and
Magnus Krog. [read more]
19.08.2014
�I�m really excited to
finally have a home competition!�
It�s the last days before the Summer Grand Prix
2014, high time to check in with one half of last
year�s winning duo: Akito Watabe from Japan. In
TUESDAY TALK, the 26-year-old gives you a glimpse
into his busy life after Olympic silver, why he
won�t be competing in Europe this summer and how
excited he is to finally welcome all his other fellow
athletes to his home country of Japan. [read more]
17.08.2014
COC-M: Prevc and Zupancic
the best again
Like already on Saturday, the two Slovenes Cene
Prevc and Miran Zupancic were the best also in the
second Continental Cup competition in Kuopio, Finland. [read more]
17.08.2014
The heat is back on: SGP
2014 about to get under way
With not even one week left to the first competition
of the FIS Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix 2014,
it�s time to switch back into competition mode for
athletes, officials and fans alike. [read more]
16.08.2014
COC-M: Two Slovenes on
top
Kuopio (FIN) is, after Kranj and Wisla, the third
stop of the Continental Cup this summer. The first
competition on the famous hill at the Puijo ended
with a success for the strong Slovenian team. [read more]
15.08.2014
Great performances of
Stjernen and Team Norge
Andreas Stjernen won the FIS Grand Prix in Courchevel.
His teammate Phillip Sjoeen came in second and secured
the double victory for Norway. [read more]
15.08.2014
Ladies in the Spotlight:
Anna Berktold (GER)
It must have been one of the best pieces of news
ever for 15-year-old Anna Berktold: not only will
there be a future ahead for her as a girl in her
discipline of Nordic Combined after all but that
future will practically start in her backyard in
two weeks time. [read more]
14.08.2014
Return to the old competition
format
For now the FIS Grand Prix in Courchevel will be
the last l event carried out with the new competition
format. [read more]
13.08.2014
Eventful week for Nordic
Combined Norway
An eventful week cumulating in a big Norges Cup
weekend in and around Trondheim is past Nordic Combined
Norway�s athletes of all ages. As customary in summer,
it was time for the annual �Kombinertskole�. About
30 young athletes from 10 years upwards met up at
Trondheim for multiple days of jumping and roller-ski
training as well as competitions. [read more]
12.08.2014
FIS Cup on a high level
Although Hinterzarten is not on the calendar for
the FIS Grand Prix 2014, international ski jumping
competitions were also taking place on the "Adlerschanze"
this summer. A FIS Cup was held in the Black Forest
last weekend, and some well known names were participating
in the two ladies' and men's competitions. [read more]
11.08.2014
Close fight for the podium
at Russian Cup in Chaikovskiy
A really close fight for the available spots on
the podium ensued at the 3rd stage of the Russian
Cup in Chaikovskiy on the weekend. In the Team Sprint
competition, the win went to Team Bashkortostan,
represented by Damir Hinsertdinov and Ernest Yahin.
They finished ahead of a mixed team from Moscow
and St. Petersburg (Alex Seregin and Viacheslv Barkov).
Team Tatarstan with Niaz Nabeev and Ivan Panin had
the best end in a photo finish for the third rank. [read more]
10.08.2014
When fighting spirit is
stronger than setbacks
The exceptionally talented Norwegian Phillip Sjoeen
talks about how he handles defeat and what distinguishes
him from other athletes. [read more]
09.08.2014
Gerard Colin: "I
want to win. Just once!"
At the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Einsiedeln, Gerard
Colin, the new head coach of the French team, spoke
with us about problems with young athletes in France
and his big dream. [read more]
08.08.2014
New format put to a vote
At the team captain's meeting in Einsiedeln the
new competition format, which is tested during this
year's Grand Prix, was put to a vote. [read more]
07.08.2014
Two different German teams
in Einsiedeln and Courchevel
Two different teams will represent the German Ski
Association (DSV) in the two upcoming FIS Grand
Prix competitions in Einsiedeln, Switzerland and
Courchevel, France. [read more]
06.08.2014
Fun training session on
Segways for Team Austria
For ten days, the Austrian Nordic Combined team
took up residence in Seefeld to focus on ski jumping
in extensive session on Innsbruck�s Bergisel hill
and in Stams in the mornings. Roller-skiing on Seefeld�s
roller ski track occupied the afternoons to hone
technique and endurance of the first two training
groups. [read more]
05.08.2014
Janne Ahonen suffered
knee injury
According to a report of the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat
Janne Ahonen suffered a knee injury in his first
jump at a national competition in Lahti on Saturday
and will have to undergo surgery this week. [read more]
04.08.2014
Severe training crash
for Philipp Orter
It was luck during misfortune for Triple Junior
World Champion Philipp Orter during today’s
jumping training session at Bergisel in Innsbruck:
The 21-year-old was on location to train with his
fellow Austrian teammates and had a severe crash
during his last training jump. [read more]
04.08.2014
Big weekend for US
Nordic Combined at Springer Tournee
It was a big weekend for Ski Jumping and Nordic
Combined in the USA as the annual Springer Tournee
took place in Park City. The best jumpers from all
over North America compete for the wins in Nordic
Combined and the national large hill titles in Ski
Jumping. The tournee also featured competitions
in all junior classes as well as training and testing
days when the big names in the American Nordic disciplines
worked with tomorrow’s athletes. [read more]
04.08.2014
Friberg and Jerome
take US National titles
Christian Friberg won his first ever national title
at the USA Ski Jumping Championships on the large
hill in the Utah Olympic Park in Park City on Sunday. [read more]
03.08.2014
Anssi Koivuranta
wins twice in Lahti
Anssi Koivuranta presented himself in a very good
shape this weekend and won two national competitions
on the normal hill in Lahti. [read more]
02.08.2014
Dubrovsky names Sablatura
as new Russian coach
At the end of July, the Russian national Nordic
Combined team met for an important training camp
at the Snezhinka complex in Chaikovskiy which was
used to reflect on the past season and which will
set the course for the years to come. [read more]
02.08.2014
COC: Piotr Zyla takes
home win
After the win in the first competition in Wisla
on Friday evening went to Slovenia, the Polish team
fought back on Saturday. A total of six jumpers
of the hosts could achieve a Top 10 result under
mid-summer conditions on the Adam-Malysz-hill. [read more]
01.08.2014
Ladies in the Spotlight:
Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA)
Prior to the first international Ladies Nordic Combined
competitions in conjunction with this year’s
Summer Grand Prix, it is high time to focus on the
females of the discipline, different as their ages,
current situations and paths may be as of now, at
the dawn of their discipline. [read more]
01.08.2014
COC: Clear win for
Cene Prevc
Only a few days after the FIS Grand Prix, Wisla
(POL) is again hosting an international ski jumping
competition. Two Continental Cup competitions are
taking place on the Adam-Malysz-hill this weekend. [read more]
31.07.2014
Youth Grand Prix: This
is the program
Not even one more month to go until the Summer Grand
Prix 2014 and with it, the excitement for the first
ever international Nordic Combined training camp
for boys AND girls grows and grows. It will be the
12th edition of the FIS Nordic Combined Youth Grand
Prix which comprises the highlight of the training
camp for Nordic Combined’s youngsters, offering
two days of international competitions and the chance
to get a close look at the current top names of
the discipline. [read more]
31.07.2014
Anders Jacobsen wants
to start jumping again in August
Anders Jacobsen, who suffers from knee problems
since he tore his ACL when he fell in Planica in
March 2013 and had to undergo another surgery in
April, now plans to start jumping training again
in August. [read more]
29.07.2014
�I was really pleased
to be better than the special jumpers!�
It was a big weekend for Tomas Portyk. At the past
Czech national championships at Liberec, the 18-year-old
walked away highly decorated: not only did he claim
a total second place and the title of Czech junior
national champion in Nordic Combined but can also
call himself junior Czech champion in ski jumping
from now on. [read more]
26.07.2014
Prevc wins - New format
splits nations
Slovenia's Peter Prevc took a clear win in the opening
event of the Summer Grand Prix in Wisla, Poland
and came in ahead of Piotr Zyla and Andreas Wellinger. [read more]
25.07.2014
Home win for Poland in
Wisla
The Polish team celebrated a home victory in the
first team competition of the season at the FIS
Grand Prix in Wisla. [read more]
24.07.2014
Peter Prevc with outstanding
performance in Wisla
Peter Prevc took a clear win in the qualification
for the first individual competition of the FIS
Grand Prix in Wisla, Poland. The second of last
season's overall World Cup showed a jump on 134.5
m and with 143.3 points he now is in a great position
for Saturday's competition on the Adam-Malysz hill. [read more]
23.07.2014
Starting order for the
new competition format
A new competition format, which shall be used for
the ski flying competitions next winter, will be
tested during the FIS Grand Prix 2014, starting
this weekend in Wisla (POL). [read more]
23.07.2014
Summer Grand Prix 2014
- Media Information Booklet
It�s one month to the day until the first competition
of the Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix 2014 kicks
off in Oberwiesenthal and to simplify matters for
the members of the press who would like to cover
the events on location, we have compiled a Media
Information Booklet. All necessary topics from accreditation
procedures and media contact persons to media workrooms
and information about the program are included. [read more]
22.07.2014
�My goal this season:
to have no excuses!�
Bryan Fletcher will probably remember 2014 as the
year of the big transitions: sports-wise with the
US Nordic Combined Team�s change from USSA funding
over to joining the organisation of USA Ski Jumping
and also personally with his imminent wedding this
fall. In TUESDAY TALK, the 28-year-old explains
how his team will be set up in the future, why he
is still eager to be a member of the board for USSA
and what he has been up to training-wise. [read more]
22.07.2014
German top athletes will
be competing in Wisla
A team of seven athletes with all the top jumpers
will represent the German Ski Association (DSV)
in the opening event of this year's FIS Grand Prix
in Wisla, Poland next weekend. [read more]
21.07.2014
Dvorak Czech Champion,
success weekend for Portyk
The Czech Ski Association also held its summer nationals
on this past weekend at Liberec and as last year,
team leader Miroslav Dvorak captured the title. [read more]
21.07.2014
Pawel Slowiok wins Polish
national title
The Polish summer nationals have been held at Wisla
on the past weekend and an undisputed victory went
to the title defender Pawel Slowiok. The silver
and bronze ranks went to Mateusz Wantulok and Szczepan
Kupczak. [read more]
21.07.2014
Ground-breaking ceremony
in Kandersteg
The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction
of the new ski jumping center was held in Kandersteg
(SUI) on Monday. The construction work will start
next week and shall be completed by fall 2015. [read more]
21.07.2014
OMV new sponsor of the
Norwegian teams
The Norwegian ski jumping national team starts the
new season with a new main sponsor. The Austrian
industrial company OMV will support the jumpers
from now on. [read more]
20.07.2014
Roman Koudelka is new
Czech Champion
The Czech summer Championships were held under midsummer
conditions on Saturday afternoon on the normal hill
in Liberec. [read more]
20.07.2014
Kamil Stoch dominates
Polish Championships
A week before the first competitions of this year's
FIS Grand Prix will be held in Wisla, the best Polish
ski jumpers were fighting for the national title
on the Adam-Malysz-hill on Saturday. [read more]
16.07.2014
Ilkka Herola takes competition
in Vuokatti
Finnish team leader Ilkka Herola dominated the Finlandia
Veikkaus Cup competition held at Vuokatti this week.
Ranks two and three went to Jim Ha"rtull and
Leevi Mutru. [read more]
16.07.2014
Pekka Niemelae takes charge
in Turkey
The sport of ski jumping lead Pekka Niemelae from
the far North in Finland all the way to the south.
Niemelae, head coach of the Finnish national ski
jumping until the end of last season, started a
new job as ski jumping head coach of the Turkish
Ski Federation and signed his contract on July 16th
in Istanbul. [read more]
15.07.2014
�You can always expect
a lot from Frenzel & Rydzek�
For the last couple of weeks, it had been quiet
around the German Nordic Combined team. High time
to check in with coaches Ronny Ackermann and Kai
Bracht on how the preparations are going, what to
expect from superstars Eric Frenzel and Johannes
Rydzek and how the coaching staff is dealing with
the pressure of staying on the path of success. [read more]
11.07.2014
Thomas Morgenstern: First
jumps since Sochi
About five months after his last jumps at the Olympic
Winter Games in Sochi last February, Thomas Morgenstern
has now returned to the hill. [read more]
10.07.2014
Oberwiesenthal getting
ready for the SGP
Not even two months to go anymore and winter will
come back to Oberwiesenthal! Not with ice and snow
but with the same suspense and intensity that winter
sports fans are used to from the cold season. The
2014 Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix will kick
off on Germany�s highest hill above sea level at
the 22th till 24th of August. [read more]
10.07.2014
One step forward on new
path for Team USA
The season of 2013/14 ended in an unwelcome surprise
for Team USA when The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association
USSA announced a drastic cut of fundings for the
discipline of Nordic Combined. Now, three month
later, the teams for the new season were announced,
as Steamboat Today reports. [read more]
09.07.2014
Three wins for Jarkko
Maeaettae
Jarkko Maeaettae is in a very good shape already
this early in this summer season. The young Finn
recently won three competitions in a row at the
Finlandia Veikkaus Cup. [read more]
08.07.2014
�I think I really am the
team�s unlucky fellow!�
To say that Poland�s Adam Cieslar has had his brushes
with bad luck is probably an understatement. After
being slowed down by a collarbone fracture during
the last summer, the 21-year-old from Istebna sustained
the same injury this year - and even in the same
way! For TUESDAY TALK, he reflects on his bad luck,
his eventful last season and the situation of Nordic
Combined in Poland. [read more]
06.07.2014
COC: Slovenian team
dominates again
The Slovenian team also dominated the second competition
in Kranj. After the hosts took the first six spots
on Saturday, five of them were on top in Sunday's
competition. [read more]
05.07.2014
Experience personified:
Jan Schmid
As another one of the experienced athletes of the
Nordic Combined World Cup, now it is Jan Schmid’s
turn to look back on his career so far and the development
of the sport since when he began with it. With 185
World Cup starts, a change of nationality and a
term as Athletes’ Commission Representative
under his belt, the 30-year-old is definitely one
to ask when it comes to different perspectives on
his discipline. [read more]
05.07.2014
COC-M: Six Slovenes
ahead in Kranj
A bit more than three months after the final competitions
of last winter, it's now time for ski jumping again.
The international summer season starts with the
Continental Cup in Kranj. [read more]
04.07.2014
Czech training venues
at Liberec come back to life
As the Czech Ski Association reports on their website,
a new cooperation agreement has been signed between
the city of Liberec, the sports complexes and the
Ski Association regarding the ski jumping and cross-country
training venues Jested and Vesec. The Czech athletes
can now look forward to using the areas regularly
for training and competition purposes. [read more]
03.07.2014
Young Norwegian athletes
learn from the national team
The tenth annual Konica Minolta Youth Camp was organized
by the Norwegian Ski Association last week. In the
previous years the event took place in Zakopane
(POL), Pragelato (ITA) and Oernskoeldsvik (SWE),
this time it was held in Oslo. [read more]
02.07.2014
Busy times for the
Austrian athletes You would think that spring and summer
are rather slow times when it comes to Nordic Combined
athletes. Not for the Austrian team right now! [read more]
01.07.2014
„We want to
close the gap to Frenzel & Co.“
After a season for the record books, Norwegian head
coach Kristian Hammer announced his retirement leaving,
Sports Director Sverre Rotevatn with the difficult
task of finding a suitable replacement without breaking
the „never change a winning team“ rule
too much. With former club coach Bjoern Kaare Ingebrigtsen,
who had a big part it the development of the athletes
from Trondheim, including Magnus Moan and Olympic
Champion Joergen Graabak, it looks like he found
the ideal solution. High time to catch up with the
new man at the helm of the Norwegian team. [read more]
29.06.2014
Estonians surprise at
first Norges Cup in Oslo
It was a successful weekend for brothers Kail and
Han Hendrik Piho from Estonia who joined the Norwegian
Nordic Combined athletes at their first Norges Cup
weekend in Oslo - and claimed the two victories! [read more]
27.06.2014
Experience personified:
Mario Stecher
With a total of 258 World Cup starts, Austria�s
veteran Mario Stecher is definitely the one to ask
if you're looking for �Experience personified�.
And even if the almost 37-year-old is not 100% sure
if he wants to continue with his career in the next
winter, he still took the time to answer the following
questions. [read more]
25.06.2014
Thomas Morgenstern will
start jumping again soon
Thomas Morgenstern has not made a final decision
yet, whether he will continue his successful career
after the two serious falls he had last winter.
But nevertheless the Austrian is already training
for the next season. [read more]
25.06.2014
Alexander Stoeckl will
extend his contract in Norway
According to a report of the Norwegian newspaper
"Dagbladet", Alexander Stoeckl will remain
head coach of the Norwegian national team for the
next four years. [read more]
25.06.2014
Austrian team turning
into Iron Men again
For the third time in a row, the Austrian Nordic
Combined team will follow the invite of their main
sponsor Stiegl to take part in the Iron Man held
at Klagenfurt at the upcoming weekend as a team
relay. [read more]
24.06.2014
Koudelka and Kozisek win,
Borek Sedlak makes final jump
The Czech ski jumpers started their summer season
with a special event in Lomnice nad Popelkou, the
home town of Roman Koudelka and Cestmir Kozisek. [read more]
24.06.2014
Rune Velta wins "Sommerhoppuke
2014"
For the Norwegian ski jumpers the summer competition
season started once again with the traditional "Sommerhoppuke"
(summer jumping week). The events took place in
Drammen, Oslo and Lillehammer on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. [read more]
24.06.2014
Experience personified:
Hideaki Nagai
As we have seen with all the other "Experience
personified"-athletes: huge success can also
come to you at the ripe old age of over 30 in Nordic
Combined and an athlete who fits this description
extraordinarily well is Japan's Hideaki Nagai. [read more]
06.06.2014
Updates from Ski Jumping
and Nordic Combined
All of the disciplines have been busy over the past
few days with their Committee meetings and Ski Jumping
and Nordic Combined were no different with a full
agenda in their gatherings. [read more]
05.06.2014
Calendars and rule modifications
confirmed at FIS Congress
The ski jumping competition calendars for the upcoming
summer and winter, and details concerning rule changes
resp. the testing periods were announced by the
International Ski Federation at the FIS Congress
in Barcelona, Spain. [read more]
04.06.2014
Kaarel Nurmsalu ends his
career
Kaarel Nurmsalu surprisingly announced the end of
his career on Thursday. [read more]
04.06.2014
Honor for Adam Malysz
and Kamil Stoch
On occassion of the 25th anniversary of the first
partialy free elections in Poland, viewers of Polish
Television (TVP) and readers of the newspaper "Przeglad
Sportowy" could vote for the best athlete of
the last 25 years. The poll, that was organized
by the Polish Department of Sport and Tourism was
won by Adam Malysz ahead of cross country skier
Justyna Kowalczyk and the double Olympic Champion
from Sochi, Kamil Stoch. [read more]
03.06.2014
"I definitely see myself
in Nordic Combined!"
"Is he in or is he out" was probably one of the
most-asked question of the last winter about
Russian newcomer Evgeniy Klimov who came to the
World Cup to almost instantly hit it off as one
of the best jumpers on the tour. [read more]
02.06.2014
Geoffrey Lafarge wins
first edition of Transju'verticale
The past weekend saw the premiere of a new format
within the Transju'trail held in the French Jura
mountains. The first edition of the so-called Transju'verticale
consisted of a 250 track of a steep uphill track
through the beautiful forest and mountain landscape. [read more]
31.05.2014
New job for Martin Koch
Austrian Martin Koch officially ended his career
at the World Cup final last March in Planica. Now
he found a new job and with that he will stay involved
in ski jumping. [read more]
29.05.2014
Austrians start summer
training
This week the Austrian team has its first training
camp of the summer, which is also the first training
camp with the new head coach Heinz Kuttin. [read more]
28.05.2014
1000 days until the World
Championships in Lahti 2017
1000 days before the opening of the FIS Nordic World
Ski Championships in Lahti 2017 the organizers are
working on a new look, that will be published in
August, and a concept with which nearly half a million
spectators shall be attracted to the event. The
project has a budget of 15 - 20 million Euro. [read more]
21.05.2014
German team back at the
hill
About two months after the end of last season, the
German jumpers now return to the hill again. The
team of head coach Werner Schuster is training in
Oberstdorf from May 19th to 22nd. [read more]
20.05.2014
"I was very relieved to
get the medal in Sochi!"
