Sarah Hendrickson and Sara Takanashi performed best in the official training in Ljubno today. The World Cup continues that weekend in Ljubno, Slovenia. The organizers here made a really large campaign to promote this event, and so it was not surprising that already at the official training today some hundred fans supported the jumpers by their cheering. In the afternoon ...
Filmmaker William H. Kerig produced a documentary film about Lindsey Van. The documentary film “Ready To Fly” premiers tonight in Salt Lake City. The film tells the story of 2009 World Champion Lindsey Van and her fight for recognition and respect. Filmmaker Bill Kerig from Salt Lake City followed Van and other athletes of the U.S.-team for two years. With ...
Katja Pozun won in Kranj ahead of Maja Vtic and Ursa Bogataj. Just a few days before the World Cup in Ljubno, Katja Pozun confirmed that she is the best Slovenian jumper at the moment. With jumps on 104.5 and 100.0 meter she won the national championships on Wednesday in Kranj. Defending champion Maja Vtic took the second place with ...
Daniela Iraschko won also the second World Cup in Hinzenbach. Americans Sarah Hendrickson and Lindsey Van second and third. After the fight against the wind yesterday, the weather conditions for today’s second World Cup in Hinzenbach were much better. There was blue sky most of the time and the wind was way more consistent. From time to time a breeze ...
Daniela Iraschko won Saturday’s World Cup in Hinzenbach ahead of Sarah Hendrickson and Katja Pozun. Second round was cancelled after 27 jumpers. After yesterday’s official training was held under calm conditions, the wind played it’s little game today again. While it was still calm at the beginning of the trial round, it became windy after a dozen of athletes had ...
Daniela Iraschko performed best in today’s official training in Hinzenbach. Also Hendrickson, Grässler and Seifriedsberger strong. The World Cup continues this weekend in Hinzenbach. Two competitions will be held on the K85 there tomorrow and on Sunday. As only 48 jumpers are on the start list, we are still waiting for the first qualification in this initial World Cup season. ...
On March 3rd/4th three but two World Cup competitions will be held in Zao (JPN). One of the two World Cups that were originally planned to be held in Szczyrk in the end of January, but finally were cancelled, was now rescheduled in Zao. The additional competition will be held there on Saturday March 3rd in the afternoon. So two ...
Chiara Hölzl, Sonja Schoitsch and Veronika Zobel won the Ladies Cups in Achomitz that weekend. The next competitions of the Ladies Cup, the junior series in Ladies Skijumping, were held that weekend on the K75 in Achomitz. As usual, the competitions were held in two age groups, girls and juniors. Girls: Victories for Hölzl and SchoitschOn Saturday Austria’s Chiara Hölzl ...
American ski jumpers donate a portion of their prize money from Zakopane to the family of the late Sarah Burke. The jumpers of the U.S. team will donate a portion of the prize money they received at the Continental Cups in Zakopane to the family of Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, to help them covering medical costs. Burke died at ...
Germany won team gold at the Youth Olympic Games ahead of Slovenia and Canada. For the Youth Olympic Games 2012 over 1000 athletes from 60 countries gather in Innsbruck to compete for 63 Gold Medals. The ski jumping competitions are held on the K68 in Seefeld, about 20 km west of Innsbruck. Today the ski jumping team competition was held. ...