Ema Klinec won both FIS-Cups in Villach this weekend. The first competitions of this summer season have been held this weekend. 32 jumpers from 7 countries gathered in Villach for two competitions of the FIS Cup series on the K90/HS98 meter hill there. Next to lots of juniors also a good number of World Cup-experienced jumpers attended these competitions. On ...

French team absolved successful summer training camps. Caroline Espiau is out of action due to a knee injury. The preparation of the French team for the upcoming Olympic season is running very well. Since mid of May the team, consisting of Coline Mattel, Lea Lemare and Julia Clair, absolved already four highly successful training camps. One training camp in June ...

Only two COC competitions will be held this summer, as two events in France were cancelled. The two Continental Cup competitions that were originally scheduled for the 9th and 10th of August on the HS72 hill in Gérardmer, France, have been cancelled due to financial reasons. So this season’s Summer COC will only consist of two competitions in Lillehammmer on ...

The FIS Counil held it’s Spring Meeting in Dubrovnik, Croatia yesterday. Next to the confirmation of the competition calendars, also some changes to the rules were decided. The most important rule change affecting the Ladies is, that the minimum age to participate in a World Cup, World Championships or Junior World Championships was set from 15 to 16. The council ...

The Chinese Ski Association does not renew their contract with coach Jochen Danneberg. The German Jochen Danneberg, who won the 4-Hills-Tournament twice, coached the Chinese Ladies since summer 2011. Before he served as head coach for the men’s teams from America, Switzerland, South Korea and the Netherlands. His biggest success with the Chinese team was a seventh place of Liu ...

Switzerland: Fabian Ebenhoch succeeds Sven Arnold as Ladies Skijumping head coach. The Swiss team meets the upcoming Olympic season with a new head coach. Fabian Ebenhoch from Austria succeeds Sven Arnold, who coached the team during the last two years. Arnold takes up a new job as junior coach in Switzerland. 34 year old Ebenhoch is one of the most ...

The calendar drafts for the next season were released today, after the FIS spring meeting in Zurich. It is planned to hold six individual Grand Prix and 19 individual World Cup competitions. In addition to that three mixed team competitions, two in the summer and one in winter, are planned. The dates still need to be confirmed by the FIS ...

Lea Lemare won in Chaux Neuve ahead of Julia Clair and Coline Mattel, who suffered a fall in the second round. The French Championships were held on Saturday in Chaux Neuve. Winner of the competition on the K106 / HS118 hill there came Lea Lemare with a pair of jumps of 101.5 and 113.0 meters. The second place was taken ...

Atsuko Tanaka won both competitions of the Canadian Championships in Whistler. The Canadian National Championships were held this weekend in Whistler, on the 2010 Olympic hills. Double winner came Atsuko Tanaka. The 21-year old from Calgary won both, the Normal Hill and the Large Hill competition. In the Normal Hill competition on Friday Tanaka made jumps of 98.5 and 103.0 ...

Irina Avvakumova won on Tuesday in Nizhny Tagil ahead of Anastasiya Gladysheva and Daria Grushina. The Russian National Championships were held on Tuesday on the K90 hill in Nizhny Tagil. Winner of the competition came Irina Avvakumova with a pair of jumps of 93.5 and 92.0 meters. On the second place followed Anastasiya Gladysheva with jumps of 86.0 and 91.0 ...