Shortly before the Austrian team departs for the
next training camp, FISNC caught up with the Austrian
athlete showing one of the biggest developments
of last winter: Lukas Klapfer. In TUESDAY TALK,
the 28-year-old reminisces about his success winter,
the summer preparation so far and the first months
with his daughter Valentina. [read more]
19.05.2014
Italy kicks off season
with training camp in Tarvisio & Villach
The Italian Nordic Combined squad will start into
the new season with the first training camp starting
May 20th till May 24th. The A and B teams consisting
of the athletes Alessandro Pittin, Armin Bauer,
Samuel Costa, Mattia Runggaldier, Lukas Runggaldier,
Manuel Maierhofer and Raffaele Buzzi will make their
first summer jumps on the hills in Tarvisio and
also in the Austrian town of Villach together with
the special jumping team. [read more]
18.05.2014
Two Herolas on new Finnish
A-team for 2014/15
After announcing that head coach Petter Kukkonen
and Assistant Jari Hiekkavirta will continue to
work with the Finnish A-team, the Finnish Ski Association
has now also published the composition of the teams. [read more]
17.05.2014
France: Gerard Colin new
head coach
Also the French Ski Association now set the course
for the upcoming 2014/15 season. The teams and the
new coaching staff was announced on Friday. [read more]
15.05.2014
A-Team of Goran Janus
with ten athletes
As announced on Wednesday, a total of ten jumpers
was named to the Slovenian A-team for the 2014/15
season, that will still be coached by Goran Janus
and his assistants Nejc Frank and Jani Grilc. [read more]
14.05.2014
Paolo Bernardi new head
coach in Italy
After meetings in Milan the Italian Ski Association
published the coaching staff and teams for the upcoming
season. There it was also announced that Paolo Bernardi
will be the new head coach of the men's team. [read more]
13.05.2014
Six jumpers on the Norwegian
national team
Six jumpers are on the Norwegian national team of
head coach Alexander Stoeckl für the 2014/15
season. [read more]
12.05.2014
Norwegian Junior and B-team
selection
A short while after the new coaching structure and
the national team of Norway has been announced,
the athletes of the junior and b-teams have also
been named by the Norwegian Ski Association. For
the season of 2014/15, there will be nine athletes
in the "Rekruttlandslaget" and six names were put
forward for the junior team. [read more]
09.05.2014
German teams for 2014/15
named
The German Ski Association (DSV) announced its teams
for the upcoming 2014/15 season on Thursday. [read more]
08.05.2014
US ladies' team is seeking
a coach
Women's Ski Jumping USA is currently seeking an
international traveling coach. [read more]
07.05.2014
Introducing FIS World
Championship candidates – Planica, Slovenia
Planica is one of four candidates bidding to host
the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Slovenia
is a storied land with hundreds of years of tradition,
so it seems only fitting to introduce Planica’s
bid to host the 2019 Championships with a fairy
tale. [read more]
06.05.2014
Horst Bulau inducted in
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Huge honor for Horst Bulau: The 51-year-old is among
the six athletes who will be inducted in the Hall
of Fame of Canadian Sports in 2014. [read more]
05.05.2014
Kari Ylianttila and Jani
Klinga new coaches of the Finnish team
The Finnish team will start the preparation for
upcoming 2014/15 season wil a new coaching staff.
It was announced today that Kari Ylianttila and
Jani Klinga will work with the national team in
the future. [read more]
02.05.2014
Experience personified:
Magnus Moan (NOR)
After shedding some light on our promising youngsters
in "Young & Wild" last spring, Japanese head
coach Takanori Kohno was of the opinion that the
older, experienced athletes and the insights that
only they can give also had to be put in the spotlight.
We couldn't agree more and so we are proud to present
the new FISNC weekly feature "Experience personified". [read more]
01.05.2014
Anders Johnson and Klemens
Muranka underwent surgery
Anders Johnson of the USA and Klemens Muranka of
Poland both underwent successful surgery this week. [read more]
29.04.2014
"It was never my
intention to let it get this close!"
After this year's Alpen Cup ended in the most spectacular
way possible with Austria's Fabian Steindl taking
the overall only one point ahead of Terence Weber
from Germany, of course FISNC had to catch up with
both opponents to get the inside scope on this tight
finale, how they view each other and new goals for
the upcoming season. [read more]
28.04.2014
Alpen Cup dates for next
season published
After the OPA meeting at Milano, the calendars for
the upcoming seasons of the OPA Alpen Cup have been
published. The juniors of the OPA countries can
look forward to a season with six competition weekends
in summer and winter as well as the OPA Games in
Austria in February. [read more]
28.04.2014
Andreas Felder new head
coach of Austrian ladies
Changes in the coaching staff are made not only
for the Austrians men's team, but also for the ladies
before the start of the new season. Former world
class jumper Andreas Felder is the successor of
Harald Rodlauer as head coach of the team. [read more]
23.04.2014
Janne Ahonen continues
his career for a few more years
Finnish ski jumping legend Janne Ahonen wants to
continue his career for a few more years and it
even seems possible that he will also participate
in the next Olympic Winter Games. [read more]
23.04.2014
Tim Hug honoured
with Solothurn Sports Sponsorship Award
Tim Hug's career best season with his first ever
World Cup victory has also been noticed in his home
country of Switzerland. Together with other successful
athletes, Hug has been named as one of the recipients
of the sports awards for the year 2014 which are
endowed with 7.000 CHF in his case. [read more]
22.04.2014
Kamil Stoch is the
"Ski King 2013/14"
After last season was extremely successful for him,
Kamil Stoch can now celebrate yet another title. [read more]
18.04.2014
Thomas Morgenstern
takes a tour with the helicopter
Thomas Morgenstern is not getting bored during the
time without ski jumping. He now used a flying lesson
with the helicopter to visit the Fischer Sports
company in Ried (AUT). [read more]
16.04.2014
Nordic Combined discusses
ladies format
On 11th and 12th April 2014, during the spring meetings
in Zurich (SUI), the Nordic Combined Sub-Committee
for Officials, Rules and Control, as well as the
Nordic Combined Executive Board met and discussed
new proposals and calendars. [read more]
15.04.2014
Ladislav Rygl new
head coach of the Czech team
Former athlete Ladislav Rygl has been appointed
by the Board of the Nordic Combined division in
the Czech Ski Association as the new head coach
of the Czech Nordic Combined team and will follow
in the footsteps of Ludek Sablatura who has lead
the team from 1990 - 2002 and from 2007 until now. [read more]
15.04.2014
Sub-Committee meetings:
New calendars and modifications
Besides the ski jumping calendars for summer and
winter 2014 and 2015 also modifications of the rules
were discussed at the annual ski jumping sub committee
meetings on April 11th and 12th in Zurich. [read more]
15.04.2014
Provisional calendars
for 2014/15 were announced
The provisional competition calendars for the upcoming
season were announced at the FIS Sub Committee meetings
in Zurich this weekend. These dates now have to
be confirmed at the FIS Congress early June and
are still subject to change. [read more]
14.04.2014
Austrian ski jumpers
at the Vienna City Marathon
Austria's Andreas Kofler, Thomas Diethart, Stefan
Kraft and Michael Hayboeck were taking part in the
Vienna City Marathon on Sunday, though not the full
42 km distance. [read more]
13.04.2014
Jakub Jiroutek ends
his job as head coach in Italy
Jakub Jiroutek has decided to end his job as head
coach of the Italian ski jumping national team. [read more]
13.04.2014
Preliminary calendars
for SGP 2014 and winter 2014/15
The FIS spring meetings in Zürich have just
come to an end and among other new developments
for the discipline of Nordic Combined, the calendars
for the Summer Grand Prix 2014 and the winter season
2014/15 were presented by Race Director Lasse Ottesen. [read more]
12.04.2014
New head coach and
Swiss teams for next season announced
The Swiss Ski Federation has just announces its
new training group selections for the upcoming season
of 2014/2015. Sports director Berni Schödler
has made the selection for the upcoming winter together
with new head coach Konstantin Kreiselmeyer. [read more]
11.04.2014
Swiss teams for 2014/15
announced
The Swiss Ski Association was the first to announce
its teams for the upcoming 2014/14 season. [read more]
11.04.2014
Era of Alexander
Pointner over - Heinz Kuttin new Austrian head coach
After ten years in office, the time of Alexander
Pointner as head coach of the ski jumping team in
the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) is now over. [read more]
07.04.2014
Weinbuch to continue
as German head coach
As usual after an Olympic season, the staff carrousel
starts spinning but not in all nations, big changes
will be coming up. After the motto "never change
a winning team", the German Ski Federation just
announced that nothing will change in the coaching
set up regarding Nordic Combined where Eric Frenzel
won the Olympic title and the overall World Cup
ahead of teammate Johannes Rydzek this year. [read more]
03.04.2014
Anders Bardal will
continue his career
Anders Bardal, the best Norwegian ski jumper over
the last years and fourth in the overall World Cup
this past season, has decided to continue his career
in ski jumping. [read more]
02.04.2014
Ski Jumping Men's
and Ladies' Continental Cup
It was a short Continental Cup season for the ladies
in the 2013/14 winter. Only six competitions were
held at three different venues (Notodden - NOR,
Lahti - FIN and Falun - SWE) with a maximum of 600
points on the line. American Nina Lussi won the
COC overall title with 298 points ahead of Susanna
Forsstroem (257 points) of Finland and Germany's
Juliane Seyfarth (251 points). [read more]
02.04.2014
Positive bottom line
after challenging COC-winter
Weather-wise, the winter of 2013/14 will surely
go into the history books as a difficult one for
the Nordic Combined Continental Cup season. While
some of the Organisers were struggling with not
enough snow, others were had too much of it. Wind
also affected some of the competitions. [read more]
01.04.2014
Taylor Henrich and
Tyler Smith win open Canadian nationals
On the past weekend, the Canadian Nordic Combined
athletes fought for the respective titles of Canadian
Champion in the 2014 AVIVA Insurance CDN National
Championships held at Whistler Park. Next to the
men's and the junior race, five female Nordic Combined
athletes also battled for the ladies' title. [read more]
30.03.2014
Russian titles to Maksimochkin
and Avvakumova
Mikhail Maksimochkin won both titles at the Russian
National Championships this weekend in Nizhniy Tagil.
The big favorite Irina Avvakumova won the ladies'
competition. [read more]
30.03.2014
Boyd-Clowes, Rowley
and Tanaka win at Canadian nationals
The Canadian National Championships on the normal
and large hill were held this weekend on the Olympic
hills of 2010 in the Whistler Olympic Park. [read more]
28.03.2014
Thomas Morgenstern:
"Never give up"
For Thomas Morgenstern, the last season was a season
full of ups and downs. A fall in Titisee-Neustadt,
followed by the second place in the 4-Hills-Tournament. [read more]
28.03.2014
Kamil Stoch wins
fan vote for "Athlete of the Year"
At the end of an exciting 2013/14 season we asked
the ski jumping fans on Facebook and twitter, whose
performances impressed them the most during the
past winter. [read more]
25.03.2014
EBU and FIS extend
partnership for SFWC to 2020
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International
Ski Federation (FIS) have finalized an agreement
to extend their media rights and services partnership
for the FIS Ski Flying Championships 2018 and 2020. [read more]
24.03.2014
A look back on the
2013/14 season
The 2013/14 World Cup season ended with an amazing
final in Planica. World Cup, 4-Hills-Tournament,
ski flying World Championships and of course the
Olympics - this winter offered a lot. [read more]
24.03.2014
Another step taken
in Nordic Combined
Lasse Ottesen with positive bottom-line after 2013/14
season. [read more]
23.03.2014
Peter Prevc wins final
in Planica
With a home win in this season's final World Cup
competition, Peter Prevc took the second place in
the overall World Cup. After an exciting final,
Severin Freund closely missed the win and ends the
season in third of the overall ranking. [read more]
22.03.2014
Austria wins team competition
in Planica
The Austrian team took a clear win in the final
team competition of this World Cup season on the
large hill in Planica. Stefan Kraft, Andreas Kofler,
Thomas Diethart and Gregor Schlierenzauer scored
a total of 1045.6 points and won ahead of Poland
and Norway. [read more]
22.03.2014
Sara Takanashi also wins
the final event
Sara Takanashi won the final event of the ladies'
World Cup in Planica and took her 15th win in the
18th competition this season. [read more]
22.03.2014
Job opportunities in Finland
and Russia
With the season and an Olympic period over, different
Ski Federations are now inviting new candidates
to apply for coaching positions in Nordic Combined. [read more]
21.03.2014
Russian Ski Association
is looking for coaches
The Russian Ski Association is looking for coaches
for its men's and ladies' national teams in ski
jumping and also for the nordic combined team. [read more]
20.03.2014
Matjaz Pungertar wins
qualification in Planica
Traditionally the final competitions of the season
are being held in Planica (SLO). But this time the
events are not taking place on the flying hill,
but on the new large hill. [read more]
19.03.2014
Simon Ammann will continue
his career
"Ski jumping is my passion. I feel that it's
not time yet to retire. I'm convinced that I'm still
able to compete with the world's best. The success
in the first part of the past season and also the
insights concerning the equipment are promising.
That's why I'm still very motivated to continue",
told the 32-year-old. [read more]
18.03.2014
Bigna Windmueller and
Wendy Vuik retire
The two ski jumpers Bigna Windmueller of Switzerland
and Wendy Vuik of the Netherlands have both decided
to end her careers. [read more]
16.03.2014
COC in Nizhniy Tagil canceled
The weather was better on the second day of competition
in Nizhniy Tagil, instead of snowfall there was
sunshine, but it was still very windy. And so also
the final competition of this COC season started
under difficult conditions. [read more]
15.03.2014
Too strong wind on day
2 - Severin Freund is World Champion
At the end all the waiting was in vain: The second
day of competition, the third and fourth round of
the individual competition, at the ski flying World
Championships in Harrachov became a victim of the
winds. [read more]
14.03.2014
Half-time lead for Severin
Freund
After two of four jumps at the ski flying World
Championships in Harrachov, Severin Freund is clearly
leading the field. [read more]
13.03.2014
Bardal and Vassiliev share
the win in the qualification
Anders Bardal and Dimitry Vassiliev shared the win
in the qualification for the ski flying World Championships
in Harrachov. With 193.5 m Vassiliev jumped two
meters farther then Bardal, but the Norwegian got
the higher judges' marks. Both scored a total of
186.2 points. [read more]
12.03.2014
Takanobu Okabe ends his
career
The Japanese ski jumping legend Takanobu Okabe has
decided to end his long career after this season. [read more]
11.03.2014
SFWC without Janne Ahonen
and Richard Freitag
Germany's Richard Freitag and Janne Ahonen of Finland
were not nominated by their coaches to participate
in the ski flying World Championships in Harrachov.Janne
Ahonen is not on the Finnish team of head coach
Pekka Niemelae for the Championships in the Czech
Republic because of a sickness due to which he already
missed the last World Cup competitions. [read more]
10.03.2014
Martin Koch and Bjoern
Einar Romoeren to Harrachov
The two ski flying specialists Martin Koch and Bjoern
Einar Romoeren will get the chance to show their
skills at the ski flying World Championships in
Harrachov (CZE) next weekend. [read more]
09.03.2014
Severin Freund wins traditional
Holmenkollen competition
Severin Freund won the World Cup competition on
the legendary Holmenkollen in Oslo ahead of local
hero Anders Bardal. World Cup leader Kamil Stoch
was third and extended his overall lead. [read more]
08.03.2014
Sara Takanashi dominates
at the Holmenkollen
Sara Takanashi continues setting the standards in
ladies' ski jumping. With her 13th win this season
at the Holmenkollen in Oslo the 17-year-old proved
her outstanding position. With jumps on 132 m and
128.5 m she had a huge lead of 39.1 points over
second-place Katja Pozun of Slovenia (122 m and
122.5 m / 218.5 points). Japanese Yuki Ito was third
with jumps on 122.5 m and 125 m (216.2 points). [read more]
07.03.2014
Anders Bardal wins in
his hometown Trondheim
Anders Bardal won the World Cup competition on his
home hill in Trondheim. Andreas Kofler was second
and achieved his first podium since December 2012.
The third place went to Japanese veteran Noriaki
Kasai. [read more]
06.03.2014
Reruhi Shimizu wins qualification
in Trondheim
The ski jumpers moved on from Finland to Norway
where competitions will be held in Trondheim and
Oslo over the next couple of days. The World Cup
weekend at these traditional venues started with
the qualification at the Granasen in Trondheim on
Thursday evening. [read more]
05.03.2014
Martin Koch hopes for
a chance in Harrachov
Martin Koch, third in the last ski flying World
Championships in Vikersund two years ago, is struggeling
with his shape this season, but still the veteran
hasn't given up hop that he will be participating
in Harrachov at the end of his career. [read more]
04.03.2014
Kamil Stoch gets closer
to overall title
With his 13th win in the World Cup Kamil Stoch got
another step closer to winning this season's overall
World Cup title. Severin Freund and Anders Bardal
came in second and third in Kuopio, Stoch's main
rival in the overall ranking, Peter Prevc, was fourth. [read more]
03.03.2014
Qualification in Kuopio
canceled on Monday
The qualification in Kuopio was canceled on Monday
due to heavy snowfall. It shall now be held on Tuesday
right before the competition. [read more]
02.03.2014
Kamil Stoch fights
back Kamil Stoch won the second World Cup competition
in Lahti and took the lead in the overall World
Cup with his fifth win this season. "I felt a little
bit pain after the landing in the second round,
but afterwards I sat down a little and fortunately
everything seems to be okay. I think it won't be
a problem for the next competitions. I like jumping
in Kuopio and Trondheim and I'm looking forward
to it. In the fight for the overall title I try
to concentrate only on myself and on my job. I will
just enjoy ski jumping." [read more]
02.03.2014
12th win this season
for Sara Takanashi
Sara Takanashi also won the second competition in
Rasnov, Romania, and took her 12th win this season.
With jumps on 85 m and 93.5 m and a total of 230.4
points she clearly won ahead of US American Jessica
Jerome and Evelyn Insam of Italy. [read more]
02.03.2014
COC: Daniel Wenig
and Susanna Forsstroem win in Falun Daniel Wenig of Germany took his first
win this winter on Sunday in Falun ahead of Rok
Justin and Stefan Hayboeck. The best in the ladies'
competition were Susanna Forsstroem, Nina Lussi
and Nita Englund. [read more]
01.03.2014
Austria wins team
competition in Lahti
Austria won the team competition on the large hill
in Lahti. With a total of 973.5 points Thomas Diethart,
Stefan Kraft, Michael Hayboeck and Gregor Schlierenzauer
came in clearly ahead of Germany and Norway. [read more]
01.03.2014
Lahti's Team Sprint
victory goes to Norway I
With the season 2013/14 nearing its end, the last
Team Sprint of the winter was on schedule in Lahti
today and the victory was snagged by Team Norway
I. Håvard Klemetsen and Jørgen Graabak
were best after their two jumps and two times 7.5
kilometres of cross-country skiing and crossed the
finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Team Germany I
(Frenzel/Rydzek). [read more]
27.02.2014
Klimov takes the PCR in
Lahti
After his home Olympics, Russia's Evgeniy Klimov
has not lost anything of his star power in the jumping
part and won today's PCR in Lahti. With a strong
jump of 123 metres and 118.3 points, he topped the
results list ahead of Olympic Champion Eric Frenzel
(115.5 p.) and Austria's Christoph Bieler (112.5
p.). [read more]
27.02.2014
Facts & Figures about
the World Cup in Lahti
Noriaki Kasai's third place finish in Falun on Wednesday
was his 49th individual World Cup podium. In this
weekend's individual events on Friday or Sunday,
he can reach 50 World Cup podiums. [read more]
26.02.2014
Clear win for Severin
Freund
Team Olympic Champion Severin Freund won the World
Cup competition in Falun, Sweden. At this final
test for the Nordic World Championships next year
Peter Prevc came in second and took the lead in
the overall World Cup. [read more]
26.02.2014
Back to World Cup
business with the Lahti Ski Games
After the Olympics is before the Lahti Ski Games
and now it is back to World Cup business for all
Olympic athletes and also some of those who had
to stay home in the past three weeks. [read more]
20.02.2014
Norway takes Gold
in the team competition
It was deja vu for Joergen GRAABAK (NOR), only this
time it felt even better. For the second time in
less than 48 hours, GRAABAK was the first man across
the line after a furious sprint finish at RusSki
Gorki, edging out Germany'sFabian RIESSLE (GER)
by 0.3 seconds to win the LH/4x5km team event for
Norway to add to his LH/10km individual win on Tuesday. [read more]
20.02.2014
Kamil Stoch remains
ambitious
Even as double Olympic Champion, Kamil Stoch hasn't
had enough. After his return from Sochi the 26-year-old
seemed to be settled and relaxed. [read more]
19.02.2014
Emotional moment
for Taku Takeuchi
The exciting team competition on Monday evening
was the grand finale of the ski jumping events at
the Olympic Games in Sochi. For one of the athletes
it was an especially emotional moment. Due to a
sickness, Taku Takeuchi was afraid that he might
not be able to participate in this Olympics. [read more]
18.02.2014
Joergen Graabak (NOR)
takes the Gold
Less than a week after being left out of Norway's
team for the NH/10km, GRAABAK was inserted into
the squad for the LH/10km and responded by winning
gold. Magnus Hovdal MOAN (NOR) took silver and Fabian
RIESSLE (GER) bronze. [read more]
17.02.2014
Germany wins Gold
in exciting team competition
Germany won the team competition at the Olympic
Games in Sochi and took the Gold medal. Andreas
Wank, Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wellinger and Severin
Freund dethroned the Austrians, who won in Torino
2006 and in Vancouver 2010. [read more]
16.02.2014
Noriaki Kasai: "Never
give up"
With winning the Olympic Silver medal in the large
hill individual competition in Sochi Noriaki Kasai
made history. The 41-year-old is now the oldest
medalist at Olympic Games in ski jumping. And with
his success the Japanese also provided an emotional
highlight in the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center. [read more]
15.02.2014
Kamil Stoch is the
ski jumping king of Sochi
After his win on the normal hill, Kamil Stoch was
also the best on the large hill at the Olympic Games
in Sochi. The Pole is now the third ski jumper,
after Matti Nykaenen (1988) and Simon Ammann (2002/2010)
who won both individual competitions at one Olympic
Games. [read more]
14.02.2014
Michael Hayboeck
also wins second qualification in Sochi
Like already on the normal hill, Michael Hayboeck
also won the qualification for the Olympic competition
on the large hill. The Austrian scored 124.8 points
with his jump on 131 m and came in ahead of the
two Japanese Daiki Ito and Reruhi Shimizu. [read more]
13.02.2014
Kamil Stoch challenged
by three athletes
Kamil Stoch underlined his ambitions for a second
gold medal also in the second training on the large
hill. The normal hill Olympic Champion was first,
second and third and the three training rounds on
Thursday evening. [read more]
12.02.2014
Freund and Prevc with
the best training jumps
After the exciting normal hill competition on Sunday,
the jumpers enjoyed two days off before the first
official training on the large hill was held on
Wednesday evening. [read more]
11.02.2014
Carina Vogt is the first
Olympic Champion in ladies' ski jumping
Carina Vogt is the first ever Olympic Champion in
ladies' ski jumping, Sara Takanashi could not win
a medal. Silver and bronze went to Daniela Iraschko-Stolz
of Austria and French Coline Mattel [read more]
10.02.2014
Takanashi and Iraschko-Stolz
neck and neck
Sara Takanashi and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz also set
the standards in the third and final official training
of the ladies at the Olympic Games in Sochi. [read more]
09.02.2014
Kamil Stoch takes
the Gold
Kamil Stoch is the new Olympic Champion on the normal
hill. He took the clear win in the first ski jumping
competition at the Games in Sochi ahead of Peter
Prevc and Anders Bardal and is now the second Polish
Gold medalist after Wojciech Fortuna 1972 and the
third medalist of Poland at the Winter Games. [read more]
08.02.2014
Michael Hayboeck
wins normal hill qualification Michael Hayboeck won the qualification
for the Olympic competition on the normal hill.
