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| April 8th, 2006 -
Head Coach Fisher resigns |
| The last
winter world cup season has just ended a couple of weeks ago but more or
less surprising news from the U.S.A. keep coming in these days...
Alan Alborn, U.S. distance record holder (221.5m, 2001)
and the nation's top ski jumper for almost a decade, announced that he and
his Norwegian girlfriend Guro are planning to get married: "We
have been together now for three great years, and now the future is ours
to share together", he said.
SKI JUMPING USA and the fans from Germany and
Europe congratulate and wish the couple all the best!
Meanwhile, Corby Fisher has put an end to his
international coaching career for now and resigned as Head Coach.
For more information, read the official USST press
release below or click
here to read Corby's last message after the season's finale
in Planica.
APRIL 7, 2006
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juliann Fritz,
jfritz@ussa.org
CORBY FISHER STEPS DOWN FROM HEAD COACH OF U.S. SKI
JUMPING
PARK CITY, Utah (April 7) - Corby Fisher, U.S. ski jumping head coach for
the past two seasons, has resigned, the U.S. Ski Team announced.
Fisher, 30, who grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colo., was a member of the
national team in the mid-Nineties before a severe concussion ended his
career and he decided as the World Cup season ended that he was leaving,
U.S. Nordic Director Luke
Bodensteiner said Friday. Before taking the jumping head position after
the 2004 season, Fisher - who previously had been program director with
the National Sports Foundation in Park City - had been jumping coach for
two seasons with the U.S. Nordic Combined Team.
“Corby’s tireless and he’s given us four strong years, and we’re going to
miss his positive and energetic approach to coaching,” Bodensteiner said
Friday. “We certainly wish him the best.”
“It’s been a great four years, first with the nordic combined team and
working with Johnny [Spillane, 2003 sprint world champion] as he achieved
his gold medal, and then these last two years with the special jumpers,”
Fisher said. “This was my dream
job, the one I’ve always wanted, but it takes a lot out of you every day.
Luke knows I have a great passion for jumping and want to help the next
coach - and the program - in any way possible. I’m still going to cheering
for the Ski Team, but I’m taking a step back and I’ll be rooting from a
little farther away.”
Fisher said he was exploring “a couple of possibilities - but, first, I’ve
got some powder skiing to get caught up on with my wife.” He and his wife
Emily, U.S. freestyle program manager, live in Park City.
Bodensteiner said replacement plans would be announced.
|
| OLYMPIC
WINTER GAMES 2006
Torino / ITA
February 10th - 26th |
| 02/18 -
Pragelato HS 140 Individual
19-year-old soars to Olympic Gold Medal
Surrounded by his never-tiring fanclub, mom and dad were
cheering, hoping and crying a few tears of joy - Thomas Morgenstern from
Austria made his childhood-dreams come true tonight during the HS 140
Individual competition in Pragelato, 80km (or 4 "olympic hours") west of
Torino. 133.0m in the first round, incredible 140.0m in the final -
Austrians were bound to fly tonight. Teammate Andreas Kofler, 4.3 points
ahead of Morgenstern after the first round, who had been struggling a
couple of times in the past when being confronted with pressure, figured
out how to deal with it just the right day. He ended up 0.1 points behind
his friend and completed a great night for a great Austrian team.
Three North-Americans had qualified for the event on the
big hill, but only one of them made it to the final round: Stefan Read
finished 30th with jumps of 118.5m and 113.0m. Alan Alborn and Graeme
Gorham were 43rd and 50th.
