A large number of athletes from America will attend the competitions in Scandinavia. Sigurd Pettersen is the team’s new assistant coach. The U.S. team will attend the first Continental Cups of this winter with a fairly large number of competitors. As many as nine jumpers will go on the trip to Scandinavia: Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, Alissa Johnson, Abby Hughes, ...

Gyda Enger won the Norwegian Championships in Vikersund. Line Jahr and Maren Lundby took second and third rank. The Norwegian Championships on the large hill in Vikersund (K105) were already held on Saturday. With jumps on 102.0 and 110.0 meters, Gyda Enger claimed victory. Second rank took Line Jahr (101.0 and 101.5 m), third Maren Lundby (91.5 and 99.0 m). ...

In June Switzerland’s Salome Fuchs tore her left knee’s ACL. Now Ladies-Skijumping.com editor Stefan Diaz talked to her about the recovery process. Ladies-Skijumping.com: How is the recovery of your knee going? Salome Fuchs: Well, after the second surgery everything just went very slowly. I had a lot of problems at first, the knee was aching and always swollen. But in ...

IOC placed the decision on an Olympic Ladies Skijumping competition on hold. At its meeting in Acapulco (MEX), the IOC Executive Board has put back the decision, if Ladies Skijumping will be Olympic in 2014. It is now planned to decide after the World Championships in Oslo in March. There the discipline will have to prove, that it is developed ...

Norway’s Mari Backe quit her career. Already after the last winter she has retired from skijumping and was not participating in this summer’s competitions anymore. The reason for her retirement was a lack of motivation. Right now she is working in a kindergarten, but plans to attend a school of physiotherapy next year. So maybe she will return to the ...

Maja Vtič won in Kranj ahead of Špela Rogelj and Urša Bogataj. On Sunday the Slovenian Championships were held on the K100/HS109 in Kranj. With jumps on 100.0 and 98.5 meters Maja Vtič won the competition ahead of Špela Rogelj (2 x 98.5 m). Third rank took Urša Bogataj (2 x 98.0 m). Defending champion Eva Logar came fourth (98.0 ...

Daniela Iraschko won in Hinzenbach ahead of Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Katharina Keil. The Austrian Championships were held this weekend on the brand-new K85/HS94 hill in Hinzenbach. Daniela Iraschko won today’s ladies competition with jumps on 81,5 and 92,0 meters. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger took the second rank (80,5 and 88,0 m), Katharina Keil came third (68,0 and 74,5). Fourth rank took Cornlia ...

Bigna Windmüller defended her title as Swiss Champion in Einsiedeln, but was the only competitor. It was easy work for Bigna Windmüller to defend her title as Swiss Champion, as she was the only competitor in the ladies’ competition today. Her sister Sabrina is currently injured (contusion of the knee cap) and cannot jump for some weeks. The two long-therm ...

At the FIS Autumn Meeting, that was held in Zurich (SUI) the last week, the introduction of the Ladies World Cup in the winter 2011/12 was confirmed. A provisional World Cup calendar was released. It is planned to open the World Cup in December in Lillehammer (NOR). This event might be held together with the men’s Word Cup. The season ...

Elena Runggaldier wins ahead of Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Line Jahr. Daniela Iraschko won overal Continental Cup.   What a close result! Italy’s Elena Runggaldier (99.0 and 94.0 meters) won the final Continental Cup competition of this summer with an advantage of only a half point on second ranked Jacqueline Seifriedsberger from Austria (95.5 and 97.0 m). Third rank took Norway’s ...