The team is in a good condition. Training continues in Hinterzarten this week. The French Ladies National Team (Coline Mattel, Julia Clair, Léa Lemare and Caroline Espiau) held a four-day training camp in Courchevel on the K90 last week. Prior to this, the girls went through a long period of hard physical training. Anaïs Geoffray missed this training camp, because ...
Atsuko Tanaka leaves Japanese team and will jump again for Canada. Two years ago Atsuko Tanaka, Canadian of Japanese background, left the Canadian Ski Team and since jumped for the Japanese Team. Now she returned to her old home and wants to start for the Canadian Team again. “I was in Japan for 2 years because I wanted to go ...
41 competitions in Ladies Skijumping will be held on international levels in the 2012/13 season. After the FIS congress in Kangwonland (KOR), the official calendars for the upcoming season have been released now. As expected the calendar drafts, that were released already some weeks ago, were changed a little. Two mixed team competitions in the Summer In the summer not ...
Germany’s Jenna Mohr says “good bye”. Germany’s Jenna Mohr quits her career. In a statement, that she posted on her official Facebook-Fanpage today, she declares that she has to retire from active sports. After jumping only on an average level this season, she lost her status as a squad-member and so does not receive financial support anymore. Her best result ...
In a long interview Ladies-Skijumping.com editor Stefan Diaz talked to Germany’s Ulrike Grässler about the changes the first World Cup season brought, her sporting situation and many other things. Ladies-Skijumping.com: This winter we experienced the first World Cup season in history. You took fourth place in the overall World Cup. Are you happy about this season? Ulrike Grässler: Generally speaking, ...
After it’s meeting in Zurich, FIS released provisional calendars for the upcoming season. All dates need to be confirmed by the FIS council, so official calendars won’t be published before it’s meeting in June in South Korea. In the last years, there were always some changes to the calendar draft before the council meeting. First Summer Grand Prix For the ...
Former Canadian top-jumper Nata de Leeuw celebrates her comeback at the National Championships. fot. Stefan Diaz Nata de Leeuw The Canadian National Championships were held this weekend on the K95 in Whistler. Taylor Henrich, the only Canadian who competed in World Cups this year, won the competition with a pair of jumps of 91.5 and 89.5 meters. It is a ...
Alissa Johnson successfully underwent a complicated surgery last week. American ski jumper Alissa Johnson underwent a back surgery last week. The 24 year old from Park City had some chronic back pain for the last 2.5 years. These were not a result of ski jumping, but a rare chronic problem that just happens to some people. “It was a difficult ...
The French Championships were held on Saturday in Courchevel. Coline Mattel won with jumps of 90.0 and 92.9 meters. Second came Italy’s Elena Runggaldier, who participated as a guest in these national championships, with jumps of 82. and 90.5 meters. Lea Lemare took the third place with jumps of 83.5 and 86.0 meters. Julia Clair, Anais Geoffray and Caroline Espiau ...
The Norwegian Championships were held that weekend in Voss. The ladies’ competition was held on Saturday on the K95 hill there. Anette Sagen won with jumps of 96.0 and 94.0 meters. This is her 14th gold medal at national championships. Line Jahr took the second place with jumps of 87.5 and 85.5 meters. Jenny Synnøve Hagemoen came on the bronze ...