| Rank |
Bib |
Name |
NOC
Code |
Speed
[km/h] |
Distance
[m] |
Distance
Points |
Judges Marks |
Judges Points |
Round Total |
Round Rank |
Total |
| A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
| 1 |
45 |
MORGENSTERN Thomas |
 AUT |
96.5
96.9
|
133.0
140.0
|
74.4
87.0
|
19.5
19.5
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.0
20.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
19.5
|
57.0
58.5
|
131.4
145.5
|
2
1
|
276.9 |
| 2 |
44 |
KOFLER Andreas |
AUT |
96.0
96.3
|
134.0
139.5
|
76.2
86.1
|
20.0
18.5
|
19.5
18.0
|
20.0
17.5
|
20.0
18.5
|
19.5
18.5
|
59.5
55.0
|
135.7
141.1
|
1
2
|
276.8 |
| 3 |
41 |
BYSTOEL Lars |
 NOR |
95.7
96.0
|
127.5
131.5
|
64.5
71.7
|
19.0
19.0
|
18.5
19.5
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
19.0
|
57.0
57.5
|
121.5
129.2
|
5
3
|
250.7 |
| 4 |
47 |
LJOEKELSOEY Roar |
NOR |
96.2
96.4
|
131.0
125.0
|
70.8
60.0
|
19.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
18.5
|
19.0
18.0
|
57.0
55.0
|
127.8
115.0
|
3
14
|
242.8 |
| 5 |
43 |
HAUTAMAEKI Matti |
 FIN |
95.9
96.1
|
126.0
129.5
|
61.8
68.1
|
19.0
19.0
|
18.0
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
55.5
57.0
|
117.3
125.1
|
7
4
|
242.4 |
| 6 |
48 |
KUETTEL Andreas |
 SUI |
95.6
96.2
|
127.5
127.0
|
64.5
63.6
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
55.5
55.5
|
120.0
119.1
|
6
10
|
239.1 |
| 7 |
42 |
ROMOEREN Bjoern Einar |
NOR |
95.9
96.2
|
128.5
125.5
|
66.3
60.9
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.5
55.5
|
121.8
116.4
|
4
12
|
238.2 |
| 8 |
40 |
OKABE Takanobu |
 JPN |
94.8
94.9
|
125.0
128.5
|
60.0
66.3
|
19.0
18.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.0
55.5
|
115.0
121.8
|
8
7
|
236.8 |
| 9 |
49 |
AHONEN Janne |
FIN |
95.8
96.2
|
123.5
128.5
|
57.3
66.3
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.0
55.5
|
112.3
121.8
|
9
7
|
234.1 |
| 10 |
50 |
JANDA Jakub |
 CZE |
95.2
95.4
|
122.0
128.0
|
54.6
65.4
|
18.0
18.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
17.5
19.0
|
54.0
56.5
|
108.6
121.9
|
13
6
|
230.5 |
| 11 |
28 |
NEUMAYER Michael |
 GER |
96.0
96.2
|
123.5
128.5
|
57.3
66.3
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
17.0
16.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
53.0
52.5
|
110.3
118.8
|
11
11
|
229.1 |
| 12 |
33 |
KASAI Noriaki |
JPN |
95.3
95.8
|
120.0
128.5
|
51.0
66.3
|
18.0
19.0
|
17.5
18.5
|
17.5
19.0
|
18.0
19.0
|
17.5
19.0
|
53.0
57.0
|
104.0
123.3
|
21
5
|
227.3 |
| 13 |
20 |
MOELLINGER Michael |
SUI |
96.0
96.3
|
120.5
127.5
|
51.9
64.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
53.0
55.5
|
104.9
120.0
|
19
9
|
224.9 |
| 14 |
38 |
MALYSZ Adam |
 POL |
94.6
95.2
|
123.0
123.5
|
56.4
57.3
|
18.5
18.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
55.0
54.0
|
111.4
111.3
|
10
17
|
222.7 |
| 15 |
35 |
AMMANN Simon |
SUI |
95.2
95.1
|
120.5
124.5
|
51.9
59.1
|
17.5
18.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
52.5
54.5
|
104.4
113.6
|
20
16
|
218.0 |
| 16 |
46 |
UHRMANN Michael |
GER |
95.2
95.5
|
121.0
122.0
|
52.8
54.6
|
18.0
18.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
53.5
54.0
|
106.3
108.6
|
17
18
|
214.9 |
| 17 |
26 |
VASSILIEV Dmitry |
 RUS |
96.3
96.4
|
118.0
126.0
|
47.4
61.8
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
17.0
|
17.0
17.5
|
52.0
53.0
|
99.4
114.8
|
24
15
|
214.2 |
| 18 |
32 |
KIURU Tami |
FIN |
95.7
96.3
|
122.0
120.5
|
54.6
51.9
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
54.0
53.5
|
108.6
105.4
|
13
20
|
214.0 |
| 19 |
21 |
SCHMITT Martin |
GER |
95.4
95.9
|
116.5
125.5
|
44.7
60.9
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.5
18.5
|
17.5
18.5
|
52.5
54.5
|
97.2
115.4
|
27
13
|
212.6 |
| 20 |
36 |
SPAETH Georg |
GER |
95.8
96.1
|
122.0
119.5
|
54.6
50.1
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
54.0
53.5
|
108.6
103.6
|
13
23
|
212.2 |
| 21 |
39 |
WIDHOELZL Andreas |
AUT |
95.9
96.0
|
123.0
119.0
|
56.4
49.2
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
53.5
51.0
|
109.9
100.2
|
12
24
|
210.1 |
| 22 |
25 |
MATURA Jan |
CZE |
95.4
95.5
|
116.5
121.5
|
44.7
53.7
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.0
18.0
|
17.0
18.0
|
52.0
54.0
|
96.7
107.7
|
29
19
|
204.4 |
| 23 |
11 |
SALUMAE Jens |
 EST |
95.0
95.3
|
118.0
120.5
|
47.4
51.9
|
17.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
17.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
52.0
