Coline Mattel won in Chaux Neuve ahead of Julia Clair and Lea Lemare.   On the weekend the French championships were held in Chaux Neuve. As there were only four Ladies on the start list, the competition was held together with the championships of the men. The Ladies jumped with the same inrun length as the men, so they were ...

Maren Lundby won the national championships in Sprova ahead of Gyda Enger and Silje Sprakehaug. On Saturday the Norwegian normal hill nationals were held on the HS 100 in Steinkjer-Sprova. There was heavy snowfall all day there, so only one competition round was held. There were seven competitors on the start list. By a jump on 96.5 meters Maren Lundby ...

All ski jumpers that attended the Continental Cups in Zao (Yamagata) were not harmed by the earthquake in Japan. The heavy earthquake that hit Japan today caused great anxiety also in the ski jumping family. Zao – where the final competitions of this winter’s Ladies Continental Cup were held on the last two days – is less then 100 km ...

The competition in Zao (Yamagata) on Thursday was cancelled due to strong wind. Like many times before in this winter, the weather conditions played there little game today. The final competition of this season’s Continental Cup, that was planned to be held in Zao, was cancelled due to strong wind. So Japan’s Yuki Ito, who won yesterday’s competition, remains the ...

Yuki Ito won in Zao ahead of Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Maja Vtic. Japan’s Yuki Ito won the first Continental Cup in Zao on Wednesday. It is her first career win, after finishing third already four times. A pair of jumps on 94.0 and 87.0 meters was sufficient for her to win by 1.5 points ahead of Austria’s Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (93.5 ...

Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Maja Vtic and Atsuko Tanaka performed best in the official training in Zao (Yamagata). The official training for the final Continental Cups of this winter was held today in the afternoon in Zao. In the first of the two training rounds, Slovenia’s Maja Vtic performed best by jumping 87.5 meters. Second of the round was Germany’s Melanie Faisst ...

Ursa Bogataj won in Baiersbronn on Saturday ahead of Ema Klinec and Anna Rupprecht. Despite the focus of attention was this weekend on the World Championships in Oslo, there was also another important ski jumping competition. The OPA Games, the most important junior championship for athletes from alpine countries, were held in Baiersbronn. The competitions were originally scheduled in Einsiedeln, ...

IOC Vice President Gunilla Lindberg expressed her assertive opinion on Ladies Skijumping at Olympics. Right after the Ladies Skijumping competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships, that was held in Oslo on Friday under very difficult weather conditions, Gunilla Lindberg, Vice President of The International Olympic Committee from Sweden, made a generous comment on the inclusion of Ladies Skijumping to ...

Daniela Iraschko won the World Championships in Oslo ahead of Elena Runggaldier and Coline Mattel. Austria’s Daniela Iraschko won the Ladies competition at the World Championships in Oslo. After missing a medal two years ago just by a hair, she was this time able to win Gold by two almost equal jumps on 97.0 meters. Italy’s Elena Runggaldier won Silver ...

Daniela Iraschko performed best in today’s third official training, Sara Takanashi made the longest jump of the day. The final official training for the World Championships was held today in the afternoon in Oslo. The performance of all athletes was again on a very high level, so we all can look forward to a very exciting and high-class competition tomorrow. ...