The Austrian scored 128.6 points with his jump on
101 m and came in 0.7 points ahead of Andreas Wank. [read more]
07.02.2014
COC-M: Victory for
Klemens Muranka The men's Continental Cup is held in Iron
Mountain (USA) this weekend. A total of three competitions
will take place on the Pine Mountain Ski Jump in
Michigan from Friday to Sunday. [read more]
06.02.2014
Deschwanden, Shimizu
and Hayboeck the best in the first training
The first training for the Olympic competition on
the normal hill in Sochi took place under perfect
conditions. No wind, - 2°C and a breathtaking
view at the RusSki Gorki Ski facility in Sochi provided
an appropriate framework for the start of the ski
jumping competitions. [read more]
06.02.2014
Mario Stecher third
Nordic Combined flag bearer
After Jason Lamy Chappuis for France and Todd Lodwick
for the USA, a third Nrdic Combined athlete has
been chosen to carry the flag of his country at
the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics
in Sochi tomorrow: Mario Stecher. The 36-year-old
Austrian only came in after his brother-in-law,
alpine skier Benny Raich who was originally chosen
to carry the flag had to delay his arrival in Sochi
due to health reasons. [read more]
05.02.2014
Todd Lodwick to carry
the flag for the U.S. team And so Nordic Combined got another flag
bearer: The U.S. Ski Team's Todd Lodwick received
the ultimate honor from his fellow Olympians, being
named flag bearer for Team USA. The Olympic silver
medalist and World Champion in Nordic Combined will
lead the American team into the stadium Friday at
his record sixth Winter Olympics. No other American
has competed in six Winter Games, the most for any
athlete worldwide. [read more]
05.02.2014
The wait is over:
Sochi 2014 is here!
For most of the athletes, service crews and coaches,
new is the moment they have been waiting for during
the past years: the Olympics are here! The next
three weeks will decide about victory and defeat,
about payback for long hours of training and about
who enters his name into the history book of sports. [read more]
04.02.2014
Ski Jumping in Sochi -
An overview
Ski Jumping at the Olympics - FIS. [read more]
03.02.2014
Hills in Sochi are
almost ready On Thursday things will get serious for
the ski jumpers at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014
with the first official training at 8:30 pm local
time (5:30 pm CET). About three days before
the start, the facility in the RusSki Gorki Ski
Jumping Center is almost ready. [read more]
03.02.2014
Alexandra Pretorius
injured again
Alexandra Pretorius injured her knee again and will
not be able to compete in the Olympic Winter Games
in Sochi, this was announced by the Canadian Olympic
Committee on Sunday. [read more]
02.02.2014
Fiemme 2014 Team
Gold goes to Austria
At the grand final of the FIS Junior World Championships
in Val di Fiemme 2014, the team from Austria has
also grabbed the last gold medal. Bernhard Flaschberger,
Martin Fritz, Fabian Steindl and Philipp Orter showed
a convincing performance and crossed the finish
line 4.5 seconds before the silver medallists from
Germany. [read more]
02.02.2014
Kamil Stoch outstanding
in Willingen
Kamil Stoch also won the second competition in Willingen
in an impressive manner and presented himself in
an amazing shape just one week before the Olympic
Games. With jumps on 147 m and 145 m and 271.4 points
Stoch came in clearly ahead of Severin Freund and
Peter Prevc and is now again the overall World Cup
leader. [read more]
02.02.2014
Tenth win for Sara
Takanashi
Sara Takanashi took her tenth win in the 13th event
this season and so the competition in Hinzenbach
was a successful test for the Olympic Games for
her. With jumps on 88.5 m and 92.5 m and a total
of 245.2 points the Japanese clearly won ahead of
local hero Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, who jumped on
89 m twice for 238.4 points and repeated her second
place of the day before. [read more]
01.02.2014
JWSC: Gold for the
team of Poland
The final ski jumping competition at this year's
Junior World Championships in Val di Fiemme was
the men's team event on Saturday evening. The win
in this competition went to the favorites of Poland,
followed by Austria and Norway. [read more]
01.02.2014
Third win this season
for Kamil Stoch World Champion Kamil Stoch won the first
ski jumping World Cup competition in Willingen.
With jumps on 139.5 m and 145.5 m the Pole scored
a total of 263.2 points and took his third win this
season. Local hero Severin Freund gave the 15 000
spectators reason to celebrate with his second place,
only one point behind the winner. Freund jumped
on 139 m and 147.5 m. [read more]
01.02.2014
Sara Takanashi on
top again
Sara Takanashi won the first World Cup competition
in Hinzenbach (AUT) with jumps on 87 m and 90 m.
With 231.7 points the Japanese came in ahead of
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, who finished second in her
home event. With jumps on 82 m and 90.5 m she was
4.8 points behind the winner. [read more]
01.02.2014
Philipp Orter makes
it a double at Fiemme2014
Philipp Orter has crowned himself double Junior
World Champion in today's 5 kilometre-Individual
Gundersen competition. In an exciting photo finish,
the Austrian finished 0.1 seconds ahead of David
Welde from Germany who extended his medal collection
and claimed a silver today. The bronze medal went
to fellow Austrian Martin Fritz who crossed the
finish line 1.8 seconds after Orter. [read more]
29.01.2014
"It's all or nothing
at the Junior World Champs for me!"
With only 18 years, Finnish rising Nordic Combined
athlete Ilkka Herola has already seen one full World
Cup season, top ten ranks, two Junior World Championships (including
a silver medal) and the World Ski Championships
in Val di Fiemme. [read more]
29.01.2014
Facts & Figures
about the World Cup in Willingen
For the 22nd and 23rd time, Willingen hosts an individual
World Cup event. For the first time since 2003,
Willingen will host two World Cup events in one
weekend. [read more]
28.01.2014
Sara Takanashi wins
JWSC
Third title for Takanashi: You have to think for
a moment before you realize that Sara Takanashi,
who is dominating this winter's ladies' World Cup,
is only 17 years old and so still allowed to compete
at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships. In Val
di Fiemme, Italy, Takanashi won her third gold medal
at an FIS JWSC: She already won in Erzurum (TUR)
2012 and Liberec (CZE) 2013. [read more]
28.01.2014
Simon Ammann flag
bearer for Switzerland
Huge honor for Simon Ammann: The four-time Olympic
Champion will carry the Swiss flag at the opening
ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. [read more]
27.01.2014
Olympic Teams for
Sochi
Ski Jumping teams for the Olympic Winter Games in
Sochi 2014. [read more]
27.01.2014
Schmitt will come
to Willingen
Recently there were rumors about whether Martin
Schmitt will end his great career at the World Cup
in Willingen (GER), now the speculation will pick
up steam again. [read more]
27.01.2014
Athlete of the Week:
Christoph Bieler (AUT)
While the Austrian team did not have that much to
smile about in the first half of the season, it
seems as if before Sochi, head coach Christoph Eugen's
squad is slowly but surely getting into swing as
seen this weekend in Oberstdorf with four athletes
(Bieler, Denifl, Stecher and Gruber) in the Top
Ten in the individual competition on Sunday and
a third rank in the team event on Saturday. [read more]
27.01.2014
Center stage for
the juniors
After the last World Cup weekend before Sochi is
history, it's time to give the center stage to Nordic
Combined's juniors at the Junior World Championships
in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Again, the fight for medals,
podium places and personal start rights to the World
Cup is on at the venue of the World Ski Championships
from 2013. [read more]
26.01.2014
Iraschko-Stolz takes second
win in Planica
With her second win at the World Cup in Planica,
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz is now among the top favorites
for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Like already
on Saturday, the Austrian was followed by Sara Takanashi
and Carina Vogt. [read more]
26.01.2014
Slovenia sweeps the podium
in Sapporo
Jernej Damjan, Peter Prevc and Robert Kranjec took
a triple victory for Slovenia in Sapporo. With jumps
on 138 m and 134 m and a total of 255.0 points,
Jernej Damjan celebrated his first win in the World
Cup. Only 0.6 points behind the winner, Peter Prevc
extended his lead in the overall World Cup with
124 m and 137.5 m. [read more]
26.01.2014
Eric Frenzel unbeatable
in Oberstdorf
Eric Frenzel claimed the victory in the last Individual
Gundersen competition before the Olympic Winter
Games in Sochi. He beat Norway's Jan Schmid after
a sprint for the finish line by 0.5 seconds. They
were joined on the podium by Akito Watabe (JPN)
who was back on top after an influenza and finished
4.6 seconds afte Frenzel. [read more]
25.01.2014
Iraschko-Stolz beats Takanashi
Two weeks before the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz took her first win this season.
In Planica, where the World Cup was moved from Ljubno,
the Austrian won with jumps on 100 m and 102.5 m
and 261.5 points clearly ahead of World Cup leader
Sara Takanashi and Carina Vogt. [read more]
25.01.2014
Peter Prevc took a clear
win in Sapporo
Peter Prevc and Jernej Damjan took a double victory
for Slovenia in Sapporo. The third place went to
local hero Noriaki Kasai. Prevc, for whom it was
the second win in the World Cup, scored a total
of 294.6 points with his jumps on 137 m and 134.5
m and had a lead of 17.6 points over his teammate. [read more]
25.01.2014
Home victory for Team
Germany in Oberstdorf
Team Germany has handed in a very good application
for a Sochi team medal by winning the last team
event before the season highlight in front of their
home crowd in Oberstdorf today. Eric Frenzel skied
the victory into the finish on the last leg of the
race, crossing the finish line 1.3 seconds before
Jason Lamy Chappuis from the second-placed team
of France. Team Austria claimed the third and remaining
podium rank. [read more]
24.01.2014
Green light for Willingen
Despite the lack of snow in Central Europe the organizers
of the World Cup in Willingen (GER) early February
got the green light for carrying out the competitions. [read more]
24.01.2014
Ladies' training in Planica
canceled
The official training for the ladies' World Cup
in Planica (SLO) on Friday had to be canceled. [read more]
24.01.2014
Andreas Kofler wins qualification
in Sapporo
The World Cup weekend in Japan started with the
qualification on the Okurayama hill in Sapporo on
Friday. The best in this round was Andreas Kofler,
followed by Tomaz Naglic and Danny Queck. [read more]
24.01.2014
Yoshito Watabe wins the
PCR in Oberstdorf
The last competition weekend before the Olympic
Games in Sochi is now officially opened and the
first to write down his name in the winner's list
is Japan's Yoshito Watabe. With a strong jump of
132.5 metres he accumulated 135 points and took
the win ahead of Austria's Wilhelm Denilf (130 m;
133 p.). The third rank went to Christoph Bieler
who jumped 130.5 metres (132.4 m). [read more]
23.01.2014
Facts & Figures about
the World Cup in Sapporo
Sapporo host their 63rd and 64th individual World
Cup event. This venue has been visited ever since
the first World Cup in 1979/80. Hirokazu Yagi (JPN)
won the first event, on 12 January 1980. [read more]
23.01.2014
Additional World Cup competition
in Lahti
As a replacement for the individual competition
that was canceled in Kuusamo (FIN) on November 30th,
2013, there will be an additional competition in
Lahti (FIN) late February. [read more]
23.01.2014
�homas Morgenstern wants
to compete in Sochi
On Thursday, Thomas Morgenstern spoke about his
current state of health and the plans for the future
for the first time since his serious fall at the
ski flying World Cup in Bad Mitterndorf about two
weeks ago. [read more]
23.01.2014
Behind the scenes with
� Nik Huber (NOR)
"I have not regretted one minute of working
in Nordic Combined!" Nordic Combined was nothing
that Austrian special jumper turned success-coach
of Austrian ski jumping legend Wolfgang Loitzl ever
wanted to work in in this life. [read more]
22.01.2014
Snow from Titisee-Neustadt
to Willingen
As in most parts of central Europe, it's also not
really winter right now in Willingen, and these
weather conditions are causing problems for the
organizers of the World Cup competitions there.
In order to prepare the hill, snow is now transported
to Willingen with trucks. [read more]
22.01.2014
Oberstdorf - The
last battle before Sochi
When the Nordic Combined World Cup will hit the
German venue of Oberstdorf for one more Individual
Gundersen and a Team Event, it will not be only
a regular World Cup weekend. For many of the participants,
high stakes are riding on these competitions, as
the last tickets to Sochi are battled out. [read more]
22.01.2014
Whistler Olympic
Park appointed National Training Center
The Whistler Olympic Park will be a National Training
Center for ski jumping and nordic combined, this
was announced by Whistler Sport Legacies, Ski
Jumping Canada and Nordic Combined Canada on Tuesday. [read more]
22.01.2014
Bardal Norwegian
Champion, Tande earns ticket to Sochi
Anders Bardal, winner of the last World Cup competition
in Zakopane on Sunday, also took the win in the
Norwegian championships on the large hill in Lillehammer
on Tuesday, ahead of Anders Fannemel and Rune Velta. [read more]
21.01.2014
Sarah Hendrickson
started jumping again
World Champion Sarah Hendrickson started jumping
training again about five months after she suffered
a serious knee injury. [read more]
21.01.2014
"We have to dare
to think in new ways!"
This could be the best winter ever for Norwegian
Haavard Klemetsen who is collecting podium positions
and ski jumping wins en masse and will be going
to Sochi to represent his country in the ripe old
age of 35 next. Fis-ski.com talked the the TRIPLE
runner-up about the plans for the Norwegian Olympic
team until the Games start, his Seefeld weekend
and why it is important keep the hunger for development
in the discipline of Nordic Combined. [read more]
21.01.2014
Further Olympic selections
made
Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Switzerland
and Slovenia nominate teams. [read more]
20.01.2014
Athlete of the Week:
Eric Frenzel
After the new Nordic Combined TRIPLE delighted fans
and media alike on the past weekend, there is also
probably not one superlative that has not been used
to describe our Athlete of the Week Eric Frenzel.
The 25-year-old quite literally made a triple out
of the TRIPLE by winning all three competitions
of the weekend. [read more]
20.01.2014
Quotas for Olympic
Games in Sochi published
70 athletes will compete in the men's competitions
in the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center, in the women's
individual competition the maximum athletes' quota
is 30. The maximum quota per National Olympic Committee
(NOC) is five for the men and four for the women. [read more]
20.01.2014
Germany and Norway
announce Olympic teams
The first Nordic Combined TRIPLE is history and
now the focus has turned to the 2014 Winter Olympics
in Sochi. The winter's dominating nations of Germany
and Norway announced their respective starters for
Sochi. [read more]
19.01.2014
Anders Bardal wins
difficult competition in Zakopane
Rain, wind, water in the inrun, long breaks, final
round canceled: The individual competition in Zakopane
offered everything that's not fun in ski jumping.
But with Anders Bardal at least there was a winner
after almost three hours. The Norwegian took advantage
of the good conditions during his jump and won with
131.5 m and 127.0 points ahead of Peter Prevc and
Richard Freitag. [read more]
19.01.2014
COC: Markus Eisenbichler
on top again
After Nejc Dezman of Slovenia won both Continental
Cup competitions on the normal hill in Sapporo,
Germany's Markus Eisenbichler took both wins on
the large hill this weekend.
[read more]
19.01.2014
Sara Takanashi keeps
on winning
Once again there was one round only, and once again
Sara Takanashi of Japan took the win. Zao 2014 will
be remembered by spectators and athletes as a windy,
and on Sunday also snowy, event. [read more]
19.01.2014
Eric Frenzel takes
home the first ever TRIPLE win
Eric Frenzel made Nordic Combined history and added
another big title to his growing collection of achievements.
The German was uncontested in the traditional Nordic
Combined event with two jumps and 15 kilometres
of cross-country skiing. [read more]
18.01.2014
Frenzel does the
double: victory on TRIPLE-Day 2
The second day of the Nordic Combined TRIPLE in
Seefeld is history and the competition couldn't
be more exciting. Overall leader Eric Frenzel took
today's win after one jump and 10 kilometres of
cross-country skiing and crossed the finish line
26.4 seconds ahead of his closest adversary, teammate
Johannes Rydzek who moved up on rank two in the
TRIPLE ranking. The third rank went to Magnus Moan
from Norway who finished 27.6 seconds after Frenzel. [read more]
18.01.2014
Peter Prevc secured
the win for Slovenia
The Slovenian team won the last team competition
before the Olympic Winter Games. With a total of
1059.6 points Robert Kranjec, Jurij Tepes, Jernej
Damjan and Peter Prevc finished ahead of the German
team. After the first round the Slovenes were only
fourth. Austria came in third. [read more]
18.01.2014
COC: First win for
Markus Eisenbichler
The winning streak of the Slovenian team in the
Continental Cup is over. Germany's Markus Eisenbichler
won the third competition in Sapporo this weekend,
the first on the large hill, ahead of Junshiro Kobayashi
and Simen Key Grimsrud. [read more]
18.01.2014
Takanashi outstanding
again
Seventh win in the eighth competition this season
for Japanese Sara Takanashi in Zao (JPN). And Takanashi
was so superior to the others, that she won although
her hands touched the snow and she got very low
judges' marks. 104 m - 110.8 points for Takanashi. [read more]
17.01.2014
COC: Double victory
for Slovenia
Nejc Dezman also won the second Continental Cup
competition in Sapporo and captured the fourth win
in a row for the team of Slovenia. Like already
on Thursday, the second place was also shared by
two athletes on Friday, this time Robert Hrgota
and Takanobu Okabe. [read more]
17.01.2014
Michael Hayboeck
the best in the qualification in Zakopane
Austrian Michael Hayboeck won the qualification
for Sunday's individual competition in Zakopane
on Friday evening. With a jump on 128 m (143.4 points)
Hayboeck took the win ahead of the surprisingly
strong Russian Mikhail Maksimochkin (130.5 m; 135.2
points) and Germany's Andreas Wank (124.5 m; 135.1
points). [read more]
12.01.2014
COC: Rok Justin wins
again
In the second Continental Cup competition in Courchevel
Rok Justin of Slovenia could follow up on his performance
of the day before and he once again took the win. [read more]
12.01.2014
Next home win for
Takanashi
Sara Takanashi also won the second ladies' World
Cup competition in Sapporo, Japan. The overall World
Cup leader, who took her sixth win in the seventh
competition this season, scored a total of 240.1
points with her jumps on 97 m and 91 m and had a
clear lead of 20.3 points over second-placed French
Coline Mattel. [read more]
11.01.2014
COC:First win this
season for Rok Justin
After a longer break due to the cancelation in Wisla
(POL) the Continental Cup continues this weekend
in Courchevel (FRA). The win in the first competition
there went to Rok Justin.