52.5
|
99.4
104.4
|
24
21
|
203.8 |
| 24 |
24 |
PETTERSEN Sigurd |
NOR |
95.8
96.2
|
121.0
116.5
|
52.8
44.7
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.0
17.5
|
18.0
17.0
|
17.5
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
53.5
51.5
|
106.3
96.2
|
17
26
|
202.5 |
| 25 |
17 |
ICHINOHE Tsuyoshi |
JPN |
95.3
95.4
|
122.5
115.5
|
55.5
42.9
|
17.5
17.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
17.5
16.5
|
53.0
51.0
|
108.5
93.9
|
16
28
|
202.4 |
| 26 |
19 |
STOCH Kamil |
POL |
95.3
95.5
|
116.5
121.0
|
44.7
52.8
|
17.5
17.0
|
17.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.0
|
17.0
16.0
|
17.0
17.0
|
51.5
51.0
|
96.2
103.8
|
30
22
|
200.0 |
| 27 |
12 |
IPATOV Dmitry |
RUS |
95.6
95.7
|
118.0
116.5
|
47.4
44.7
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
17.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.0
|
52.5
52.5
|
99.9
97.2
|
22
25
|
197.1 |
| 28 |
22 |
DAMJAN Jernej |
 SLO |
94.5
95.0
|
116.5
115.0
|
44.7
42.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.5
17.0
|
52.5
53.0
|
97.2
95.0
|
27
27
|
192.2 |
| 29 |
31 |
BENKOVIC Rok |
SLO |
95.3
95.3
|
118.0
113.0
|
47.4
38.4
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.0
|
17.0
16.5
|
52.5
52.0
|
99.9
90.4
|
22
29
|
190.3 |
| 30 |
13 |
READ Stefan |
 CAN |
95.9
96.0
|
118.5
113.0
|
48.3
38.4
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
17.5
|
17.0
17.0
|
15.5
16.5
|
16.5
16.5
|
50.5
51.0
|
98.8
89.4
|
26
30
|
188.2 |
| Not Qualified
for Final Round |
| 31 |
10 |
ZHAPAROV Radik |
 KAZ |
95.6
|
116.5
|
44.7
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
51.0
|
95.7
|
31
|
95.7 |
| 32 |
29 |
KOCH Martin |
AUT |
95.6
|
116.0
|
43.8
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
51.0
|
94.8
|
32
|
94.8 |
| 33 |
15 |
KORNILOV Denis |
RUS |
95.6
|
115.0
|
42.0
|
17.5
|
16.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
52.0
|
94.0
|
33
|
94.0 |
| 34 |
30 |
PETERKA Primoz |
SLO |
95.8
|
115.0
|
42.0
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
50.0
|
92.0
|
34
|
92.0 |
| 35 |
27 |
JUSSILAINEN Risto |
FIN |
95.4
|
114.0
|
40.2
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
51.5
|
91.7
|
35
|
91.7 |
| 36 |
23 |
COLLOREDO Sebastian |
 ITA |
95.8
|
114.0
|
40.2
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
50.0
|
90.2
|
36
|
90.2 |
| 37 |
18 |
LANDERT Guido |
SUI |
95.8
|
111.0
|
34.8
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
50.5
|
85.3
|
37
|
85.3 |
| 38 |
8 |
MATEJA Robert |
POL |
95.5
|
111.0
|
34.8
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
50.0
|
84.8
|
38
|
84.8 |
| 39 |
14 |
KIM Hyun-Ki |
 KOR |
94.6
|
110.5
|
33.9
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
50.5
|
84.4
|
39
|
84.4 |
| 40 |
6 |
SEDLAK Borek |
CZE |
95.1
|
110.0
|
33.0
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
50.0
|
83.0
|
40
|
83.0 |
| 41 |
4 |
FATCHULLIN Ildar |
RUS |
95.6
|
109.5
|
32.1
|
17.5
|
16.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
50.5
|
82.6
|
41
|
82.6 |
| 42 |
34 |
ITO Daiki |
JPN |
95.2
|
112.5
|
37.5
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
14.5
|
14.0
|
15.0
|
45.0
|
82.5
|
42
|
82.5 |
| 43 |
9 |
ALBORN Alan |
 USA |
94.8
|
108.0
|
29.4
|
17.0
|
16.5
|
17.5
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
50.5
|
79.9
|
43
|
79.9 |
| 44 |
1 |
BOLOGNANI Alessio |
ITA |
94.9
|
104.0
|
22.2
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
15.5
|
16.0
|
48.5
|
70.7
|
44
|
70.7 |
| 45 |
7 |
VACULIK Ondrej |
CZE |
95.2
|
104.5
|
23.1
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
47.0
|
70.1
|
45
|
70.1 |
| 46 |
16 |
KARAULOV Ivan |
KAZ |
94.7
|
103.0
|
20.4
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
48.5
|
68.9
|
46
|
68.9 |
| 47 |
3 |
CHOI Heung-Chul |
KOR |
94.7
|
101.0
|
16.8
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
48.5
|
65.3
|
47
|
65.3 |
| 48 |
2 |
KARPENKO Nikolay |
KAZ |
95.2
|
101.5
|
17.7
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
47.5
|
65.2
|
48
|
65.2 |
| 49 |
37 |
KRANJEC Robert |
SLO |
95.1
|
102.0
|
18.6
|
15.0
|
14.5
|
15.0
|
14.0
|
15.0
|
44.5
|
63.1
|
49
|
63.1 |
| 50 |
5 |
GORHAM Graeme |
CAN |
95.3
|
99.5
|
14.1
|
15.5
|
15.5
|
16.0
|
15.5
|
16.0
|
47.0
|
61.1
|
50
|
61.1 |
02/17 -
Pragelato HS 140 Individual Qualification
Qualification starting tonight at 6 p.m. MEST. Training
yesterday had to be cancelled due to strong wind.
