Sara Takanashi won the individual World Cup on Saturday in Lillehammer. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Gianina Ernst shared the second place. The first individual World Cup competition of this winter, that was held today in Lillehammer, was simply the perfect “appetizer” for this Olympic season. The competition was nice and fair, and the performance level was in general extremely high. The ...
Japan won the mixed team competition in Lillehammer ahead of Austria and Norway. A mixed team competition was held today in Lillehammer as season opener for this winter Ladies’ World Cup. Although large parts of northern and central Europe are under influence of heavy storms at the moment, the wind was rather calm there and so only very few breaks ...
70 jumpers on the start list for the season opener in Lillehammer. Ema Klinec best in official training. The 2012/13 World Cup season starts this weekend in Lillehammer. A mixed team event is held today, and the first individual competition of the season will be held tomorrow on the HS 100 normal hill there. It is very nice to note, ...
Next to the Olympics, we can look forward to see close fights and a very high performance level in the upcoming winter. A preview by Ladies-Skijumping.com chief editor Stefan Diaz. This winter’s first World Cups will be held on the weekend in Lillehammer. All national teams were able to do their first training jumps on snow during the last weeks, ...
Erik Renmaelmo replaces Paolo Bernardi, who resigned from this post last week. Women’s Ski Jumping USA has hired a new traveling coach to work alongside head coach Alan Alborn as the duo leads the world’s top-ranked team into the 2014 World Cup and Olympic Winter Games season. Alborn, current head coach and athletic program manager, will expand his coaching role ...
Paolo Bernardi quit his assignment as coach of the American team. Only three weeks before this winter’s World Cup season starts, Paolo Bernardi retired from his job as head coach of the American World Cup team. Bernardi announced this step already on Thursday on his personal Facebook page, and quoted personal reasons for this decision. However, that message was removed ...
Lindsey Van won on Sunday in Lake Placid ahead of Jessica Jerome and Alissa Johnson. The American National Championships were held this weekend in Lake Placid, NY. The Ladies’ competition on the K90 hill on Sunday was attended by 14 jumpers. Winner came Lindsey Van with a pair of jumps of 92.0 and 96.5 meters. Second behind her came Jessica ...
Katja Pozun won in Planica ahead of Maja Vtic and Spela Rogelj. The Slovenian Championships on the large hill were held in Planica on Sunday. Katja Pozun won the competition on the K125 hill with jumps of 131.0 and 129.5 meters. Second came Maja Vtic who jumped 133.0 and 128.0 meters. Only a half point behind Vtic finished Spela Roglj ...
Maren Lunby won on the large hill in Trondheim ahead of Helena Olsson Smeby and Gyda Enger. Maren Lundby won this summer’s Norwegian Championships on the large hill. Only four ladies competed on the K120 in Trondheim on Saturday. Lundby won the competition with a pair of jumps of 128.5 and 130.5 meters. The second place was taken by Helena ...
Ema Klinec won in Kranj ahead of Katja Pozun and Maja Vtic. National championships were held this weekend also in Slovenia. Winner of the competition, that was held on the K100 hill in Kranj, came Ema Klinec by jumping 106.5 meters twice. Second came Katja Pozun with jumps of 104.5 and 105.0 meters. Third place was taken by Maja Vtic, ...