[read more]
11.01.2014
Noriaki Kasai writes
history
With his first win in the World Cup since more than
ten years Japanese Noriaki Kasai is now the oldest
winner in World Cup history. At age 41 (41 years,
seven months and four days to be exact) the ski
flying World Champion of 1992 won with jumps on
196 m and 197 m and a total of 391.6 points ahead
of the 20 years younger Slovene Peter Prevc and
record World Cup winner Gregor Schlierenzauer. [read more]
11.01.2014
Takanashi outstanding
in first home competition
After her first defeat this season, Sara Takanashi
is now back on track and won the first of four home
competitions in Japan. In Sapporo, the overall World
Cup leader came in first with jumps on 99 m and
94.5 m and a total of 254.5 points, followed by
Carina Vogt and Irina Avvakumova. [read more]
10.01.2014
Thomas Morgenstern
in intensive care
After his fall in training at the ski flying event
in Bad Mitterndorf, Thomas Morgenstern is now treated
in a hospital in Salzburg. Morgenstern suffered
a serious cranial injury and a lung contusion. [read more]
10.01.2014
World Champion Kranjec
wins qualification - Fall of Morgenstern
A serious fall of Austrian Thomas Morgenstern clouded
the first day of ski flying at the Kulm. Morgenstern
fell in the second training round at 100 m, lost
his consciousness and slided down the landing area
of the ski flying hill. [read more]
09.01.2014
Wisla: Preparations
in full swing
After the Continental Cup in Wisla was canceled
early January due to a lack of snow and mild temperatures,
nothing shall now stand in the way of the World
Cup next week. [read more]
08.01.2014
Diethart will not
go ski flying
4-Hills-Tournament winner Thomas Diethart will take
a break after this great success and will not take
part in the ski flying event in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf
in front of his home crowd this weekend. [read more]
08.01.2014
4-Hills: A commentary
by Sascha Brand
First of all: Thomas Diethart is a well-deserved
winner of the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament. The cool
way the young athlete of Hinzenbach took this title
- impressive. The way his parents were excited and
cheering him on with the plush pig - adorable. This
guy is fun, hopefully also in the future. The 62nd
edition of this ski jumping spectacle once again
proved one thing: The 4-Hills-Tournament follows
its own rules. And there is no "typical 4-Hills
winner". [read more]
06.01.2014
Newcomer Thomas Diethart
wins the 4-Hills-Tournament
Thomas Diethart won the 62nd International 4-Hills-Tournament.
With his win in the final competition in Bischofshofen
ahead of Slovenia's Peter Prevc and his teammate
Thomas Morgenstern, he won the most prestigous title
in ski jumping in his eighth World Cup competition. [read more]
06.01.2014
Athlete of the Week:
Tim Hug (SUI)
When Tim Hug said in a TUESDAY TALK at the beginning
of the season that he believes he has what it takes
to be among the top athletes of his discipline,
he probably would not have believed how close some
tangible proof of that belief would be. With an
incredibly strong performance on the weekend in
Chaikovskiy he secured a fourth place and an incredible
first Swiss World Cup win since Hippolyt Kempf�in
1994, sending the media in Nordic Combined "developing
country" Switzerland into overdrive and also making
him into our Athlete of the Week. [read more]
06.01.2014
Successful premiere:
The "to-beat" line
Rarely ever an innovation was fully accepted as
fast as the new laser line (to beat line) in ski
jumping. The so-called "to beat line", which is
projected on the landing area and indicates the
distance an athlete needs to jump to take the lead
to the spectators in the stadium and the TV viewers,
has soon become an audience favorite. [read more]
05.01.2014
Chaikovsky: First
World Cup victory for Avvakumova
Local heroine Irina Avvakumova won the second World
Cup competition in Chaikovsky, Russia, on Saturday
and so broke the winning streak of Sara Takanashi
from Japan, that lasted since the beginning of this
season. [read more]
05.01.2014
Willi Denifl wins
second competition in Chaikovskiy
The win in the second Individual Gundersen competition
in Chaikovskiy went to Austria's Wilhelm Denifl.
After a dominant race, he crossed the finish line
first, putting 22.4 seconds between him and his
closest adversary, Bjorn Kircheisen from Germany
who claimed rank two. With rank three, Miroslav
Dvorak from the Czech Republic also made the jump
onto the podium again, 22.6 seconds behind Denifl,
only losing out narrowly to Kircheisen in a finish
line sprint. [read more]
05.01.2014
Facts and figures about
the 4-Hills final
Thomas Diethart (AUT) leads the Four Hills tournament
standings with one hill remaining.
At 21 years and 315 days on Monday, Diethart can
be the youngest winner of the tournament since Janne
Ahonen (FIN) won the first of his five titles at
age 21 years and 240 days in 1999. [read more]
05.01.2014
Peter Prevc wins
qualification in Bischofshofen
In absence of Simon Ammann, Slovenia's Peter Prevc
won the qualification for the final event of the
4-Hills-Tournament in Bischofshofen. Overall leader
Thomas Diethart came in second, followed by Anders
Jacobsen. "I'm very satisfied with my jump because
it was a lot better than in training. I'm really
looking forward to the competition, everything is
possible", said Prevc. With the longest jump of
the day on 140 m and 147.5 m Prevc took the win
and will face Japanese Taku Takeuchi, who skipped
the qualification, in the K.O. round. [read more]
04.01.2014
Avvakumova breaks
the spell
Irina Avvakumova celebrated her first win in the
World Cup in front of her home crowd in Chaikovsky,
Russia and was the first to beat Sara Takanashi
this season. The Japanese won all four competitions
in this Olympic winter so far. [read more]
04.01.2014
Tim Hug conquers
the cold in Chaikovskiy
It was cold in Chaikovskiy, Russia and the Nordic
Combined athlete who was able to cope best with
the tough conditions was Tim Hug. The Swiss claimed
his first ever World Cup win in the first Individual
Gundersen competition from the normal hill by passing
the finish line 5,7 seconds ahead of Germany's Bjorn
Kircheisen. Miroslav Dvorak from the Czech Republic
also made the jump onto the podium. He arrived in
the finish 8,3 seconds after the leader. [read more]
04.01.2014
First win in the
World Cup for Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Koivuranta surprisingly won his first ski
jumping World Cup competition. At the leg of the
62nd 4-Hills-Tournament the Finn showed an outstanding
jump in the first round and won ahead of Simon Ammann
and Kamil Stoch. [read more]
03.01.2014
Denifl claims the
PCR victory in Chaikovskiy
With a great jump of 101 metres, Austria's veteran
Wilhelm Denifl won the PCR in Chaikovskiy today.
With a total of 125.8 points, he beat out Russian
local hero Evgeniy Klimov who followed on rank two
with 98,5 metres and 118.2 points. Switzerland's
Tim Hug also had a great jump of 99 metres and took
rank three with a total of 117.6 points. The Top
Ten were completed by Tobias Simon and Wolfgang
Bosl, Russia's Niyaz Nabeev, Miroslav Dvorak, Lukas
Klapfer and Karl-August Tirmaa. [read more]
03.01.2014
Takanashi's winning
streak continues in Chaikovsky
Sara Takanashi also took the win in the fourth ladies'
World Cup competition this season. The Japanese
won the first of two competitions in Chaikovsky
(RUS) with jumps on 99 m and 96.5 m and 232.6 points
close ahead of Germany's Carina Vogt. With 100.5
m and 98.5 m, Vogt came in only 0.9 points behind
the winner. Local hero Irina Avvakumova was third
and achieved her third podium result in a row. [read more]
02.01.2014
Behind the scenes
with� Tomas Kurik (SLO)
Though being a relatively small discipline, the
Nordic Combined family still consists of people
with all kinds of backgrounds doing all kinds of
jobs. One of them is Tomas Kurik who works as a
wax tech for the Slovenian Nordic Combined team.
The former biathlete who competed for the Czech
team started working in Nordic Combined two years
ago after having worked as a wax tech in the Czech
Continental Cup team before. [read more]
02.01.2014
About somebody who
surprised everyone
A fourth and sixth place in the two World Cup competitions
in Engelberg (SUI) right before the Christmas break
of the ski jumpers were outstanding for someone
who was not really competing in the World Cup so
far. His two appearances during the 4-Hills-Tournament
2011 can be called insignificant. [read more]
02.01.2014
Half-time at the
4-Hills - Will Schmitt retire?
Simon Ammann is travelling to Innsbruck with a positive
feeling: "What's important for me is, that I can
also achieve a good result like this third place
if the performance was not so good. I moved up also
in the overall World Cup. Of course you always want
to show two great jumps and win the New Year's competition.
But I can deal with that. I'm glad that I'm consistent
now and I'm very happy about my second jump. [read more]
From Russia with
Love - The year 2014 starts in Chaikovskiy
It is off to new shores for Nordic Combined as the
Russian venue of Chaikovskiy will see its premiere
on the World Cup circuit as the first competition
of 2014. Chaikovskiy is located in the Russian district
of Perm Krai on the river Karna, about 235 kilometres
southwest of Perm. The town is named after the Russian
composer Pjotr Illytch Chaikovskiy who was born
in a nearby smaller town. [read more]
01.01.2014
Diethart and Morgenstern
conquer Garmisch-Partenkirchen
With his first win in the World Cup, Thomas Diethart
took the lead in the overall ranking of the 4-Hills-Tournament
at the New Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
While his parents were moved to tears in the audience,
the 21-year-old could hardly believe what just happened:
"It's great. It's fantastic to show such good jumps.
Everything just works well for me right now. The
atmosphere is an additional motivation, I'm enjoying
it." [read more]
COC in Wisla canceled
The two men's Continental Cup competitions, scheduled
for January 4th and 5th, 2014, had to be canceled
due to bad weather conditions with warm and strong
wind and mild temperatures. [read more]
30.12.2013
Thrilling Continental
Cup opener in the U.S.
About three weeks after the World Cup opening it
finally also was "Ready, set, go!" for the Continental
Cup athletes who started their season in the USA.
For the sixth time, the Continental Cup returned
to Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow in early
December to get the season underway. [read more]
30.12.2013
Roman Koudelka back
in the World Cup
Good news from Roman Koudelka. The Czech will return
to the World Cup in the qualification for the New
Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. [read more]
Facts & Figures
about the World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Ammann can be first Swiss jumper to win back-to-back
4H events
Simon Ammann (SUI) won the Four Hills opener in
Oberstdorf and goes for his second straight win
on Wednesday. [read more]
30.12.2013
Mixed emotions after
the competition in Oberstdorf
The athletes were obviously in different moods after
the first competition of the 4-Hills-Tournament
in Oberstdorf. [read more]
30.12.2013
Fairall and Jerome
win US Olympic trials
Nick Fairall and Jessica Jerome won the Olympic
Trials of the US ski jumping teams in Park City
and so both already earned their spots on the team
for Sochi. [read more]
29.12.2013
Simon Ammann wins
4-Hills opener
The first competition of the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament
in Oberstdorf provided many surprises. Four-time
Olympic Champion Simon Ammann took the win in front
of 25,000 fans. Norwegian World Champion Anders
Bardal still has to wait for his first win during
the 4-Hills, but his second place today put him
in a good position for the rest of the tournament.
Surprisingly, Slovenia's Peter Prevc and Thomas
Diethart of Austria shared third place. [read more]
29.12.2013
4-Hills: Schlierenzauer
vs. Stoch
Stoch or Schlierenzauer? After the training and
the qualification for the opening event in Oberstdorf
the bookmakers agree. The winner of the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament
will either be Kamil Stoch or Gregor Schlierenzauer. [read more]
29.12.2013
Lodwick wins sixth nomination
to U.S. Olympic team
Olympic silver medalist Todd Lodwick earned an historic
nomination to his sixth Olympic team Saturday with
a victory at the 2014 Olympic Team Trials for Nordic
Combined at Utah Olympic Park. Lodwick is the first
American athlete to be nominated to a sixth Olympic
team. No Winter Olympian from any nation has competed
in more than six. [read more]
28.12.2013
COC: First win for
Manuel Poppinger
After their triple win on Friday, two Austrians
were also on the podium in the second Continental
Cup competition in Engelberg. This time Manuel Poppinger
triumphed ahead of Daniel-Andre Tande (NOR) and
his teammate Manuel Fettner. [read more]
28.12.2013
Favorites are looking
forward to 4-Hills-Tournament
Less than 24 hours before the start of the qualification
for the opening event on the 4-Hills-Tournament
in Oberstdorf, some of the favorites where already
looking ahead. Kamil Stoch, Gregor Schiierenzauer
and three Norwegians were in a good mood at the
opening press conference. [read more]
28.12.2013
Manuela Malsiner: "A
very important season for all girls"
Over the last years the number of competitors in
World Cups has grown and so the latest competitions
were attended by the large number of 70 jumpers.
While a handful of jumpers is fighting for victory,
an even larger group struggles to pass qualification
or to see the second round. To get an insight what's
happening in that second row, Ladies-Skijumping.com
intern Frederik Clasen talked within the World Cup
weekend in Hinterzarten to Italy's junior hope Manuela
Malsiner. [read more]
27.12.2013
Thomas Morgenstern will
take part in the 4-Hills
Thomas Morgenstern has recovered from his serious
fall in Titisee-Neustadt (GER) and will be able
to compete in the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament starting
on Saturday in Oberstdorf. [read more]
27.12.2013
Nordic Combined counting
down to its TRIPLE
While Ski Jumping and Cross-Country are gearing
up for their respective season highlights, the Four
Hills Tournament and the Tour de Ski, the suspense
is still building a little bit slower in Nordic
Combined� but nor for long! As soon as the Nordic
"colleagues" have left the center stage, a new season
highlight is ready for takeoff: the Nordic Combined
TRIPLE. [read more]
27.12.2013
COC: Triple win for Austria
The winning streak of the Austrians in the Continental
Cup continued also in Engelberg. Manuel Fettner
won the first competition in Switzerland ahead of
his teammates Manuel Poppinger and Simon Greiderer. [read more]
26.12.2013
W. Schuster: We want
to play our part in this ski jumping festival
The German Ski Association (DSV) will go into the
4-Hills-Tournament, that starts on Saturday with
the qualification in Oberstdorf, with a team 13
jumpers. Among them also four-time World Champion
Martin Schmitt. [read more]
25.12.2013
Many favorites for
the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament The 62nd edition of the 4-Hills-Tournament
in ski jumping promises to be as exciting as it
hasn't been in a while. After the course of the
World Cup winter so far, there are more favorites
than ever. The group of potential 4-Hills winners
is lead by World Cup leader Kamil Stoch of Poland
and second-placed serial winner Austrian Gregor
Schlierenzauer. [read more]
24.12.2013
"I demand a lot from
myself!"
Things haven't been easy for Austrian team leader
and King of the Summer, Berni Gruber. After a smashing
summer and a good winter preparation, the good results
simply didn't want to come since the beginning of
the season. To fis-ski.com, "Berni the Burner" spoke
about being hard on oneself, the Austrian team spirit
and the Road to Sochi and the Nordic Combined Triple.
[read mor�]
24.12.2013
Facts & Figures
about the 4-Hills-Tournament
Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) has won the last two
Four Hills tournaments. Schlierenzauer
can become the second man to win the tournament
in three consecutive seasons and the first to do
so in 45 years. Björn Wirkola (NOR) won it
in 1967, 1968 and 1969. [read more]
24.12.2013
Facts & Figures
about the World Cup in Oberstdorf
Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) has made the podium
in the last eight Four Hills events – all
four in each of the last two seasons. The last time
he missed a Four Hills podium was when he came 23rd
in Bischofshofen in 2011, coming off an injury. [read more]
23.12.2013
Athlete of the Week:
Lukas Klapfer (AUT)
If we would be talking about 27-year-old Lukas Klapfer
in other teams, we would probably be saying "one
of the more experienced athletes". In the Austrian
team, Klapfer is still among the young ones with
veterans Mario Stecher, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph
Bieler and also Bernhard Gruber, who are all above
30 years old, manning the helm of the Austrian ship
for many years now. [read more]
23.12.2013
FIS implements new
laser projection in Oberstdorf
Premiere in Oberstdorf: For the first time ever
in the ski jumping World Cup, the so-called Best-to-beat
laser line will be implemented at the opening event
of the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament (Dec. 28th and 29th).
The virtual colored laser line will be projected
across the landing area and visually indicates to
the spectators in the stadium how far an athletes
has to jump to take the lead. So far this virtual
line was only shown on TV, but not live in the ski
jumping arenas. [read more]
22.12.2013
Stoch completes Polish
festival in Engelberg
With his second win this season, Kamil Stoch gave
an early Christmas present to the Polish fans. In
Engelberg (SUI) the overall World Cup leader beat
Andreas Wellinger (GER) and yesterday's winner Jan
Ziobro (POL). Despite his lead after the first round,
record World Cup winner Gregor Schlierenzauer, missed
the podium in fourth. [read more]
22.12.2013
Jason Lamy Chappuis
strikes back in Schonach
The second Individual win of the Schonach weekend
went to Jason Lamy Chappuis. After a strong race
in stormy, rainy weather, he crossed the finish
line 0.7 seconds ahead of local hero Johannes Rydzek.
Third place went to Japan's Akito Watabe again who
finished 1,1 seconds after the winner Lamy Chappuis. [read more]
22.12.2013
Winning streak of
Sara Takanashi continues
Sara Takanashi showed her outstanding position in
ladies' ski jumping also in the second competition
in Hinterzarten. With jumps on 96 m and 98 m and
a total of 239.9 points she won clearly ahead of
Russian Irina Avvakumova and Carina Vogt of Germany. [read more]
22.12.2013
Takanobu Okabe on
the team for the 4-Hills
Surprise in the Japanese team: Veteran Takanobu
Okabe will be competing in the upcoming 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament. [read more]
21.12.2013
Schonach's Schwarzwaldpokal
goes to Magnus Moan
Magnus Moan is back. The 30 year-old Norwegian won
today's prestigious competition crossing the finish
line 4,3 seconds ahead of teammate Haavard Klemetsen
who claimed the third second-place in a row. They
were joined on the podium by Akito Watabe (JPN)
who beat out third Jan Schmid (NOR) in a sprint
for the finish line and finished 5,1 seconds after
Moan. [read more]
21.12.2013
First win in the
World Cup for Jan Ziobro
Jan Ziobro surprised in Engelberg on Saturday by
taking his first win in the World Cup. In front
of 7000 spectators the 22-year-old won ahead of
his Polish teammate Kamil Stoch and Anders Bardal
of Norway. [read more]
21.12.2013
Takanashi wins also
in Hinterzarten
Japanese Sara Takanashi also won this winter's second
World Cup competition. In Hinterzarten in Germany's
Black Forest the 17-year-old jumped on 101 m and
105 m and with a total of 266.8 points she won ahead
of Austria's Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Russian
Irina Avvakumova. [read more]
21.12.2013
COC-M: Michael Hayboeck
keeps on winning
Like already on the day before, the athletes of
Austria and Slovenia were also battling for the
top ranks in Saturday's Continental Cup in Lahti.
At the end the Austrians came out on top and took
a double win. [read more]
21.12.2013
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
suffers ACL tear
Bad news for Jacqueline Seifriedsberger: The Austrian
suffered a serious knee injury during her fall in
the training in Hinterzarten. [read more]
20.12.2013
Haavard Klemetsen
claims next PCR win
Haavard Klemetsen took the victory in the Provisional
Competition Round in Schonach. The Norwegian set
the longest jump of the day with 103 metres and
claimed a seven-second-lead on this winter's most
successful athlete so far, Eric Frenzel. [read more]
20.12.2013
Demong wins last
home Continental Cup
Olympic champion Bill Demong has also taken the
victory in the last Contintental Cup taking place
in Utah Olympic Park /Soldier Hollow. The American
local hero crossed the finish line 23 seconds earlier
than yesterday's winner Tomaz Druml. Frechman Hugo
Buffard claimed the last spot on the podium, finishing
41 seconds after Demong. [read more]
20.12.2013
Krzysztof Biegun
wins Gold at the Universiade
Krzysztof Biegun, Sami Niemi and Junshiro Kobayashi
won the medals in the final ski jumping competition
at the Universiade in Trentino (ITA). [read more]
20.12.2013
Helena Olsson Smeby
best in the qualification
Under good conditions and temperatures of about
+2°C, Helena Smeby of Norway won this winter's
second ladies' qualification in Hinterzarten (GER).