Today it does not really look any better - heavy snow
fall would make it impossible to jump right now. Weather forecasts are
unsure about wether or not we'll see a qualification or training round
tonight.
U.S. Starters: Alan Alborn, Clint Jones, Tommy Schwall,
Jimmy Denney
No start list available yet.
02/12 - Pragelato HS 106 Individual
Lars Bystoel from Norway wins first Olympic Gold
Medal
Olympic Games always bring out the Unexpected - this
again proved to be true Sunday night when Lars Bystoel from Norway, who
won his first world cup event earlier this year in Innsbruck/AUT, got to
celebrate the first Olympic Gold Medal for Norway since Espen Bredesen in
1994. The 27-year-old from Voss, a small village in a mountain area a
couple of hours west from Oslo, beat Nordic Tournament champion Matti
Hautmaeki from Finland, who was 2nd, and teammate Roar Ljoekelsoey who
completed the awesome Norwegian result.
Bystoel, who had a rather troubled career with
suspensions from the team due to alcohol problems and years of weak
performances and injuries, knew these Olympic Games were going to be
special, he said after the victory ceremony: "I already told myself in the
summer 'I will win Olympic gold'. I feel beautiful. I had two perfect
jumps."
Meanwhile Alan Alborn and Clint Jones came in as 40th
and 47th, both not making the cut to the final round. Stefan Read from
Canada was 42nd.
See results below:
| Rank |
Bib |
Name |
NOC
Code |
Speed
[km/h] |
Distance
[m] |
Distance Points |
Judges Marks |
Judges Points |
Round Total |
Round Rank |
Total |
| A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
| 1 |
41 |
BYSTOEL Lars |
NOR |
88.4
89.0
|
101.5
103.5
|
73.0
77.0
|
19.5
19.5
|
19.5
19.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.5
19.5
|
58.0
58.5
|
131.0
135.5
|
6
2
|
266.5 |
| 2 |
43 |
HAUTAMAEKI Matti |
FIN |
88.5
89.0
|
102.0
103.5
|
74.0
77.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.0
19.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
57.0
57.5
|
131.0
134.5
|
6
3
|
265.5 |
| 3 |
47 |
LJOEKELSOEY Roar |
NOR |
88.9
89.3
|
102.5
102.5
|
75.0
75.0
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.0
19.5
|
19.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
57.0
57.5
|
132.0
132.5
|
5
4
|
264.5 |
| 4 |
46 |
UHRMANN Michael |
GER |
88.2
88.6
|
101.0
104.5
|
72.0
79.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
19.5
|
56.0
57.0
|
128.0
136.0
|
10
1
|
264.0 |
| 5 |
48 |
KUETTEL Andreas |
SUI |
88.4
88.9
|
103.0
101.0
|
76.0
72.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
19.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
19.0
|
57.5
57.0
|
133.5
129.0
|
4
8
|
262.5 |
| 6 |
49 |
AHONEN Janne |
FIN |
88.6
89.0
|
103.5
100.0
|
77.0
70.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
19.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.5
19.0
|
57.5
57.0
|
134.5
127.0
|
2
9
|
261.5 |
| 7 |
38 |
MALYSZ Adam |
POL |
87.8
88.2
|
101.5
102.5
|
73.0
75.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
19.0
18.5
|
57.0
56.0
|
130.0
131.0
|
8
5
|
261.0 |
| 8 |
26 |
NEUMAYER Michael |
GER |
88.6
89.2
|
103.5
103.0
|
77.0
76.0
|
17.5
18.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
17.5
19.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
52.5
55.0
|
129.5
131.0
|
9
5
|
260.5 |
| 9 |
45 |
MORGENSTERN Thomas |
AUT |
88.9
89.2
|
103.5
99.5
|
77.0
69.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
19.5
19.0
|
19.5
19.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
19.0
18.5
|
57.5
56.0
|
134.5
125.0
|
2
12
|
259.5 |
| 10 |
25 |
VASSILIEV Dmitry |
RUS |
88.6
89.2
|
104.5
100.5
|
79.0
71.0
|
19.0
18.0
|
18.5
17.5
|
19.0
17.5
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.5
