The official training in Bischofsgrün took place on Friday afternoon at sunny weather conditions. Germanys Magdalena Schnurr was the best in both training rounds. The official training here in Bischofsgrün was the kick-off for that summer’s Continental Cup. Sunny, warm weather, disturbed by some clouds and some blowing wind, were a perfect setting for the trainings. Some well-known jumpers, such ...
On July the 16th, the German Summer Championships took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The best was Ulrike Grässler from VSC Klingenthal. She jumped to 84,0 m and 85,0 m, which was enough for her to win ahead of Carina Vogt and Ramona Straub. Moreover, she beat her rivals in two rounds. She was the only one, who was able to jump ...
The case at British Columbia Supreme Court to force IOC to make ladies ski jumping olympic failed – there won’t be a ladies competition at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. As Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees equality of women and men, 15 athletes started a bid against VANOC, the organizing committee of the games, at the BC Supreme ...
Canada’s Atsuko Tanaka had a lot of misfortune in the last season. A knee injury just weeks before the World Championships in Liberec prevented her from participating. Ladies-Skijumping.com editor Stefan Diaz talked to her. Ladies-Skijumping.com: In the last season there were the first World Championships in ladies ski jumping ever. Unfortunately you had an injury right in front of the ...
No team event in 2011 By now there won’t be a ladies team competition at the 2001 World Championships in Oslo. The FIS Council decided at its spring meeting in Vancouver on June 12th not to include a ladies team event to the program of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo. With that decision the FIS Council declined ...
Julia Kykkänen (15) from Lahti is the only Finish competitor on the Ladies Continental Cup. Ladies-Skijumping.com editor Stefan Diaz had the opportunity to have a chat with the aspiring athlete. Read here, what we were talking about. Ladies-Skijumping.com: The last ski jumping season was your second in the Continental Cup. You took the 41st Rank in the overall standings and ...
We are pleased to announce that all the photo galleries from the last season are finally online. In our photo gallery you can find pictures from the World Championships in Liberec and Junior World Championships in Strbskie Pleso. Enther our photo gallery now » ...
The International Ski Association (FIS) has announced the preliminary callendar for the summer continental cup competitions for ladies. Unfortunately only seven events are planned in the coming summer. The ladies would start the season on the K-65 hill in Bischofsgruen (08.08.2009) and finish it in Lillehammer (K-90) already on the 23rd of August. Let’s hope that this proposal will be ...
Technical delegate stopped girls from flying as trial jumpers in Vikersund. The decision was revised later on. Like in the recent years some female jumpers registered as trial jumpers at the skiflying world cup in Vikersund. Wednesdays trial round was stopped by the FIS Technical Delegate Marko Mlakar (SLO) just in the moment, when Line Jahr (NOR) was on the ...
Anette Sagen and Jenna Mohr win the CoC finals in Sapporo. Sagen secures the victory in the overall Continental Cup 2008/09. Due to bad weather condition the competition planed for Friday had to be rescheduled to Saturday. Also the competitions on Saturday in Sapporo were held under difficult weather conditions, with snow and changing winds. The first competition on that ...