She won with 99.5 m and 121.6 points close ahead
of Atsuko Tanaka (CAN, 99 m/120.5 points) and Irina
Avvakumova (RUS, 99.5 m/120.4 points). [read more]
20.12.2013
COC-M: Next win for
Michael Hayboeck
Two competitions on the famous large hill in Lahti
are on the schedule of the men's Continental Cup
this weekend. The first event on Friday evening
became a duel between Austria and Slovenia. [read more]
20.12.2013
Wolfgang Loitzl wins
qualification in Engelberg
Veteran Wolfgang Loitzl won the qualification in
Engelberg Friday afternoon. The Austrian took the
win ahead of Klemens Muranka and Thomas Diethart. [read more]
20.12.2013
Harri Olli makes
his comeback in the COC
Harri Olli returns to the international ski jumping
stage this weekend. The Finn will be competing in
the Continental Cup in Lahti. [read more]
20.12.2013
Facts & Figures about
the World Cup in Engelberg
Four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann (SUI) could
be competing for the last time on his home hill
in Engelberg this weekend. [read more]
19.12.2013
Behind the scenes
with … Adam Perreault (USA)
Next to ski jumping and cross-country coaches, the
athletes in Nordic Combined have experts to take
care of all fields influencing the performance.
One big, important part is surely the job of physiotherapist
in charge of the rehabilitation and health issues
of the sportsmen. [read more]
19.12.2013
Druml wins second
U.S. Continental Cup
Austria is back on top, at least in Continental
Cup. Tomaz Druml won the second Individual Competition
in Utah Olympic Park / Soldier Hollow. Druml managed
to turn yesterday's result and crossed the finish
line 10.6 seconds ahead of U.S. veteran Bill Demong,
Italy's Lukas Runggaldier took another podium, finishing
third, 12.3 seconds after Druml. [read more]
19.12.2013
Kamil Stoch honorary
ambassador for "Athletes for Children"
Kamil Stoch was named honorary ambassador of the
"Athletes for Children" Foundation. Before his departure
for Switzerland, the reigning World Champion from
Val di Fiemme took part in a press conference, during
which he donated his helmet in order to raise money
in a charity auction. [read more]
18.12.2013
Schonach all set
for a merry little Christmas World Cup!
Schonach is gearing up for the most magical period
of the year and this time, the cosy little town
in Germany's picturesque Black Forest landscape
will have the added excitement of the World's best
Nordic Combined athletes stopping added to the glittering
Christmas period. [read more]
18.12.2013
Poland takes another
gold at Universiade
Szczepan Kupczak, Pawel Slowiok and Adam Cieslar
(POL) won the Nordic Combined's Team Gundersen (HS106
/ 3x5 km FT) at the 26th Winter Universiade Trentino
2013. [read more]
18.12.2013
Demong wins Continental
Cup opener
Olympic Champion Billy Demong sprinted to victory
over Italy's Lukas Runggaldier and Austria's Tomaz
Druml at the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup
at 2002 Olympic venue Soldier Hollow. [read more]
18.12.2013
Universiade: Team-Gold
to Russia and Poland
After the men's and ladies' individual competitions
on the normal hill took place in Predazzo last weekend,
the mixed-team competition and the men's team competition
were held at the Universiade on Tuesday and Wednesday.
[read more]
18.12.2013
Winter season opened
in Lahti - All-clear for the COC
The next two Continental Cup competitions will take
place in Lahti on the upcoming weekend. The large
hill there was ready on Wednesday and some athletes,
among them Janne Ahonen and Olli Muotka, used the
opportunity for some training jumps. [read more]
18.12.2013
Changes on the Austrian
and Norwegian World Cup teams
There will be changes on the teams of Austria and
Norway for the World Cup in Engelberg (SUI) on the
upcoming weekend. [read more]
17.12.2013
"To share a podium
with a teammate is beautiful!"
It's a good thing that there is truth to the saying
that after rain comes sunshine. Who better to discuss
that topic with than Italy's Alessandro Pittin who
returned to the podium after going through a rough
patch in the last winter with multiple injuries
and the disappointment of not performing well at
his "home" World Championships in Val di Fiemme.
To fis-ski.com, the 23-year-old talked about how
special it is to share this experience of success
with a teammate, getting over his injuries and further
goals. [read more]
17.12.2013
Program FIS World
Cup Engelberg and Hinterzarten
Program for the FIS World Cups in Engelberg (Men)
and Hinterzarten (Ladies)
You can find the invitations for the FIS World Cups
here [read more]
17.12.2013
Team Japan will not
compete in Engelberg
It was a goosebumps moment when 41-year-old Noriaki
Kasai was called to the podium during the second
victory ceremony in Titisee-Neustadt. Enthusiasm
out of sympathy and respect for the way he presented
himself at the hills over the past years and made
so many friends. Kasai is part of a Japanese team
that hasn't been as strong as this winter in a long
time. [read more]
16.12.2013
4-Hills-Tournament
with record prize money
With record prize money of about CHF 315 000, and
a new jackpot-rule for the winner of the qualifications,
the 4-Hills-Tournament enters a new dimension this
winter. The organizers announced that the traditional
ski jumping series (December 28th to January 6th)
will award a prize money of € 2 000 to the
winner of the qualification round. [read more]
16.12.2013
Auguri Shimizu makes
it two medals at Universiade
Aguri Shimizu won the second gold medal for Japan
in the Winter Universiade Trentino 2013. The 21-year-old
is a marketing student at Senshu University in Kanagawa.
He triumphed in the Nordic Combined mass-start competition,
with a score of 268.5, edging two Polish athletes,
Adam Cieslar (267,1) and Pawel Slowiok (262,2),
who ranked sixth and second, after the 10km Cross-Country
race. [read more]
16.12.2013
Athlete of the Week
- Haavard Klemetsen (NOR)
Something about the saying "Wine is getting better
with age" can certainly also be transferred to our
Athlete of the Week: Haavard Klemetsen. The 34-year-old
Norwegian has been on the World Cup circuit for
over ten years but his results in the overall have
definitely getting better and better in the last
four of them. Currently lying in seventh, Klemetsen
is well on his way to another top result for the
season 2013/14. [read more]
16.12.2013
OPA: Second Seefeld-win
goes to Fabian Steindl
Austrian local hero Fabian Steindl was able to take
the victory in the second Individual Gundersen competition
of the OPA Cup weekend in Seefeld on Sunday. Steindl
crossed the finish line 23,4 seconds ahead of overall
leader Terence Weber and fellow Austrian Thomas
Wolfgang Joebstl who finished 29,6 seconds after
Steindl. Saturday's winner Bernhard Flaschberger
did not convince on the jumping hill but skied a
strong race to a final fourth rank. [read more]
15.12.2013
Good news from Thomas
Morgenstern
Good news came from the hospital after the fall
of Thomas Morgenstern on Sunday, his injuries are
probably not as bad as originally throught. [read more]
15.12.2013
Sami Niemi and Katja
Pozun win Gold at the Universiade
On Saturday evening Finland's Sami Niemi and Katja
Pozun of Slovenia won the gold medals in ski jumping
at the Winter Universiade in Trentino (ITA). [read more]
15.12.2013
Eric Frenzel keeps
on winning
Ramsau am Dachstein's Individual Gundersen competition
went to Eric Frenzel. The German claimed his third
win this season 5.3 seconds ahead of Haavard
Klemetsen (NOR). The podium was completed by Mikko
Kokslien (NOR). [read more]
14.12.2013
COC-M: Victory for
Michael Hayboeck
Due to heavy snowfall in Rena, organizers were not
able to prepare the large hill on Saturday and so
the competition was held on the normal hill. [read more]
14.12.2013
Thomas Morgenstern
triumphs in Titisee-Neustadt
With his first win in the World Cup in almost two
years, Thomas Morgenstern is now definitely back
among the world's elite. With jumps on 143.5 m and
139 m and 284.1 points the Austrian won in Titisee-Neustadt
ahead of World Champion Kamil Stoch (POL) and four-time
Olympic Champion Simon Ammann (SUI). [read more]
14.12.2013
COC-L: Norwegians
dominate second competition
After Anette Sagen already won this winter's first
ladies' Continental Cup competition on Friday, the
local hero was also clearly the best on Saturday.
She won ahead of her teammates Gyda Enger and Anna
Odine Stroem. [read more]
14.12.2013
OPA: Flaschberger
wins in Seefeld
At the same time as the World Cup athletes were
gathered in Ramsau am Dachstein, the OPA Alpen Cup
also started into its winter season in Seefeld.
Strong skier Bernhard Flaschberger skied his way
to victory from an intermediate seventh rank and
crossed the 6,2 seconds ahead of David Welde and
Terence Weber, both from Germany. [read more]
14.12.2013
Kokslien/Graabak
sprint to victory in Ramsau
It was a Norwegian day in Ramsau am Dachstein! The
first Team Sprint of the season is history and Team
Norway I took the victory. Mikko Kokslien and Jørgen
Graabak finished the race 8,2 seconds ahead of Team
Norway II (Klemetsen/Krog). Rank three went to the
team from Italy consisting of Samuel Costa and Alessandro
Pittin who finished 8,8 seconds after the winners. [read more]
13.12.2013
COC-M: Jernej Damjan
wins in Rena
Jernej Damjan won this winter's first Continental
Cup competition in Rena ahead of Stefan Hula of
Poland and Austrian Manuel Poppinger. [read more]
13.12.2013
COC-L: Two Norwegians
ahead in Notodden
The hosts of Norway celebrated a double victory
at the Continental Cup in Notodden. Anette Sagen
won ahead of her teammate Gyda Enger and Alissa
Johnson of the USA. [read more]
13.12.2013
Kamil Stoch wins
the qualification in Titisee-Neustadt
World Champion Kamil Stoch of Poland won Friday's
qualification in Titisee-Neustadt ahead of Simon
Ammann of Switzerland and local hero Andreas Wank. [read more]
13.12.2013
Adam Cieslar wins
Universiade Individual Gundersen
Poland's Adam Cieslar has taken the victory at the
first Nordic Combined competition of the Universiade
in Trentino. Today, the Individual Gundersen race
was on schedule and Cieslar crossed the finish line
10,1 seconds ahead of Johannes Wasel from Germany.
The podium was complete by Aguri Shimizu from Japan. [read more]
13.12.2013
Haavard Klemetsen
claims PCR win in Ramsau
Norwegian jumping sensation has returned to the
top of the ski jumping results list! The 34-year-old
won today's PCR in Ramsau am Dachstein ahead of
fellow veteran and jumping specialist Christoph
Bieler and Eric Frenzel. [read more]
13.12.2013
Ladies Nordic Combined
gaining momentum in Russia
Right before for the first Russian World Cup stop
in Chaikovskiy, there is also the first major news
to be announced about the development of Ladies
Nordic Combined in Russia. The region of Perm, where
Chaikovskiy is also located is spearheading a new
female Nordic Combined movement with currently 55
girls training to change the future face of the
discipline. [read more]
12.12.2013
Facts & Figures
about the World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt
Schlierenzauer can be first man with 8 seasons of
3+ WC wins>> Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) has
won two of the four individual World Cup events
so far this season. [read more]
12.12.2013
All-clear for Engelberg
The snow conditions won't cause problems for the
last World Cup before Christmas. On Thursday it
was announced that the preparations in Engelberg
(SUI) are in full swing. [read more]
12.12.2013
Behind the scenes
with … Holger Bauroth (GER)
As we were talking to a jumping coach for "Behind
the scenes with…" last week, it seems quite
natural to now get the "other" Nordic Combined perspective,
the one focussed on the cross-country part. And
who better to ask then German cross-country coach
Holger Bauroth who actually spent all of his active
and coaching career in cross-country before changing
to Nordic Combined only three years ago. [read more]
11.12.2013
Werner Schuster:
"We will give our all in Neustadt"
After the World Cup opening in Klingenthal, the
German jumpers can now look forward to competitions
in front of their home crowd again. So far a German
athlete was on the podium in every individual competition
in the World Cup this winter, of course this raises
the expectations for the upcoming home events in
Titisee-Neustadt. [read more]
11.12.2013
The heat is on at
cosy Ramsau am Dachstein!
After a thrilling opening of the 2013/14 season
ins Scandinavia, the Nordic Combined World Cup returns
to middle Europe and the snow-covered peaks of the
Austrian Dachstein range. At the foot of the mighty
Dachstein glacier, the third World Cup weekend of
the season will take place and with it the first
Team Sprint of the season. [read more]
11.12.2013
Positive snow control
for Continental Cup opener
The traditional big oversees opening of the Continental
Cup season in Soldier Hollow / Par City can take
place as planned. Today's snow report came back
positive. Snow controller Alan Johnson: "Everything
is in great condition here and we are 100% ready!".
Good news for the Continental Cup athletes who are
as eager as their World Cup counterparts to start
their season. [read more]
10.12.2013
Preparations for
the COC in Lahti are on track
Ten days from now the men's Continental Cup will
take place in Lahti. Two individual competitions
on the large hill will be held at this traditional
venue in Finland, and the preparations for the event
are on track. [read more]
10.12.2013
Important information
for visitors of the Olympic Games in Sochi
The organizers of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi
2014 published a digital spectator guide providing
useful information for the visitors of the Olympics.
This guide can be found on the official website
of the Winter Games, it will be updated regularly
and it comprises six sections. [read more]
10.12.2013
4-Hills: Warning
of overpriced tickets
The boom in ticket sales for the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament
gives the organizers of the ski jumping highlight
reason to warn the fans of buying overpriced tickets:
"We advise everyone to buy the tickets through the
official Print@home-Ticketservice on our website
www.vierschanzentournee.com. Here you get the official
tickets with a best price guarantee", explaines
general secretary Stefan Huber (Oberstdorf). [read more]
10.12.2013
TT - Tim Hug: "Nordic
Combined has been my anchor!"
Being a Nordic Combined athlete isn't always easy
and it's even harder when you have no teammates
around you to compare to and train with - everyday
life for Swiss athlete Tim Hug whose team consists
of him and the two C-cadre athletes Jan Kirchhofer
and Christian Erichsen only. [read more]
09.12.2013
Athlete of the Week
- Akito Watabe (JPN)
People looking for the last Japanese champion of
Nordic Combined have for some years now been going
back to the mid-1990ies, to the golden era of Kenji
Ogiwara and his Olympic and World Championship wins.
Slowly but surely, they don't have to look in the
past anymore. [read more]
08.12.2013
Severin Freund celebrates
first win of season
Severin Freund spoiled the party for the Norwegians.
With his first win this season, the German prevented
the triumph of local hero Anders Bardal in Lillehammer.
Daiki Ito crowned an outstanding weekend for the
Japanese team with his third place. It was the fourth
podium result for Nippon in the fourth competition
in Lillehammer. [read more]
08.12.2013
Strong Frenzel victory
in Lillehammer
Nordic Combined superstar Eric Frenzel has grabbed
the victory in the second Individual Gundersen competition
in Lillehammer today. The German finished a whopping
52 seconds earlier than Magnus Krog from Norway.
They were joined on the podium by Japan's Akito
Watabe who crossed the finish line 52,6 seconds
after Frenzel. [read more]
07.12.2013
Gregor Schlierenzauer
wins high-class competition
World Cup win 52: The first individual competition
in Lillehammer couldn't have gone any better for
Gregor Schlierenzauer. With a great jump on 105.5
m he already had a clear lead after the first round,
a normal jump on 97 m in the final was then enough
to take the win with 288.5 points. [read more]
07.12.2013
Sara Takanashi keeps
on winning
Sara Takanashi won the first competition of the
Ladies' Ski Jumping World Cup this season. The defending
overall World Cup champion took the win in Lillehammer
with jumps on 102 m and 96.5 m and 286.0 points. [read more]
07.12.2013
Raven Yip not seriously
injured
Good news from Raven Yip. The young Canadian, who
fell during Friday's training in Lillehammer, didn't
suffer any serious injuries. [read more]
07.12.2013
The World Champion
strikes back - Jason Lamy Chappuis wins in Lillehammer
And the first win in Lillehammer goes to…
Jason Lamy Chappuis. The Frenchman crossed the finish
line 13,5 seconds ahead of Akito Watabe from Japan.
The podium was completed by local hero Mikko Kokslien
from Norway who finished 18,3 seconds after Lamy
Chappuis. [read more]
06.12.2013
Japanese remain the
specialists for mixed team events
The team of Japan, with Yuki Ito, Daiki Ito, Sara
Takanashi and Taku Takeuchi, won this winter's first
mixed team competition. With a total of 942.1 points
they took a clear win ahead of Austria and Norway. [read more]
06.12.2013
Richard Freitag:
Comeback with qualification win
In his first competition after his injury break,
Richard Freitag presented himself in a very strong
shape and won the qualification in Lillehammer ahead
of Kamil Stoch and Karl Geiger. [read more]
06.12.2013
PCR in Lillehammer
cancelled
The Provisional Competition Round in Lillehammer
had to be cancelled due to the conditions with strong
and changing winds. [read more]
05.12.2013
4-Hills: Preparation of
the hills already in progress
More than three weeks before the opening event in
Oberstdorf (December 29th), it's already clear that
the first highlight of the season for the ski jumpers,
the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament, can take place. The
organizers announced on Thursday that there's enough
snow to start preparing the hills in Oberstdorf,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. [read more]
05.12.2013
Behind the scenes with�
Falko Krismayr (AUT)
If you had to think of a motto for the the season
2013/14, it would probably be "closer than
ever"! This winter, there will be more interviews,
more looks behind usually closed doors, more personal
interaction with the Nordic Combined athletes on
TV, on this website and our other communication
channels to transport the fascination that is Nordic
Combined. [read more]
05.12.2013
All-clear for Titisee-Neustadt
and Notodden
While the men's and ladies' World Cup in Lillehammer
is in the center of attention this weekend, the
preparations for the upcoming events are of course
in full swing already. [read more]
05.12.2013
Ski jumping: Japanese
teen gets jump on Olympic history
She's only 17 and barely five feet tall, but schoolgirl
ski jumper Sara Takanashi is already eyeing her
second world title and could be set to make history
at the Sochi Winter Olympics. [read more]
04.12.2013
Back to the Norwegian
bastion - Lillehammer up next!
After an impressive show of Norwegian strength at
the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo, there can hardly
be a more interesting place the Nordic Combined
World Cup could go to on this upcoming weekend than
Lillehammer. The traditional venue of the famed
1994 Olympics will wait with two Individual Gundersen
competitions, a new cross-country venue and a brand-new
concept. [read more]
04.12.2013
Janne Leskinen named Secretary
General of Lahti 2017
Janne Leskinen, CEO of Ski Sport Finland, was announced
as Secretary General of the 2017 FIS Nordic World
Ski Championships in Lahti (FIN). Leskinen will
begin his new position in spring 2014 shortly after
the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (RUS). [read more]
04.12.2013
Ladies� Ski Jumping enters
3rd World Cup season
Another exciting ladies� Ski Jumping World Cup season
will get underway this coming weekend. Norway�s
Lillehammer will play host to the first event of
the FIS Ski Jumping ladies� World Cup presented
by Viessmann on 6th and 7th December 2013. Theoverall
World Cup champion will be crowned in Planica (SLO)
at the season finals on 22nd March 2014. [read more]
04.12.2013
Facts & Figures about
the World Cup in Lillehammer
Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) holds the record of
four individual World Cup wins in Lillehammer and
can extend it this weekend. [read more]
04.12.2013
Richard Freitag is back
on the German World Cup team
Richard Freitag will be back on the German team
for the World Cup in Lillehammer. He takes the place
of Maximilian Mechler. [read more]
04.12.2013
Eddie the Eagle makes
ski jumping comeback 16 years after coming last
in Winter Olympics
Daredevil Eddie the Eagle Edwards revealed today
he is preparing to risk life and limb again by making
a one-off return to ski jumping. [read more]
03.12.2013
Program FIS World Cup
Lillehammer
Program for the FIS World Cup in Lillehammer (NOR),
Lysgardsbakken
You can find the invitation for the FIS World Cup
in Lillehammer here: [read more]
02.12.2013
Athlete of the Week: Evgeniy
Klimov (RUS)
The winter of 2013/14 has started off with an exciting
Nordic Combined weekend in the wintry climes of
Kuusamo, Finland and it has certainly shown a couple
of "new" faces for this upcoming Olympic
season already. One of these faces is Russia's Evgeniy
Klimov. After a long period of bad results, the
Russian team seems to have surfaced again, just
in time for the home Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. [read more]
01.12.2013
Team Norway rides the
wave of success
After having two athletes on the podium yesterday,
Haavard Klemetsen, Magnus Krog, Mikko Kokslien and
Joergen Graabak won today's Nordic Combined team
event at the Nordic Opening in Ruka. [read more]
01.12.2013
Martin Koch: Giving his
all in his last season
For the first time in many years, Martin Koch was
not part of the Austrian World Cup team at the season
opening this winter. But despite this disappointment
the veteran does not loose sight of his goals for
this winter, that is a very important one for him. [read more]
30.11.2013
Second competition in
Kuusamo canceled Difficult weather conditions with strong wind
and slight snowfall made in impossible to carry
out the second competition in Kuusamo. [read more]
30.11.2013
Frenzel starts where he
left off - on top!