17.5
|
56.0
52.5
|
135.0
123.5
|
1
13
|
258.5 |
| 11 |
44 |
KOFLER Andreas |
AUT |
88.7
88.8
|
100.5
101.5
|
71.0
73.0
|
18.5
19.5
|
18.5
19.5
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
56.0
57.5
|
127.0
130.5
|
11
7
|
257.5 |
| 12 |
36 |
SPAETH Georg |
GER |
88.6
89.1
|
99.5
100.0
|
69.0
70.0
|
19.0
19.0
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
55.5
56.5
|
124.5
126.5
|
17
10
|
251.0 |
| 13 |
50 |
JANDA Jakub |
CZE |
87.8
88.3
|
99.0
100.0
|
68.0
70.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.5
55.5
|
123.5
125.5
|
18
11
|
249.0 |
| 13 |
21 |
MOELLINGER Michael |
SUI |
88.7
89.0
|
100.5
98.5
|
71.0
67.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.5
55.5
|
126.5
122.5
|
12
15
|
249.0 |
| 15 |
42 |
ROMOEREN Bjoern Einar |
NOR |
88.5
88.9
|
100.0
98.5
|
70.0
67.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.5
55.5
|
125.5
122.5
|
15
15
|
248.0 |
| 16 |
20 |
STOCH Kamil |
POL |
88.1
88.4
|
100.0
98.5
|
70.0
67.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
55.5
54.5
|
125.5
121.5
|
15
17
|
247.0 |
| 17 |
39 |
WIDHOELZL Andreas |
AUT |
88.6
88.9
|
98.0
99.5
|
66.0
69.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.0
|
17.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
54.5
54.5
|
120.5
123.5
|
20
13
|
244.0 |
| 18 |
34 |
ITO Daiki |
JPN |
88.1
88.4
|
100.0
96.0
|
70.0
62.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
19.0
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
56.0
55.5
|
126.0
117.5
|
13
19
|
243.5 |
| 19 |
12 |
IPATOV Dmitry |
RUS |
88.3
88.8
|
98.5
98.5
|
67.0
67.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.5
|
54.5
54.0
|
121.5
121.0
|
19
18
|
242.5 |
| 20 |
33 |
KASAI Noriaki |
JPN |
88.1
88.6
|
100.0
95.5
|
70.0
61.0
|
19.0
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
19.0
18.5
|
18.5
17.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
56.0
54.0
|
126.0
115.0
|
13
20
|
241.0 |
| 21 |
29 |
HERR Alexander |
GER |
88.4
88.8
|
98.5
94.5
|
67.0
59.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
18.0
|
17.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
18.0
|
52.0
53.0
|
119.0
112.0
|
22
23
|
231.0 |
| 21 |
24 |
MATURA Jan |
CZE |
87.9
88.5
|
97.5
93.5
|
65.0
57.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
55.0
54.0
|
120.0
111.0
|
21
27
|
231.0 |
| 23 |
40 |
OKABE Takanobu |
JPN |
87.4
87.7
|
96.5
94.5
|
63.0
59.0
|
18.5
17.5
|
18.5
17.0
|
18.5
18.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
55.0
52.5
|
118.0
111.5
|
24
25
|
229.5 |
| 23 |
27 |
KOCH Martin |
AUT |
88.4
88.8
|
97.5
94.5
|
65.0
59.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
53.0
52.5
|
118.0
111.5
|
24
25
|
229.5 |
| 25 |
7 |
MATEJA Robert |
POL |
88.2
88.3
|
95.5
94.5
|
61.0
59.0
|
18.0
18.5
|
18.5
18.5
|
18.0
18.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.0
18.5
|
54.0
55.0
|
115.0
114.0
|
28
21
|
229.0 |
| 26 |
10 |
ZHAPAROV Radik |
KAZ |
88.1
88.7
|
98.0
95.0
|
66.0
60.0
|
16.0
18.0
|
16.0
17.5
|
15.5
16.5
|
17.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.0
|
49.0
52.0
|
115.0
112.0
|
28
23
|
227.0 |
| 27 |
23 |
COLLOREDO Sebastian |
ITA |
87.8
88.4
|
95.5
95.0
|
61.0
60.0
|
18.0
18.0
|
17.0
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
17.0
18.0
|
52.5
53.0
|
113.5
113.0
|
30
22
|
226.5 |
| 28 |
30 |
HAPPONEN Janne |
FIN |
88.4
88.8
|
96.0
93.5
|
62.0
57.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.0
16.5
|
17.5
17.5
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.5
17.0
|
54.0
52.0
|
116.0
109.0
|
26
28
|
225.0 |
| 29 |
17 |
HULA Stefan |
POL |
88.3
88.6
|
95.5
90.5
|
61.0
51.0
|
18.5
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
18.0
17.5
|
18.5
17.0
|
17.5
17.5
|
54.5
51.5
|
115.5
102.5
|
27
29
|
218.0 |
| 30 |
28 |
PETERKA Primoz |
SLO |
88.3
88.6
|
97.0
88.0
|
64.0
46.0
|
18.5
16.5
|
18.0
17.0
|
17.5
16.5
|
18.5
17.0
|
18.0
17.0
|
54.5
50.5
|
118.5
96.5
|
23
30
|
215.0 |
|
Not Qualified for Final Round |
| 31 |
32 |
KIURU Tami |
FIN |
88.6
|
95.0
|
60.0
|
18.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
53.0
|
113.0
|
31
|
113.0 |
| 32 |
11 |
SALUMAE Jens |
EST |
87.8
|
94.5
|
59.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
53.0
|
112.0
|
32
|
112.0 |
| 33 |
5 |
ANISIMOV Maksim |
 BLR |
88.1
|
94.0
|
58.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
52.5
|
110.5
|
33
|
110.5 |
| 34 |
16 |
KORNILOV Denis |
RUS |
87.7
|
93.5
|
57.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
53.0
|
110.0
|
34
|
110.0 |
| 35 |
22 |
DAMJAN Jernej |
SLO |
87.2
|
93.0
|
56.0
|
17.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
53.0
|
109.0
|
35
|
109.0 |
| 36 |
15 |
MORASSI Andrea |
ITA |
87.5
|
93.5
|
57.0
|
18.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
51.5
|
108.5
|
36
|
108.5 |
| 36 |
9 |
MAZOCH Jan |
CZE |
87.8
|
93.0
|
56.0
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
52.5
|
108.5
|
36
|
108.5 |
| 38 |
35 |
AMMANN Simon |
SUI |
87.4
|
92.5
|
55.0
|
17.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
52.0
|
107.0
|
38
|
107.0 |
| 38 |
6 |
SEDLAK Borek |
CZE |
88.0
|
92.5
|
55.0
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
18.0
|
52.0
|
107.0
|
38
|
107.0 |
| 40 |
8 |
ALBORN Alan |
USA |
87.7
|
92.0
|
54.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
52.5
|
106.5
|
40
|
106.5 |
| 41 |
37 |
KRANJEC Robert |
SLO |
87.7
|
91.5
|
53.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
18.0
|
52.5
|
105.5
|
41
|
105.5 |
| 42 |
13 |
READ Stefan |
CAN |
88.2
|
91.5
|
53.0
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
52.0
|
105.0
|
42
|
105.0 |
| 43 |
14 |
KIM Hyun-Ki |
KOR |
87.5
|
91.0
|
52.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
52.5
|
104.5
|
43
|
104.5 |
| 44 |
3 |
FATCHULLIN Ildar |
RUS |
87.9
|
90.0
|
50.0
|
16.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
52.5
|
102.5
|
44
|
102.5 |
| 44 |
2 |
LI Yang |
 CHN |
88.0
|
90.5
|
51.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
51.5
|
102.5
|
44
|
102.5 |
| 46 |
18 |
KARAULOV Ivan |
KAZ |
87.5
|
90.5
|
51.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
51.0
|
102.0
|
46
|
102.0 |
| 47 |
4 |
JONES Clint |
USA |
87.9
|
88.0
|
46.0
|
17.0
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
51.5
|
97.5
|
47
|
97.5 |
| 48 |
19 |
LANDERT Guido |
SUI |
88.5
|
89.5
|
49.0
|
15.5
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
48.0
|
97.0
|
48
|
97.0 |
| 49 |
31 |
BENKOVIC Rok |
SLO |
88.0
|
87.5
|
45.0
|
16.0
|
15.0
|
14.5
|
17.0
|
15.5
|
46.5
|
91.5
|
49
|
91.5 |
| 50 |
1 |
JURIS Jaan |
EST |
87.6
|
84.5
|
39.0
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
16.0
|
17.0
|
49.5
|
88.5
|
50
|
88.5 |
02/11 -
Pragelato: HS 106 Individual Qualification
2 out of 4 U.S. starters qualified - both Clint Jones
(48th) and Alan Alborn (28th) made it to the top50 and will be competing
in the Olympic Individual event in Italy tomorrow, starting 6 p.m. MEST.
Tommy Schwall closely missed the cut as 52nd, while Jimmy Denney,
competing in his first Olympics, finished as 61st in the end.
Stefan Read from Canada completed the North-American
trio for tomorrow as 34th. His teammates Gregory Baxter, Michael Nell and
Graeme Gorham did not qualify.
Lars Bystoel from Norway had the longest jump of the day
with 104.5m, only one metre below hill record, but was disqualified later
due to irregular sponsor-logos on his equipment.