World Champion and overall World Cup winner Eric
Frenzel has stared where he left off last season
and won the first race of the winter 2013/14. He
finished 3,5 seconds ahead of Joergen Graabak, the
third rank went to Graabak's teammate Magnus Krog
(+6,9). [read more]
29.11.2013
Russia's Evgeniy Klimov
wins first PCR of the season
After the Summer Grand Prix introduced Russia's
Evgeniy Klimov as Nordic Combined's new jumping
senstation, it looks as if the 19-year-old is there
to stay. Klimov won today's first PCR of the season
quite clearly ahead of Norway's jumping specialist
Haavard Klemetsen and Austria's Wilhelm Denif. [read more]
29.11.2013
Gregor Schlierenzauer
wins with outstanding final jump
Gregor Schlierenzauer won the second individual
competition this season. With an outstanding jump
on 143 m in the final the defending overall World
Cup champion moved up from 15th to first with a
total of 273.2 points. He jumped on 128.5 m in the
first round. [read more]
28.11.2013
Too windy in Kuusamo:
Training and Qualification canceled on Thursday
After the turbulent World Cup opening in Klingenthal
last weekend, the ski jumpers also had to deal with
difficult conditions on the first day in Kuusamo. [read more]
27.11.2013
Sochi ski jump venue fully
ready for 2014 Winter Olympics
With Sochi Games around the corner, the construction
is complete at the Mountain Carousel ski resort,
which will become one of the key venues in the Alpine
skiing program at the 2014 Winter Olympics in February. [read more]
27.11.2013
Going in with a bang:
Season 2013/14 gets underway in Kuusamo!
The wait is over! From this weekend on it will be
all about races, results, points and podiums again
for the elite of the Nordic Combined athletes when
their season starts in Kuusamo, Finland. [read more]
27.11.2013
Facts & Figures about
the World Cup in Kuusamo
Wellinger can set German age-podium record >>
Eighteen-year-old Andreas Wellinger (GER) finished
second in Klingenthal on Sunday for his third career
individual World Cup podium. [read more]
27.11.2013
Anders Bardal and Tom
Hilde will skip the World Cup in Kuusamo
The two Norwegian stars Anders Bardal and Tom Hilde
will not travel to Kuusamo for the next World Cups,
instead they will prepare themselves for the upcoming
home events in Lillehammer next week. [read more]
27.11.2013
Nordic Combined World
Cup starts with a bang
International Ski Federation - Kuusamo, Finland
- - The wait is over! From this weekend on it will
be all about races, results, points and podiums
again for the elite of the Nordic Combined athletes
when their season kicks off in Kuusamo, Finland
again. [read more]
27.11.2013
How Bundled-Up Winter
Olympians Can Try to Match Summer Games' Star Power
As the Winter Olympians train for the Sochi games
in February, many hope their performance will result
in endorsement gold. Through the decades, Winter
Olympians such as Dorothy Hamill, Picabo Street,
Dan Jansen, Apolo Ohno and Shaun White have capitalized
on their gold-medal wins by lining up strategic
marketing partners. [read more]
26.11.2013
TT - Magnus Krog: "Kuusamo
gives me that extra touch of excitement!"
The new season is so close, you can actually already
feel it and who better to check-in with this shortly
before the kick-off than Norway's Magnus Krog. The
26-year-old really likes the World Cup opener in
Kuusamo and has been a fixture on the podium for
two years in a row now. in TUESDAY TALK, he tells
us why that is, what he has done over the summer
and how being part of a team as strong and the Norwegian
one feels like. [read more]
26.11.2013
No serious injuries: Andreas
Kofler will compete in Kuusamo
Andreas Kofler suffered only minor injuries in his
fall on Sunday in Klingenthal and will be able to
compete again already in Kuusamo. [read more]
26.11.2013
German Ski Federation
nominates Kuusamo-team
As one of the last teams, the German Ski Federation
has named their starters for the upcoming World
Cup in Kuusamo. [read more]
26.11.2013
Finnish home team names
selection for Kuusamo
After a lot of other teams already named their competitors
for the first World Cup weekend in Kuusamo, head
coach Petter Kukkonen now also published his team
for the upcoming days. [read more]
26.11.2013
Team Austria on the way
to Kuusamo
The Austrian team is now ready, set and on the way
to Kuusamo. After a last mini-camp in Rovaniemi
to make the first snow jumps of the winter, the
team of head coach Christoph Eugen will now travel
to Ruka where they will pass the last days until
the season kick-off. [read more]
26.11.2013
Citizens vote for a new
hill in St. Moritz
A citizen's decision in Swiss St. Moritz was made
in favor of the new construction of Olympic hill.
Thus the way was cleared for the new HS 106, which
shall be ready by 2015-2016. [read more]
26.11.2013
Kuusamo is ready for the
World Cup
After the turbulent World Cup opening in Klingenthal
there's not much time to relax for everyone. The
World Cup continues already on Thursday with the
training and qualification in Kuusamo. [read more]
Norwegian starters for
World Cup opener nominated
The Norwegian Ski Federation just named the seven
athletes who will be going to Kuusamo for the season
opening on the upcoming weekend. [read more]
25.11.2013
Slovenian team (almost)
set for Kuusamo
After the Italian and Russian team, the Slovenian
World Cup team has now also been named. Head coach
Primoz Triplat will bring Mitja Oranic, Marjan Jelenko
and Gasper Berlot to fill the three World Cup quota
places, plus one additional athlete which Triplat
will nominate later for the team competition on
this upcoming Saturday. [read more]
25.11.2013
New cross-country track
in Trondheim almost complete
The winter season is almost upon us and while the
the teams make the last preparations in various
places all over the world, the OCs are also busy
with getting everything in order for the time when
the World's top Nordic Combined athletes will stop
by in their venue. [read more]
25.11.2013
Copper Peak ski jump looks
for comeback to world stage
It�s been nearly 20 years since athletes soared
into the sky off the Copper Peak ski jump near Ironwood,
Mich. But change is in the air. [read more]
25.11.2013
Krzysztof Biegun wins
dramatic World Cup opener
A total of 20 00 fans saw a spectacular Ski Jumping
World Cup opening in Klingenthal. Krzysztof Biegun
(POL) took the win in this winter's first individual
World Cup event. [read more]
24.11.2013
Mother Nature hands Biegun
first ever World Cup win
Poland ski jumper Krzysztof Biegun didn�t mind the
weather affecting the competition in Klingenthal
as he claimed his maiden World Cup victory. [read more]
24.11.2013
Olympic season 2013/14
- ready, set, go!
Part II: The road to Sochi and the overall World
Cup. [read more]
23.11.2013
Slovenia wins first competition
of the season
The Slovenian team won the opening event of the
World Cup in Klingenthal. With 540.6 points, Jurij
Tepes, Robert Kranjec, Jaka Hvala and Peter Prevc
took the win ahead of Germany (528.3 points) and
Japan (523.6 points). The Polish team closely missed
the podium as fourth with 521.1 points. Favourites
Austria finished fifth (499.8 points) and Norway
was sixth (461.6 points). [read more]
23.11.2013
Kokslien wins in style
at Norwegian nationals
Mikko Kokslien has added a new win to his collection:
the 28-year-old secured his national title in a
dominating fashion after the ski jumping competition
ahead of Magnus Moan and Ole Martin Storlien. [read more]
22.11.2013
Piotr Zyla wins qualification
at the World Cup opening
On the opening day of the ski jumping season 2013/14,
the teams of Poland and Germany picked up where
they left off in the FIS Grand Prix 2013. After
dominating the events this summer, they showed their
strength also against the world's best jumpers and
took six of the top 11 spots in the qualification.
[read more]
22.11.2013
Who Said Girls Can�t Jump?
First there was the struggle to make women�s ski
jumping an Olympic sport. Now the American team
just wants to win. [read more]
22.11.2013
Green light for Kuusamo
While the World Cup opening is held in Klingenthal
this weekend, the preparations for the competitions
in Kuusamo next week are in full swing. [read more]
22.11.2013
Magnus Moan: "Hopefully
Sweden is going to open its eyes to Nordic Combined!"
When the Nordic Combined World Cup will stop at
Falun as the last venue of the 2013/14 season, it
will mean a return to Swedish soil after 15 years
of World Cup absence. And while Sweden is a very
strong nation in cross-country skiing, Nordic Combined
is a very small sport in the Scandinavian country.
[read more]
21.11.2013
Positive snow control
for Kuusamo
Only one week to go until the season opening 2013/14
in Kuusamo and the snow on location will not be
a problem. Today, the FIS snow control gave the
green light for the competitions, both on the hill
and on the cross-country track. [read more]
20.11.2013
Konica Minolta intensifies
FIS Sponsorship
Konica Minolta extended its engagement as �Official
Data Sponsor� for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
in 2013/14 and added the FIS Nordic Combined World
Cup through the 2015/16 season. The sponsorship
will bring Konica Minolta to 56 ski events in eleven
countries in Europe and Asia. [read more]
20.11.2013
The German team is looking
forward to the home events this weekend
The World Cup opening is something special for all
ski jumpers, this year this applies first and foremost
to the German athletes. They can look forward to
compete against the best in the world in two home
events right at the beginning of the season. [read more]
20.11.2013
Janne Ahonen: "I
need this pressure"
When the 2013/14 World Cup season begins on Friday
with the official training and the qualification
in Klingenthal, one man will be especially in the
center of public interest: Finnish ski jumping legend
Janne Ahonen. The 36-year-old starts his second
comeback in the World Cup this weekend. [read more]
20.11.2013
Facts about the World
Cup opening in Klingenthal
Austria looks to re-establish team dominance
>> Austria has dominated team ski jumping
for most of the last decade, but failed to win the
Nation's Cup last season for the first time since
2003/04. [read more]
20.11.2013
Audi new partner of FIS
Nordic Combined World Cup
Audi is extending its commitment in international
winter sports to a new level. The Ingolstadt-based
auto brand is now the main sponsor of the FIS Nordic
Combined World Cup. [read more]
19.11.2013
TT - Jason Lamy Chappuis:
"I like competitions with a lot of pressure!"
Triple overall winner, Olympic champion, multiple
World Champion, flag-bearer: Nordic Combined superstar
Jason Lamy Chappuis has achieved what others only
dream of, still he is as hungry for success as ever.
In this edition of TUESDAY TALK, the Frenchman explains
why he can go for more Gold in Sochi, how his experiences
as an advertising testimonial have been and how
he experienced being named the French flag-bearer
for the Sochi opening ceremony! [read more]
19.11.2013
No jumping due do warm
weather in Lillehammer
Although the winter was well on its way a couple
of days ago, autumn apparently isn't quite ready
to let go for this year as the Norwegian, French
and Austrian team who had picked Lillehammer as
their training/competition venue had to see. [read more]
18.11.2013
4-Hills-Tournament: High
demand for tickets
Earlier than in the previous years, the German ski
jumping fans are in anticipation of the first major
winter sports highlight of the season. There's already
a huge demand for tickets for the opening event
of the 62nd 4-Hills-Tournament in Oberstdorf (Dec.
28th/29th) even before the World Cup season kicks
off in Klingenthal late November. Tickets for the
4-Hills opener are on sale online via the Print@Home-Ticketservice,
all categories are still available. [read more]
18.11.2013
Russian team set for World
Cup opener
After participating in the Finlandia Veikkaus Cup
in Roveniemi together with the nations of Finland,
Poland, Belarus and Estonia, the Russian team has
set its focus on the World Cup kickoff in Kuusamo.
Head coach Dmitry Dubrovskiy summed up his conclusions
after the race and also named the Russian starters
for the Ruka Nordic Opening. [read more]
18.11.2013
Olympic season 2013/14
- ready, set, go!
Part I: From Kuusamo to the Triple. [read more]
17.11.2013
Atmosphere and audience
were decisive for Klingenthal
For many it came as a surprise, that the 2013/14
World Cup season starts in Germany and not, as usual,
in the far north of Europe. But the officials of
the FIS were already thinking about carrying out
the opening weekend somewhere else for a while. [read more]
17.11.2013
German team makes first
jumps on snow in Klingenthal
A week before the World Cup opening, the hill in
Klingenthal is ready. The German team used the opportunity
to train in the Vogtland-Arena already on Saturday
and was happy about the chance to jump on snow there. [read more]
16.11.2013
Paolo Bernardi resigns
as coach of US ladies' team
Only three weeks before the start of the ladies'
World Cup season in Lillehammer, Paolo Bernardi
surprisingly steps down as coach of the US team
around the currently injured World Champion Sarah
Hendrickson. [read more]
16.11.2013
Italian teams for Kuusamo
and Soldier Hollow named
With the kickoff of both the World Cup and the Continental
Cup coming closer and closer, the Italian Ski Federation
has named their teams for the openers in Kuusamo,
Finland and Soldier Hollow/Utah Olympic Park, USA. [read more]
16.11.2013
Janne Ryyna"nen reigns
supreme at first snow competition
Finnish team veteran Janne Ryyna"nen hasn't
been in the spotlight much over the summer but now
that the winter is here, he's back with a vengeance!
The 25-year-old won today's Finlandia Veikkaus Cup
which was used as a first international dress rehearsal
by the nations of Finland, Estonia, Poland, Belarus
and Russia. [read more]
15.11.2013
Winter Universiade less
than a month away
One highlight is chasing the next during this Nordic
Combined season and after to the World Cup kickoff
in Kuusamo, the first title event of the winter
is less than a month away: the Universiade in Trentino. [read more]
15.11.2013
Facts about the ski jumping
winter 2013/14
Schlierenzauer chases more records as Olympic season
begins. [read more]
15.11.2013
Winter is coming - first
snow jumps in progress!
It was the opening day of the Olympic season this
week as the Utah Olympic Park and the Ounasvaara
hill in Rovaniemi opened to ski jumpers Tuesday,
Nov. 12 - the first day any jumps in the world were
available for training. [read more]
14.11.2013
Austria: Kraft earns sixth
spot on the team
With a training camp in Innsbruck and the final
summer jumps on the "Bergisel" the Austrian
team concluded its preparation for the upcoming
season. Following this camp, head coach Alexander
Pointner named six athletes on his team for the
World Cup opening. [read more]
13.11.2013
Chat with the FIS Race
Directors: Walter Hofer
A few weeks before the opening of the FIS Ski Jumping
World Cup season 2013/14 presented by Viessmann,
FIS interviewed Race Director Walter Hofer about
the upcoming winter. [read more]
13.11.2013
Ironwood: From ski flying
hill to large hill
Currently there are five ski flying hills, on which
World Cup events and Ski Flying World Championships
are held more or less regularly. [read more]
13.11.2013
Finishing touches for
Finnish team in Levi
The Alpine World Cup will stop in Levi, Finland
for its next races this upcoming weekend but the
slalom specialists are not the only ones making
a stop in Lapland: the Finnish Nordic Combined team
with head coach Petter Kukkonen was on location
for a first skiing camp on snow. [read more]
13.11.2013
Going for the Gold: Billy
DeMong
No American had ever won a gold medal in a Nordic
event in U.S. Olympic history before Billy DeMong
took home gold in Vancouver in 2010. That's just
incredible, seeing how this is a sport that dates
all the way back to the original Winter Olympics
in 1924. [read more]
12.11.2013
Olympic hopeful Lindsey
Van fights for her sport in Winter Games
Just because Lindsey Van has 16 U.S. ski jumping
national championships, a world championship, eight
international victories and more than 50 top-three
finishes internationally doesn't mean there are
things she hasn't accomplished. [read more]
12.11.2013
TT - Eric Frenzel: "Kuusamo
is something special!"
As the season draws nearer and nearer, of course
we had to catch up with World Champion and overall
World Cup winner Eric Frenzel. In this edition of
TUESDAY TALK, the 24-year-old German talks about
the pressure of being the hunted, the excitement
of the upcoming season and the hustle and bustle
of media and sponsor dates. [read more]
11.11.2013
Preparations in Klingenthal
enter crucial phase
The preparations for the World Cup opening of the
ski jumpers in Klingenthal entered the crucial phase.
[read more]
11.11.2013
FIS World Cup 2013/14
- A winter full of highlights
The 2013/14 winter is a very special one for the
the ski jumpers. Besides the 4-Hills-Tournament
in Germany and Austria (Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Innsbruck and Bischofshofen) from Dec. 29th - Jan.
6th and the Ski Flying World Championships in Harrachov
(CZE) from March 13th - March 16th, the Olympic
Winter Games in Sochi (RUS) are on the schedule
from Feb. 7th - Feb. 23rd. This is the top event
for the men, for the ladies it even is a historical
milestone. [read more]
11.11.2013
Relaxing with Ayurveda:
Team Austria on new paths
The last pre-season week with jumping on the Bergisel
hill in Innsbruck and roller-skiing in Seefeld is
over, as well as ski testing in the ski tunnel in
Oberhof and before the team takes off for the first
snow jumps in Lillehammer from the 16th of November
onwards, head coach Christoph Eugen and his athletes.
[read more]
11.11.2013
"The best position
in years": Estonian team ready for Olympics
After head coach Tambet Pikkor and his team presented
the plans for the season at a press conference in
Tallinn earlier in October, the last training camps
are now in full swing and everybody is getting ready
for the Olympic season. [read more]
08.11.2013
Nordic Combined Media
Booklet now available!
The brand-new Nordic Combined Media Booklet with
all important information about the World Cup winter
2013/14 is now available! [read more]
08.11.2013
Toni Guggemoos: "Satisfying
COC calendar in spite of all difficulties!"
After Race Director Lasse Ottesen spoke about his
views on the new season last week, it's now time
to check in with Continental Cup Coordinator Toni
Guggemoos whose competition circle will kick off
overseas with races in the USA later in December.
[read more]
07.11.2013
Retirement is off the
table for Thomas Morgenstern
After he had to end his difficult 2012/13 season
already after the World Championships in Val di
Fiemme early March due to a knee injury, Thomas
Morgenstern is now more optimistic again when he
looks to the future tasks. [read more]
07.11.2013
Norway: Security precautions
for fear of terrorism in Sochi
The Olympic Games in Sochi are the big highlight
for winter sports in the upcoming season. But for
many participants, the anticipation of this major
event is mixed with the fear of terrorist attacks
in the Caucasus region. [read more]
06.11.2013
Intense activity in Oberstdorf
Even before the start of the World Cup winter, the
world's best ski jumpers are already really looking
forward to the 4-Hills-Tournament. In the Erdinger-Arena
in Oberstdorf, where the opening competition will
take place on December 29th, the ski jumpers where
continually coming and going in the second week
of November. [read more]
06.11.2013
Chat with the FIS Race
Directors: Chika Yoshida
With ladies� Ski Jumping new on the programme of
the Olympic Winter Games, the discipline is gearing
up for an exciting future. FIS ladies� Ski Jumping
Race Director Chika Yoshida sat down with FIS Newsflash
to talk about the next season. [read more]
06.11.2013
Cross-Country and Nordic
Combined inspect PyeongChang 2018 Nordic venue
At the end of October 2013, FIS Race Directors Pierre
Mignerey and Lasse Ottesen made their first site
inspection at PyeongChang (KOR), the host of the
Olympic Winter Games in 2018. [read more]
05.11.2013
TT - Watabe & Gruber:
"Winning the Summer Grand Prix together was
amazing and a lot of fun"
It is well-known that successful athletes are made
in the summer time but the way to winter and especially
to the Olympics is a long one and it's not always
easy to hold onto a good shape. Summer Grand Prix
winner Bernhard Gruber knows this all too well from
his experience last year. [read more]
03.11.2013
US World Cup team named
A strong group of veterans highlights the 2014 U.S.