Comeback of the year: Masahiko Harada, world champion
and three-time Olympian, found his way back to the ski jumps of the world
and had a jump that would have easily qualified him for the competition
tomorrow. BUT: He, too, was disqualified...
Results (USA / CAN only):
| Name / Country / Speed /
Distance / Style Points / Total |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DENNEY Jim |
|
88.5 |
86.0 |
|
16.5 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
|
|
91.5 |
|
|
Go to
www.torino2006.org for all the information you need.
|
| January 16th, 2006 -
U.S. Olympic Team Announcement |
| US Ski Team
has decided - who is going to to TORINO ?
| 2006 U.S. Olympic Team
- Ski Jumping |
| |
| Alan Alborn |
25, Anchorage, AK |
| Clint Jones |
21, Steamboat Springs, CO |
| Tommy Schwall |
22, Steamboat Springs, CO |
| Jimmy Denney |
22, Duluth, MN |
| Anders Johnson |
16, Park City, UT |
Congratulations everybody!
|
| January 15th, 2006 -
Norge Air |
|
FIS Ski Flying
World Championships in Kulm/AUT
Single event - Roar Ljoekelsoey from Trondheim/NOR won his
second ski flying world championships in a row, finishing first ahead of
local jumpers Andreas Widhoelzl and Thomas Morgenstern, who set the 2
longest jumps of the entire weekend with 208.5m and 210.5m (only 3.5m
shorter than Sven Hannawald's hill record).
The only U.S. competitor Alan Alborn was 34th.
Team event - While the gold medal seemed like
a safe deal for the Austrian team after their great performances in the
single event, Kofler's jump on the knoll wasted a whole ski jumping nation's
dream right in the first round. Team Norway took advantage of this lucky
event and defeated their world championship title of 2004, 20 points ahead
of Finland and 120 (!!) points ahead of Germany.
Go to www.fis-ski.com
to check out detailed results. |
| December 17th, 2005 -
Snow and wind in Switzerland |
| FIS World Cup
in Engelberg / SUI
The first world cup competition in Engelberg was
cancelled today after 63 jumpers - heavy snowfall causes trouble in the
in-run and after landing, Rhadik Zhaparov from Kazachstan and Andrea
Morassi from Italy crashed during the qualification on Saturday morning (Zhaparov
was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a broken collar bone and a sprain
of the cervical vertebrae) and heavy backwind up to 6m/s made it
absolutely impossible for some starters to have a decent jump.
One of these unlucky ones forced to jump during
backwind-conditions today was Alan Alborn, who (after a 27th rank in the
quali) ironically clapped and cheered after 94.5m.
Weather forecasts for the second event tomorrow are
positive.
FIS COC in Harrachov / CZE
Anders Bardal from Norway won, in front of Jurij Tepes
from Slovenia and another "Norskman", Henning Stensrud.
Clint Jones, who decided to attend the COC this weekend
instead of the world cup in Switzerland, came in as 14th. Tommy Schwall
was the second US-athlete to make it to the final round and was 30th in
the end. Skyler Keate and Jimmy Denney completed the team as 50th and
62nd.
Official Results (link to FIS)
|
| December 10th, 2005 -
Kuettel scores 2nd WC win |
| FIS World Cup
in Harrachov / CZE
Strong and changing headwinds mixed up the competition
in Czechia today a little bit, but in the end the strongest competitors
succeeded once again: Local hero Jakub Janda was not able to impress the
20.000 fans at his home-hill in Harrachov with another world cup win and
saw Andreas Kuettel from Switzerland scoring his second WC win instead.
With 143.5m and the longest jump of the day he placed 1st, in front of
Michael Uhrmann from Germany and last year's overall world up winner Janne
Ahonen from Finland.
After some good training results, including 131.0m by
Alborn, Clint Jones and Alan Alborn (as well as Canada's Stefan Read) both
qualified for the event but did not make it to the top30 in the end. Tommy
Schwall failed in the qualifications.
Official Results (link to FIS)
|
| December 3rd, 2005 -
Kuettel wins, Alborn 28th |
| FIS World Cup
in Lillehammer/NOR (repl. Trondheim)
Andreas Kuettel from Switzerland won his first world cup
in Lillehammer/NOR today. After a 5th rank in the first round, a new
hill-record of 139.0m and a perfect telemark landing earning him style
points around 19.5 placed him in first place, ahead of Jakub Janda (CZE)
and Lars Bystoel from Norway.
Just like in Kuusamo/FIN, Alan Alborn, the only U.S.
competitor after Clint Jones did not qualify for the main event, showed up
with a strong first jump of 125.5m (22nd). He lost a few ranks then after
116.0m in the second round and was 28th in the end.