Nordic Combined Ski Team, named on the cusp of the
2013-14 FIS World Cup season. World Champions and
Olympic medalists Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick
highlight the team. They are joined on the A team
by the rapidly rising Fletcher brothers, Bryan and
Taylor. [read more]
02.11.2013
Korean and Japanese World
Cup teams were named
Three weeks before the start of the Olympic-Winter
2013/14 the teams from the Far East now announced
their competitors for the first World Cups of the
season. [read more]
01.11.2013
Clas Brede Brathen has
high expectations for his team
Clas Brede Brathen, sports director for ski jumping
in the Norwegian Ski Association, is optimistic
before the new season and also has high expectations
for his team. [read more]
01.11.2013
New clothes and new awardees
at German Ski Federation outfitting
Clas Brede Brathen, sports director for ski jumping
in the Norwegian Ski Association, is optimistic
before the new season and also has high expectations
for his team. [read more]
30.10.2013
100 days to go until Sochi
2014
At 20:14 on 29th October, the OMEGA countdown clocks,
located in nine Russian cities, struck 100 days
to go until the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
It started the final countdown to Russia�s first
Olympic Winter Games. [read more]
30.10.2013
Martin Schmitt misses
World Cup opener
Three weeks before the World Cup opening in front
of their home crowd, the German Ski Association
(DSV) now named its team for the two competitions
in the Vogtland-Arena in Klingenthal. [read more]
30.10.2013
DSV awards "Golden
Ski"
Severin Freund, Carina Vogt and Andreas Wellinger
were honored by the German Ski Association (DSV)
for their performances over the last year. Severin
Freund was awarded with the "Golden Ski"
of the German Ski Association for the second time
after 2011. [read more]
30.10.2013
Martin Schmitt misses
World Cup opener
Three weeks before the World Cup opening in front
of their home crowd, the German Ski Association
(DSV) now named its team for the two competitions
in the Vogtland-Arena in Klingenthal. [read more]
30.10.2013
Anti-Doping Rules applicable
for 2014 Olympic Winter Games
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) would like to
remind FIS member National Ski Associations about
the correspondence from the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) from 29th July 2013, to the National
Olympic Committees and International Federationsoutlining
the applicable anti-doping rules for the Sochi 2014
Olympic Winter Games. [read more]
30.10.2013
DSV awards "Golden
Ski"
Severin Freund, Carina Vogt and Andreas Wellinger
were honored by the German Ski Association (DSV)
for their performances over the last year. [read more]
30.10.2013
TT - Ottesen: "One
of the most exciting seasons in the history of Nordic
Combined"
With the Olympics in Sochi and the brand-new Nordic
Combined Triple coming up, Nordic Combined is gearing
up for one of its most exciting seasons ever. Race
Director Lasse Ottesen sat down with us for the
latest TUESDAY TALK to walk us through the most
recent developments before the season kicks off
in Kuusamo at the end of November. [read more]
30.10.2013
Winter sports: Women�s
ski jumping team named
A strong group of veteran women jumpers highlight
the U.S. Women�s Ski Jumping Team that was named
this week. [read more]
29.10.2013
US ladies team named
Only athlete on the A-Team is World Champion Sarah
Hendrickson, who is working on her comeback multiple
hours a day after suffering a serious knee injury
in August. With Jessica Jerome and Lindsey Van two
jumpers were named on the B-Team. [read more]
29.10.2013
Polish Team kicks off
winter season
The Polish ski jumpers are slowly wrapping up their
preparations for the winter season. On October 27th
their agenda included attending a press conference
to kick off the 2013/14 winter season. This event
could not be complete without the medalists from
Val di Fiemme, including World Champion Kamil Stoch,
nor the members of the youth representation. [read more]
28.10.2013
Mikko Kokslien wins last
summer test race
Mikko Kokslien won the last summer test race of
the Norwegian team in Oberstdorf today. After wishing
to complete the summer jumping season in a good
way (fisnc.com reported), his wish became reality
today as he reached the finish line 29 seconds ahead
of Jan Schmid and 50 seconds ahead of Magnus Moan.
[read more]
28.10.2013
Last summer jumping camp
for French team
After the Norwegian team just finished their last
jumps on plastic, the French team has also met up
at the new summer jumping facility in Chaux-Neuve
to make their last jumps of summer. [read more]
28.10.2013
Training break for Anssi
Koivuranta
The 25-year-old was diagnosed with this infection
when he took a blood test during the training camp
of the Finnish team in Oberstdorf, Germany last
week. [read more]
28.10.2013
Road to Sochi: Michael
Ward Trains for Spot on Nordic Combined Olympic
Team
Today, we look at one of three Aspen-area athletes
who competes in cross country skiing. Michael Ward
is one of the youngest on the US Nordic team. He�s
just 20-years-old. Still, he�s hoping to beat the
older competition so he can land a spot on the U.S.
Olympic team. Aspen Public Radio's Marci Krivonen
reports. [read more]
24.10.2013
"Smooth transition
into winter" for Norwegian team
With two training camps in central Europe, Team
Norway is making its way into the Olympic winter.
After spending some time in Ramsau where a lot of
Nordic Combined teams are using the glacier to get
the first kilometres of snow under their skis, head
coach Kristian Hammer and his squad headed to Oberstdorf
for a last jumping camp on plastic this week. [read more]
24.10.2013
North Country gears up
for Russia Olympics
There are just about 100 days to go before the Winter
Olympics in Russia. Once again this year, athletes
from the North Country are expected to be in the
running for medals. [read more]
23.10.2013
Dala Horse becomes symbol
of Falun 2015
On 21st October 2013, the Dala horse was announced
as the official symbol of the FIS Nordic World Ski
Championships 2015 in Falun (SWE). In addition,
the eagle-owl Bubo will become the children�s mascot.
[read more]
23.10.2013
Swedish ski jumping benefits
from Falun 2015
The next Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015
will be held in Falun (SWE). For ski jumping in
Sweden this is not only an important goal, this
major event also increases the chances of a more
successful future. [read more]
22.10.2013
Polish team gearing up
for Kuusamo
For the first time till March of 2010, a Polish
team will be starting in a World Cup team event
when this year's winter season kicks off in Kuusamo
in about five weeks time. The Polish focus is clearly
set on the World Cup this winter, as head coach
Jan Klimko said on skipol.pl. [read more]
21.10.2013
Welcome to the new www.fis-ski.com!
Just in time for the kick off of the World Cup and
the Sochi 2014 Olympic season, the official FIS
website and all the discipline websites have undergone
a complete redesign and are now under one umbrella.
[read more]
21.10.2013
Team Austria: Wind tunnel
test on the way to Sochi
Together with the Austrian special jumping team,
the Nordic Combined squad returned to the RTA Rail
Tech Arsenal wind tunnel in Vienna to work extensively
on flight and inrun positions. A full day of flying
and testing was waiting for Bernhard Gruber and
co. after the team arrived straight from a training
camp in Ramsau, Austria. [read more]
19.10.2013
Colloredo and Runggaldier
won Italian Nationals
The winning streak of Sebastian Colloredo at Italian
Championships continues, the 26-year-old now won
his 16th and 17th national title. [read more]
17.10.2013
Russian nationals in Sochi
"I'm really impressed with what happened here
since my last visit. Compared to last December,
when the ladies' and men's World Cup took place,
everything is almost unrecognizable", Miran
Tepes, assistant of FIS race director Walter Hofer,
told FISskijumping.com. "Enormous steps were
made over the past weeks and months concerning the
venues and the infrastructure. Accommodations for
more than 100 000 tourists were built in the area,
that's a huge number", Tepes told. [read more]
17.10.2013
Forum Nordicum convenes
in Ankaran
The 2013 Forum Nordicum, the traditional meeting
of the �Union of Nordic Ski Journalists� which is
part of the AIPS (�Association de la Presse Sportive'),
was held in Ankaran (SLO) from 13th � 15th October
2013. [read more]
17.10.2013
Falun 2015 ready to go
�Beyond all Expectations�
With just under 500 days left until the FIS Nordic
World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, Sweden, the
Coordination Group met on 10th and 11th October
2013 with an eye on the upcoming test season which
will see Falun host four major international events,
including the Viessmann FIS World Cup Finals including
all Nordic disciplines on 14th � 16th March 2014.
[read more]
17.10.2013
Jason Lamy Chappuis to
carry flag for French Olympic Team
French Nordic Combined star Jason Lamy Chappuis
has been chosen to carry the French flag in the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in
Sochi (RUS). The announcement was made by the French
Olympic Committee on 14th October 2013. [read more]
17.10.2013
Sochi passes final test
for the Olympics
The Russian summer nationals were held this week
on the Olympic hills in Sochi. The events took place
on the normal and on the large hill in the RusSki
Gorki Ski Jumping Center and also served as the
final test for the Olympic Games in February. [read more]
16.10.2013
Polish team: Training
camp in Croatia
Eleven Polish ski jumpers, Kamil Stoch, Piotr Zy?a,
Maciej Kot, Dawid Kubacki, Krzysztof Mietus, Stefan
Hula, Jan Ziobro, Klemens Muranka, Bartlomiej Klusek,
Krzysztof Biegun and Aleksander Zniszczol, travelled
to the seaside resort of Dubrovnik. [read more]
15.10.2013
"SnowKidz" on
the Slovenian Coast
Slovenian ski manufacturer Elan in conjunction with
the Slovenian Ski Association, Tourism Slovenia
and the Bernardin Hotel Group successfully staged
White Circus by the Sea. The event constructed an
artificial mountain in the heart of the Hotel Bernadrin
(Portoroz, Slovenia) 10 meters away from the ocean.
[read more]
15.10.2013
Lindsey Van And Nick Alexander
win US championships
After his good performances in this year's FIS Grand
Prix, Nick Alexander also proved his good shape
on the Olympic hill of the Games of 1980. With two
jumps on 99 m he showed the best performance in
both rounds and took a clear win with a total of
263.5 points. [read more]
15.10.2013
Naglic and Pozun win in
Slovenia
In a close and exciting competition, Tomaz Naglic
posted jumps on 138 m and 135.5 m and won the Championships
with his total of 274.8 points. [read more]
14.10.2013
Armin Bauer grabs Italian
national summer title
After winning the winter title this spring, Armin
Bauer has also secured the summer national titel
in a joint competition with the Slovenian team in
Planica and Tarvisio this past weekend. [read more]
14.10.2013
Bill Demong new U.S. summer
national champion
Hometown favorite Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY)
celebrated a weekend homecoming with his ninth national
title at the U.S. Nordic Combined Championships
in Lake Placid. [read more]
14.10.2013
USA: Titles to Nick Alexander
and Lindsey Van
Nick Alexander won the title at the US National
Championships on the normal hill in Lake Placid
ahead of Nick Fairall and Anders Johnson. [read more]
13.10.2013
Naglic and Pozun win in
Planica
Tomaz Naglic won the title at the Slovenian Championships
on the large hill on Sunday in Planica ahead of
Matic Kramarsic and Jurij Tepes. [read more]
13.10.2013
Vincent-Descombes and
Julia Clair are French Champions 2013
With 127 m and 129.5 m, Vincent Descombes Sevoie
posted the longest jump in both rounds and clearly
won with his total of 259.7 points. [read more]
13.10.2013
Anders Bardal wins national
title
Anders Bardal, third-placed of this year's FIS Summer
Grand Prix, showed by far the best jumps in both
rounds with 139.5 m and 138.5 m and won the national
title with a total of 276.0 points. [read more]
13.10.2013
Andreas Wellinger wins
2013 FIS Grand-Prix
Andreas Wellinger showed two great jumps under windy
conditions in the Vogtland-Arena and was already
in the lead after the first round with 135.5 m.
133 m in the final earned him 261.9 points and a
lead of 4.4 points to Kofler. The Austrian, who
started early with bib 14, was in the lead for almost
an hour in the first round with 133 m and showed
some consistency with a 133.5 m jump in the final. [read more]
13.10.2013
No Ski Flying in Planica
The organizers will not be able to complete the
reconstruction of the Letalnica ski flying hill,
the venue that has become the mecca of all ski flying
fans over the years. That's why they now submitted
a proposal to the FIS to carry out all three competitions
in March on the new HS 139, located right next to
the ski flying hill. [read more]
13.10.2013
Adjustment of the wind
compensation
Among other things, two innovations were successfully
tested during the course of the Grand Prix 2013,
that will now also be included in the competition
rules for the 2013/14 World Cup season. This was
decided by the FIS Ski Jumping Committee in Zurich.
These two rules are concerning the adjustment of
the wind/gate compensation. [read more]
12.10.2013
Anders Bardal dominates
Norwegian Championships
World Champion Anders Bardal dominated the Norwegian
Summer Championships on Saturday on the large hill
in Trondheim and clearly won the title ahead of
Tom Hilde and Ole Marius Ingvaldsen. [read more]
11.10.2013
Comeback of Bjoern Einar
Romoeren
Bjoern Einar Romoeren will take part in two competitions
this weekend and make his comeback after almost
exactly a year-long break due to injury. [read more]
10.10.2013
Ski Jumping Rules test
in summer a success
In Ski Jumping, two innovations concerning the adjustment
of the wind/gate compensation, which were tested
during the FIS Grand Prix 2013, will be included
in the World Cup rules for the upcoming season.
[read more]
10.10.2013
Green Light for Nordic
Combined Triple
At the Nordic Combined Committee Meeting, the next
phase of development for Nordic Combined started.
The new Chairman Horst Hu"ttel (GER), came
together to evaluate the results of three tests
conducted during the Nordic Combined Summer Grand
Prix 2013. [read more]
09.10.2013
Long break for Richard
Freitag
Richard Freitag will be sidelined for weeks due
to an ankle injury and so he will miss the first
competitions of the upcoming World Cup season. [read more]
08.10.2013
Anette Sagen trained in
Szczyrk
From the very beginning, the modernized ski jumping
venues of Szczyrk and Wisla have been enjoying great
popularity among numerous teams. Thomas Morgernstern
trained in Szczyrk and Wisla 2009 before the Olympic
Games of Vancouver. The slovenian men�s team also
regularly holds training camps here. [read more]
08.10.2013
Adjustment of the wind
compensation
For the ski jumpers, the FIS Grand Prix in summer
is not only an interesting competition series, but
also an important series to test innovations and
changes under competitive conditions. [read more]
07.10.2013
Carl Nordin wins Swedish
Championships
Also in Sweden national championships were held
last weekend at the end of the summer season. The
competitions took place on the HS 100 in Oernskoeldsvik.
[read more]
06.10.2013
Prevc and Klinec take
national titles in Slovenia
With a jump on 106.5 m, Peter Prevc was already
in the lead after the first round on his home hill
and he then captured the title with the longest
jump of the day on 111.5 m in the final and 266.4
points. [read more]
06.10.2013
Simon Ammann and Bigna
Windmueller Swiss Champions
The four-time Olympic Champion was the best in both
rounds with 118 m and 116.5 m and took the Swiss
national title with his total of 267.0 points. [read more]
06.10.2013
Titles in Austria to Kofler
and Iraschko
Andreas Kofler, who already presented himself in
a very good shape at the last two events of the
FIS Grand Prix in Hinzenbach (winner of the qualification)
and Klingenthal (second place), took the win on
both hills. [read more]
06.10.2013
Marinus Kraus surprises
at German Nationals
Marinus Kraus posted jumps on 138.5 m and 127 m
on Saturday evening and won an exciting competition
with a total of 275.9 points. [read more]
06.10.2013
Christoph Bieler unbeatable
in Austrian summer nationals
Two competition days meant two victories for Austrian
team veteran Christoph Bieler who claimed the titles
on the normal and on the large hill this weekend.
[read more]
06.10.2013
New German summer nationals
winners: Johannes Rydzek and Riessle & Faisst
Johannes Rydzek and the Team Baden-Wu"rttemberg
consisting of Fabian Rie?le and Manuel Fai?t claimed
the German national titles in the championships
in Oberstdorf this year. [read more]
06.10.2013
PZN launches new Nordic
Combined development team
The Polish Ski Association is stepping it up when
it comes to the development and promotion of Nordic
Winter sports talents, especially in Nordic Combined.
[read more]
04.10.2013
No ski flying in Planica
The organizers will not be able to complete the
reconstruction of the Letalnica ski flying hill,
the venue that has become the mecca of all ski flying
fans over the years. That's why they now submitted
a proposal to the FIS to carry out all three competitions
in March on the new HS 139, located right next to
the ski flying hill. [read more]
03.10.2013
Andreas Wellinger wins
twice in Klingenthal
Andreas Wellinger showed two great jumps under windy
conditions in the Vogtland-Arena and was already
in the lead after the first round with 135.5 m.
133 m in the final earned him 261.9 points and a
lead of 4.4 points to Kofler. The Austrian, who
started early with bib 14, was in the lead for almost
an hour in the first round with 133 m and showed
some consistency with a 133.5 m jump in the final.
[read more]
02.10.2013
Klemens Muranka wins this
summer's last qualification
Klemens Muranka of Poland won the qualification
round in the Vogtland-Arena with a jump on 137 m
and 139.1 points. [read more]
02.10.2013
Kenneth Gangnes underwent
successful surgery
The Norwegian, who suffered the same serious injury
already for the second time in the last three years,
will now stay in the hospital in Innsbruck for a
few more days, before the long way back to ski jumping
begins again for him. [read more]
02.10.2013
Sarah Hendrickson fights
for her Olympic dream
The 19-year-old tore her anterior cruciate ligament
and medial colleteral ligament and also injured
the meniscus when she fell at the landing of the
longest jump of her career so far on 148 m. [read more]
01.10.2013
Miroslav Dvorak double
Czech national champion
The Czech national championships were held last
weekend in Liberec and it was a big win weekend
for Miroslav Dvorak who won both competitions on
Saturday (large hill) and Sunday (normal hill) quite
clearly. Unfortunately, not many athletes were attending
the competitions and even with the participation
of five Polish athletes, the starting field only
consisted of 16 skiers. [read more]
01.10.2013
German triumph at Alpen
Cup weekend in Oberwiesenthal
The local heroes Terence Weber and Jakob Lange wowed
the home crowd with two victories at the Alpen Cup
weekend in Oberwiesenthal. Over 60 starters from
6 nations had come to Oberwiesenthal to compete
for points at this second stage of the Alpen Cup.
[read more]
29.09.2013
Wind prevents competition
in Hinzenbach
The jury first decided to cancel the trial round
and was hoping for the wind to calm down later.
Then the start of the competition, originally scheduled
for 2:00 pm CET, was then postponed for 30 minutes
various times. But the conditions didn't get any
better: After the competition was postponed three
times the wind didn't calm down. [read more]
29.09.2013
German triumph at Alpen
Cup weekend in Oberwiesenthal
The local heroes Terence Weber and Jakob Lange wowed
the home crowd with two victories at the Alpen Cup
weekend in Oberwiesenthal. Over 60 starters from
6 nations had come to Oberwiesenthal to compete
for points at this second stage of the Alpen Cup.
[read more]
29.09.2013
Eric Frenzel nominated
for "Champion of the Year" award
German Nordic Combined sensation Eric Frenzel has
been nominated for the German "Champion des
Jahres" award which will be given out on the
upcoming Wednesday. As a special feature of this
award, the Champion of the Year will not be chosen
by the general public or journalists but by their
fellow sportsmen. [read more]
29.09.2013
Japanese dominate FIS
Cup in Rasnov
Two FIS Cup competitions for ladies (HS 71) and
men (HS 100) took place in the Romanian ski jumping
center in Rasnov this weekend. Former nordic combined
skier Daito Takahashi of Japan won on Saturday with
94.5 m and 94 m and 245.5 points clearly ahead of
his teammate Yukiya Sato (235.5 points) and local
hero Robert Valentin Tatu (233.5 points). [read more]
29.09.2013
Learn to fly with our
ski jumping program for kids ages 5 and up!
At one time or another, every kid dreams about flying
through the air. The NSAA ski jumping program makes
those dreams come true. [read more]
28.09.2013
Two Austrians ahead in
the qualification The Austrian team celebrated a double victory
in the qualification for the FIS Grand Prix in front
of their home crowd in Hinzenbach. Andreas Kofler
won ahead of Michael Hayboeck, Severin Freund of
Germany was third. [read more]
28.09.2013
Team Austria completes
training camp in Val di Fiemme
It was back to the location of successful World
Championships for the Austrian team which traditionally
returns for an autumn camp in Italy's Val di Fiemme
every year. [read more]
28.09.2013
John F. Russell: The Crawfords
will be missed, and their contributions will last
for generations
Steamboat Springs - For the past 23 years, the name
Gary Crawford has held a special place on my contact
list. If I needed Nordic combined results, if I
needed to know what was happening in the sport or
if a local skier was competing almost anywhere in
the world, he was one of the guys I would call first.
And he was one of the first guys to call me. [read more]
27.09.2013
The hill in Chaux-Neuve
is ready for summer jumping!
This day has been long awaited by the French World
Championship gold winning squad: their big "home"
hill in Chaux-Neuve is now finally covered with
plastic and operational for summer ski jumping and
will complement the new cross-country stadium in
nearby Tuffes. Excellent training conditions for
the French athletes. [read more]
26.09.2013
Austrians and Germans
with top teams at GP final
The FIS Grand Prix 2013 concludes with the two events
in Hinzenbach and Klingenthal. For the teams of
Austria and Germany this is a chance for a final
test of their shape against the international competition
in front of their home crowds towards the end of
the summer. [read more]
26.09.2013
Titisee-Neustadt: Preparations
for the World Cup comeback
About two months from now, Titisee-Neustadt (GER)
will host its first ski jumping World Cup competitions
in five years, and that very early in the winter,
on December 14th and 15th. Actually that would be
too early to guarantee enough snow for a World Cup
at a venue that is located about 800 m above sea
level. [read more]
26.09.2013
Japanese team with next
big Euro camp
Only a short time after the Summer Grand Prix, the
Japanese team is back for a five-week training camp
in central Europe to get into shape for the important
Olympic season. After a performance test at the
Japanese Institute of Sports Sciences (JISS) on
September 17th, the team consisting of seven athletes
and four staff members, travelled to Oberstdorf
(18.9.-25.9.) as a first stage. [read more]
24.09.2013
Final Coordination Commission
visit begins in Sochi
The 10th and final visit of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC)�s Coordination Commission to the
Black Sea city of Sochi got underway today. With
only 136 days until the Games open and less than
one week until the lighting of the Olympic flame
in Olympia, Greece, the Commission will be checking
to make sure that Sochi 2014 is on track to deliver
the finishing touches that will be necessary to
ensure that the world�s finest winter athletes are
able to compete in the best conditions possible.
[read more]
23.09.2013
Haavard Klemetsen on winning
spree
It has been a successful weekend for Norwegian team
veteran Haavard Klemetsen who managed to stand on
the very top of the podium of both, the Supersprint,
which is traditionally held in conjunction with
the training camp in Lillehammer, and at the Norwegian
summer nationals this Saturday and Sunday. [more]
22.09.2013
Ski jumping stadium to
be completed in Borovoye in 2014
Kazakhstan is planing to launch a new ski jumping
stadium in Borovoye resort not far from Astana.
It is going to be completed by the end of 2014,
Tengrinews reports citing the chief of the Tourism
Department of Akmola Oblast Shynarbek Batyrkhanov.
[more]
22.09.2013
Double victory for Slovenia
in Almaty
Matjaz Pungertar and Jernej Damjan took a double
win for Slovenia at the FIS Grand Prix in Almaty.
The third place was captured by Japanese Reruhi
Shimizu, for whom this was the third podium result
of his career. [more]
22.09.2013
Almaty on its way to the
top
Junior World Championships 2015, Universiade 2017
and among the candidates for hosting the FIS Nordic
World Championships 2019. Almaty, with 1.5 million
inhabitants the largest city of Kazakhstan, is on
the best way to becoming a center for nordic winter
sports. [more]
22.09.2013
Sara Takanashi wins despite
fall
Overall winner Sara Takanashi also won the final
FIS Grand Prix event this summer in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Despite a fall in the second round in a jump on
107.5 m the Japanese, who jumped on 99 m in the
first round, won with 224.7 points. Slovenia's Katja
Pozun came in second (92.5 m / 95.5 m; 220.0 points),
the third place went to Canadian Atsuko Tanaka (93
m / 93 m; 216.4 points). Eva Logar (SLO, 93 m /
94.5 m) and Coline Mattel (FRA, 94 m / 94.5 m) missed
the podium by only 0.1 and 0.2 points. [more]
22.09.2013
COC-M: Muranka wins again
The summer season of the Continental Cup ended on
Sunday with the second competition in Klingenthal.
Like on the day before, the competition was won
by Klemens Muranka of Poland, ahead of Roberto Dellasega
of Italy and Slovenia's Peter Prevc. [more]
21.09.2013
COC-M: First win for Klemens
Muranka
The first Continental Cup competition in Klingenthal
ended with a win for Poland. Klemens Muranka won
ahead of Mikhail Maksimochkin of Russia and Austrian
Thomas Diethart. [more]
21.09.2013
Bardal takes second win
this summer
Jernej Damjan came close to taking the overall lead
in the FIS Grand Prix today. With 129.5 m and the
longest jump of the day on 139.5 m, the Slovene
came in second in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Only Anders
Bardal of Norway was better with his 131 m and 135.5
m and 263.0 points. [more]
21.09.2013
Sara Takanashi's winning
streak continues
Sara Takanashi is the best in women's ski jumping
in summer 2013. With her clear win in the first
of two FIS Grand Prix competitions in Almaty (KAZ),
the Japanese again showed that she is in a league
of her own. With this win the 16-year-old won the
overall title of the FIS Grand Prix already before
the final event on Sunday in Almaty. [more]
20.09.2013
Sara Takanashi is top
favorite also in Almaty
The ladies trained on two different hills in Almaty,
Kazakhstan, on Friday. First on the HS 66, and later
two training rounds were held on the HS 106. [more]
20.09.2013
Bardal with record jump,
Hajek and Slovenes strong
The first official training at the FIS Grand Prix
in Almaty, Kazakhstan, took place on Friday. Because
there were only 49 competitors, a third training
round was held instead of the qualification. [more]
19.09.2013
Jan Kirchhofer: "I
am rather chaotic!"
During the summer months, swiss-ski.ch has been
introducing young ski talents across all disciplines.
As it has been Nordic Combined's Jan Kirchhofer's
turn now, reason enough to cast a closer look on
the young Swiss athlete! The 18-year old has left
his home and is currently living in Oberaich, Austria
while attending the Nordic Education Centre in Eisenerz.
He's in his second year to become a mechantronic
technician and has been starting in the Alpen Cup
since 2010. [more]
18.09.2013
Kaarel Nurmsalu Estonian
Champion
The big favorite, Kaarel Nurmsalu won the title
at the Estonian summer Championships last weekend.
[more]
18.09.2013
COC in Klingenthal live
on FISskijumping.com
The Continental Cup this week live on FISskijumping.com.
Continental Cup Men Klingenthal (GER). Saturday,
Sept. 21, 2013. [more]
17.09.2013
Training camp & COC
in Lillehammer for Lamy Chappuis & Co
While the French World Cup team skipped the Nordic
Combined Summer Grand Prix this year, visitors of
the ski jumping Continental Cup in Lillehammer were
in for a pleasant surprise this weekend as all members
of the Val di Fiemme gold squad, including triple
World Champion Jason Lamy Chappuis were starting
in Norway. [more]
17.09.2013
Akito Watabe keeps on
winning!
After winning this year's Summer Grand Prix together
with Austria's Berni Gruber, it seems Akito Watabe
isn't done with standing on top of the podium yet.
At the Nordic Summer festival back hime in Habuka,
Watabe took another win, ahead of teammates Taihei
Kato and Takehiro Watanabe. Yoshito Watabe came
in fourth. [more]
17.09.2013
Schedule FIS Grand Prix
Almaty
Schedule for the FIS Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan;
International Jump Complex. You can find the official
invitation for the GP in Almaty here: [more]
17.09.2013
Han Hendrik Piho wins
Estonian summer nationals
It has been a victory for Han Hendrik Piho at the
Estonian summer nationals in Otepa"a"
this past weekend! The youngest of the Piho brothers
distanced his fellow national team members clearly
and crossed the finish line a whopping 47 seconds
earlier than jumping winner Kristjan Ilves. Karl-August
Tirmaa came in third. [more]
17.09.2013
Schedule FIS Grand Prix
Almaty
Schedule for the FIS Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan;
International Jump Complex. You can find the official
invitation for the GP in Almaty here: [more]
15.09.2013
Jakub Janda crowns his
weekend
Czech Jakub Janda won the second individual competition
at the FIS Summer Grand Prix in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia.
With jumps on 127 m and 129 m he scored a total
of 268.3 points and won ahead of Slovenia's Jernej
Damjan (264.2 points). Anders Bardal of Norway,
the winner of yesterday's competition, and Poland's
Krzysztof Biegun, second in the GP overall ranking,
shared the third place (259.9 points). [more]
15.09.2013
COC-L: Ema Klinec the
best again
Ema Klinec, Line Jahr and Jessica Jerome: The top
three at the Conintental Cup on Sunday in Lillehammer
were the same as on Saturday, only the positions
changed a bit. [more]
15.09.2013
COC-M: Marinus Kraus wins
after one round
The working day of the athletes ended earlier than
planned on the second day of competition at the
Continental cup in Lillehammer. The second round
on the Lysgardsbakken had to be canceled after six
jumpers due to the strong wind. [more]
15.09.2013
Ulrike Graessler back
in Germany
After Ulrike Graessler was hospitalized in Nizhniy
Tagil, Russia, to have her appendix removed Friday
night, the 27-year-old could return home together
with her teamamtes. The German team landed in Frankfurt/Main
on Sunday. [more]
15.09.2013
COC-M: First win for Markus
Schiffner
Markus Schiffner of Austria won the first Continental
Cup competition in Lillehammer on Saturday evening
ahead of Marinus Kraus and Fredrik Bjerkeengen.
[more]
15.09.2013
Norwegian double victory
in Nizhniy Tagil
Anders Bardal and Tom Hilde secured a double victory
for the team of Norway in Nizhniy Tagil. Veteran
Jakub Janda of the Czech Republic was third and
achieved his first podium result in a Grand Prix
or World Cup in about seven years. [more]
15.09.2013
COC-L: Clear win for Ema
Klinec
Four Continental Cup competitions are taking place
in Lillehammer this weekend, two individual competitions
for the men and the ladies. These are the only two
COC events for the ladies this summer. [more]
15.09.2013
First judges and TD seminar
in Russia
There a plenty of new ski jumping facilities in
the aspiring ski jumping nation Russia, what was
lacking so far was the necessary officials in order
to carry out international competitions on the new
hills. [more]
15.09.2013
Second win for Takanashi
in Nizhniy Tagil
Sara Takanashi also won the second FIS Grand Prix
in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia, within 24 hours. Like
on the day before, Coline Mattel (FRA) came in second.
The third place on the podium went to Katharina
Althaus (GER), who was fourth on Friday. The Russian
hosts had a chance to achieve a podium result after
the first round. Irina Avvakumova could not keep
her nerves and fell back from third to seventh.
[more]
15.09.2013
Graessler underwent appendix
surgery
Ulrike Graessler of Germany had to undergo appendix
surgery in Russia due to acute pain. [more]
15.09.2013
Lillehammer: Two CoC victories
for Ema Klinec
Ema Klinec won both Continental Cups in Lillehammer
and so also the overall Summer CoC. Comeback of
Helena Olsson Smeby. [more]
15.09.2013
Training camp & COC
in Lillehammer for Lamy Chappuis & Co
While the French World Cup team skipped the Nordic
Combined Summer Grand Prix this year, visitors of
the ski jumping Continental Cup in Lillehammer were
in for a pleasant surprise this weekend as all members
of the Val di Fiemme gold squad, including triple
World Champion Jason Lamy Chappuis were starting
in Norway. [more]
15.09.2013
Akito Watabe keeps on
winning!
After winning this year's Summer Grand Prix together
with Austria's Berni Gruber, it seems Akito Watabe
isn't done with standing on top of the podium yet.
At the Nordic Summer festival back hime in Habuka,
Watabe took another win, ahead of teammates Taihei
Kato and Takehiro Watanabe. Yoshito Watabe came
in fourth. [more]
15.09.2013
Han Hendrik Piho wins
Estonian summer nationals
It has been a victory for Han Hendrik Piho at the
Estonian summer nationals in Otepa"a"
this past weekend! The youngest of the Piho brothers
distanced his fellow national team members clearly
and crossed the finish line a whopping 47 seconds
earlier than jumping winner Kristjan Ilves. Karl-August
Tirmaa came in third. [more]
11.09.2013
Chairman's Corner - Welcome,
Horst Huttel!
The FIS Council Meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia in
June saw a key personnel change in the Nordic Combined
Committee. Council Member Roman Kumpost (CZE) who
headed the Nordic Combined Committee on an interim
basis for the last three years handed over the reigns
to Horst Huttel (GER). Fisnc.com sat down with the
new man at the helm of the committee to ask a few
questions. [more]
11.09.2013
Premiere in Nizhniy Tagil
An approximate two-hour drive north of Yekaterinburg,
with 1.3 million inhabitants Russia's fourth largest
city, a huge sports complex was and still is built
in Nizhniy Tagil. [more]
11.09.2013
The Continental Cup this
week live on FISskijumping.com
Continental Cup Men LIllehammer (NOR)
[more]
09.09.2013
FIS Grand Prix in Nizhniy
Tagil
After a few weeks break, the FIS Grand Prix 2013
now continues, and it will do so with a premiere
event this week. [more]
09.09.2013
Alpen Cup victories for
Orter and Steindl in Winterberg
The first weekend of the Alpen Cup season 2013/14
is history and it has seen two Austrian victories:
Philip Orter and Fabian Steindl won in the town
of Winterberg in the Hochsauerland district of Germany.
[more]
08.09.2013
Janne Happonen Finnish
Champion
Janne Happonen is working hard to return to the
world class again after his serious knee injury
and he seems to be on the right track. He took a
clear win in the Finnish national Championships
in Lahti on Sunday. [more]
08.09.2013
Ilkka Herola claims Finnish
national summer title
Finnish Nordic Combined shooting star Ilkka Herola
has another title under his belt. The 18-year-old
form Siilinja"rvi is the new summer national
champion in Finland, his brother Matti Herola was
taking the second place and Ville Heikkinen coming
in third. Janne Ryyna"nen was not starting
and chose to focus on training in Rovaniemi instead. [more]
08.09.2013
Victory for Phillip Sjoeen
in Oslo
The inofficial Norwegian Summer Championships on
the normal hill took place on the Midtstubakken
in Oslo on Sunday. The title went to Phillip Sjoeen,
ahead of Joachim Hauer and Mats Berggaard. [more]
08.09.2013
Jan Ziobro wins title
in Poland
A week after the Championships on the normal hill
in Szczyrk, the Polish Champion on the large hill
was crowned in Zakopane on Sunday. [more]
04.09.2013
Mateusz Wantulok new Polish
national champion
While the two Summer Grand Prix starters Szczepan
Kupczak and Pawel Slowiok were still on their way
back from the last competition in Oberstdorf, the
rest of the team and also some international starters
had a competition in Szczyrk which also counted
as the Polish summer national championships. [more]
03.09.2013
TT - Ottesen: "The
Weekend Challenge winner will be a true champion!"
The Summer Grand Prix 2013 is history and now it's
already time to be focussing and preparing for a
new winter season in FIS. For today's TUESDAY TALK,
fisnc.com spoke to Race Director Lasse Ottesen about
the plans for the new season highlight, the Weekend
Challenge, the ideas behind it and the process of
creating it. [more]
02.09.2013
Schlierenzauer leads world
ranking list
Gregor Schlierenzauer, last
winter's overall World Cup winner, also leads in
the current world ranking list ahead of Kamil Stoch
and Anders Bardal. So the last season's Top 3 are
also the the top athletes in this latest ranking.
[more]
01.09.2013
Finnish and Estonian FIS
Schu"ler Grand Prix victories in Oberstdorf
Traditionally on the same weekend as the Summer
Grand Prix finals, the 13 and 14-year-old future
stars of Nordic Combined come together in Oberstdorf
for the biggest event of their year: the international
FIS Schu"ler Grand Prix. [more]
01.09.2013
Kubacki wins nationals
in Poland
Dawid Kubacki won a national title on the normal
hill in Szczyrk today ahead of Klemens Muranka and
Krzysztof Biegun. [more]
28.08.2013
Haavard Klemetsen wins
Summer Grand Prix in Villach
The next individual win in the Summer Grand Prix
2013 goes to Haavard Klemetsen. The Norwegian arrived
in the finish 0,7 seconds before his closest adversary,
Bernhard Gruber from Austria. The two were joined
on the podium by Klemetsen's teammate Jan Schmid
who finished 1,5 seconds behind the winner. [more]
29.07.2013
Janne Ahonen: "It
was a good start"
The comeback of Janne Ahonen attracted lots of attention
last weekend in Hinterzarten. And the 36-year-old
Finn could show some good performances in his first
appearance on the international stage. [more]
29.07.2013
Czech and Slovenian teams
with new coaches
Matjaz Triplat now coaches the Czech team, Joze
Bercic serves as new head coach of Slovenia. Alessio
Bolognani quit as assistant coach in Italy. [more]
28.07.2013
Two Germans ahead in GP
opener
The FIS Grand Prix 2013 started with a double win
for Germany in front of 2000 spectators in Hinterzarten
(GER). Richard Freitag won the first GP event of
the summer on a hot afternoon with 246.9 points
ahead of Andreas Wellinger (244.9 points) and Slovenia's
Matjaz Pungertar. [more]
27.07.2013
Japan with the best mixed
team
For many the Japanese team was the favorite for
the mixed team competition and they lived up to
their role. Japan won on Saturday in Hinterzarten
ahead of Slovenia and Germany. [more]
26.07.2013
Win for Alexandra Pretorius
in Hinterzarten
Alexandra Pretorius of Canada won the FIS Grand
Prix opener in Hinterzarten (GER) ahead of Sara
Takanashi and Katja Pozun. The German athletes showed
good performances, but could not keep up with the
best. [more]
26.07.2013
Dawid Kubacki wins this
summer's first qualification
It's getting serious again, the FIS Grand Prix 2013
starts in Hinterzarten. For the men it was time
for training and qualification on Friday at the
"Adlerschanze" in the Black Forest, Germany. [more]
23.07.2013
Rule changes in summer
2013
As always in summer, some rules and innovations
will also be established resp. tested during the
20th FIS Grand Prix, that starts in Hinterzarten. [more]
21.07.2013
20th FIS Grand Prix starts
in Hinterzarten
After the FIS Grand Prix started in Wisla, Poland,
last summer, the opener of this summer series with
the world's best ski jumpers will take place in
Hinterzarten (GER) again this year. Like already
last year, men and women will compete in Hinterzarten.
For the women this will be their second FIS Grand
Prix after its premiere last summer. [more]
12.04.2013
FIS publishes calendars
for next season
The competition calendars for the upcoming season
were announced at the spring meetings of the FIS
Sub-Committees in Zurich on Friday. [more]
04.04.2013
Severin Freund: We don't
need a leader
Severin Freund, fourth of the 2012/13 overall World
Cup, spoke to FISskijumping.com about the changes
head coach Werner Schuster brought to German ski
jumping and about the strengths of the German team.
[more]
04.04.2013
Ski jumping: Flying Eagles
enjoy banner season
The Flying Eagles gained national attention in the
1930s by dominating throughout the Midwest. But
the city's junior ski jumping club took its show
overseas to a new level during the past season �
one of the most exciting and fruitful in the club's
history. [more]
03.04.2013
��IV International Masters
Championship Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Russia.
Part III. 2013 Chaikovsky Video
01.04.2013
Gregor Schlierenzauer:
I'm only human, not a machine
He was last winter's high-flyer: The Austrian won
the overall World Cup title, the ski flying World
Cup, 3 medals at the WSC in Predazzo, the 4-Hills-Tournament
and ten World Cup competitions - 50 in total so
far, that's unrivaled. Gregor Schlierenzauer spoke
to FISskijumping.com about the 2012/13 season. [more]
01.04.2013
2013 Chaikovsky RUS
In early March of 2013, the Old Boys of the
ski jumping world assembled in Chaykovsky, in the
Perm Region of Russia, for the International Masters
Championships. This town with about 80 thousand
people is in the Ural Mountains about 200 km south-west
of the city of Perm and about 1000 km east of Moscow.
[more]
25.03.2013
��IV International Masters
Championship Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Russia.
The second day of competition. 2013 Chaikovsky Video
22.03.2013
��IV International Masters
Championship Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Russia.
The first day of competition. 2013 Chaikovsky Video
18.02.2013
Youngest world champion
Takanashi soars like a bird
With ski jumping running in her family, it was only
natural for young Sara Takanashi to brave the daunting
starting ramp high up the mountain and see how far
she could soar before landing. Takanashi's father,
Hironari Takanashi, was formerly an active sky jumper.
Her brother, four years older than Sara, is also
a ski jumper, and her friends were trying the sport.
[more]
17.02.2013
Norway wins FIS team tour
Nobody would have expected that before today's team
competition. The team of Norway showed an extremely
strong performance and could defeat the favorites
of Slovenia in the final of the FIS Team Tour. Besides
winning ahead of Austria and Slovenia today, the
athletes of coach Alex St�ckl could also win the
prize money of € 100 000, - for the overall
title of the FIS Team Tour. [more]
17.02.2013
Sara Takanashi wins overall
World Cup title
The results of Sara Takanashi �16-year-old Sara
Takanashi was unbeatable today in Ljubno: With her
eighth win this season she also wrote history with
becoming the youngest overall World Cup champion.
Coline Mattel and Sarah Hendrickson were also on
the podium as second and third. [more]
17.02.2013
First World Cup win for
Jaka Hvala
Slovenia's Jaka Hvala took his first win in the
World Cup in Klingenthal today. Hvala, newly crowned
Junior World Champion, was already in the lead after
the first round with his 142.5 m jump. And this
time Hvala could defend this position and captured
his first win with 133 m in the final. The 19-year-old
scored a total of 259.5 points. [more]
17.02.2013
Big news for the ski jumping
World Cup
The World Cup season 2013/14 might not start in
northern Finland or Norway for the world's best
ski jumpers, but maybe in the German regions of
Saxony or the Black Forest. FIS race director Walter
Hofer surprised with his new ideas concerning the
opening of the World Cup next winter in the course
of the World Cup competition in Klingentha... [more]