Official
results (link to FIS)
FIS COC Opening in Rovaniemi/FIN
Tommy Schwall, Jimmy Denney, Brian Welch and Skyler
Keate represent the U.S. Team in Finland this weekend. With two events
scheduled on Rovaniemi's HS100 on Sunday and Monday, the 2005/2006 COC
winter season is finally pulling off.
All 4 U.S. athletes had a rather hard time during 2
training rounds in Northern Finland today. 85.5m and a 43th rank (out of
75 starters) by Tommy Schwall, who was sent to join the COC team after
struggling in Kuusamo last weekend, turned out to be the best result in
the end.
Training results (link to FIS)
Start
List 12/4/05 (link to FIS)
|
| November 26th, 2005 -
Alborn scores world cup points |
| FIS World Cup
Opening in Kuusamo/FIN*
* Friday's competition postponed to Saturday, reduced
to only 1 round, second single competition took place right afterwards
2 years after his horrible crash in Planica, Slovenia's
Robert Kranjec is now back on the track - the longest jump of the day
(144.5m) placed him way ahead of Janne Ahonen, who finished 2nd in the end,
and Michael Uhrmann from Germany.
Surprisingly wind was not such a huge and dominant
factor today as it used to be in the past days and past years. Only in the
qualification round for the second event of the day,
slight headwind and tailwind
changed from time to time. Unfortunately Clint Jones (72m) and Tommy
Schwall (77m) did not make it to the top50 once again.
Alan Alborn, on the contrary, finally had a reason to
shout and cheer again: 121.5m in the first round placed him among the
top30 athletes and he scored his first world cup points of the winter.
What a fine start into the Olympic season for the athlete from Alaska, who
had to go through months of rehab earlier this year.
(c) nordicopening.com
Good news also from Canada: Stefan Read qualified for
his world cup event ever and was 40th in the end.
A couple of hours earlier, Jakub Janda won the first
world cup of the season, in front of Janne Ahonen and Robert Kranjec.
Official Results Next world cup:
Trondheim/NOR, Dec 3rd-4th,
www.wctrondheim.org
|
| November 24th, 2005 -
Alborn qualifies as 36th |
| FIS World Cup
Opening in Kuusamo/FIN
2 hours later than actually planned the qualification
for the first world cup of the season concluded: Andreas Kuettel from
Switzerland had the longest jump of the day with 137.5m, closely in front
of Bjoern Einar Romoren and Robert Kranjec.
After 2 training rounds that were more or less equally
fair, Tommy Schwall was the first one of the U.S. athletes to go down the
inrun in the quali round. Unfortunately he could not take advantage of
some slight headwind coming up and ended up having major trouble over the
knoll and finally landing around 88.0m. He did not qualify for the
competition tomorrow, just like teammate Clint Jones, who was 70th out of
78 in the end.
Only Alan Alborn, who's returning after suffering from a
knee injury earlier this year, was able to qualify with a jump of 110.5m,
finishing 36th.
Last season's world cup champion Janne Ahonen did not
start in the qualification, but showed up with a couple of decent jumps in
training.
OFFICIAL RESULTS (link to FIS)
|
| November 24th, 2005 -
Same procedure as every year. . . |
| FIS World Cup
Opening in Kuusamo/FIN
How can you tell the world cup is back in Kuusamo?
Both the nordic combined and special jumping training
rounds were cancelled for today due to unacceptable weather conditions and
mild temperatures (around 0°C). Heavy winds (4 - 5 m/s) and a wet and
sticky landing hill are supposed to put the athletes at risk.
A delayed decision for some athletes: All in all 8
jumpers crashed on Tuesday in one of the first training rounds on snow
this winter. Ildar Fatchullin and Harri Olli were both taken to hospital
immediately, there is no further information about injuries. Canada's
youngster Gregory Baxter, who competed in his first world championships
last winter, broke his collar bone and got surgery last night. Johnny
Spillane, who had just recovered from back injuries this past summer,
broke his collar bone too and will be out for the rest of the year.
All in all no good news from Northern Finland so far,
see the following press release from today's Captain's Meeting to get the
latest info:
Captain's Meeting, 11/24/05
Official Training and Qualification will / MIGHT
start at 5pm MEST today.
|
| November 23rd, 2005 -
World Cup Opening 2005 |
| FIS World Cup
Opening in Kuusamo/FIN
The 2005/2006 FIS world cup season is about to pull off
this weekend and skiers in Europe, Asia and of course the U.S. and Canada
are getting ready for this olympic season.
Read what head coach Corby Fisher had to say about the
season's opening in Finland:
Hello ski Friends,
After a short shoulder season between the plastic summer season, and on-snow
jumping, we are ready to kick off the winter. The jumping team ended the
plastic season in late October on a good note, and picked right back up on snow.
The whole skiing world has been scrambling to find early snow this year. >From
here to Finland, Canada to Austria, its been a dry start to the early snow.
With some good luck, a grant from the USOC, and lots of hard work we got the
K120 open here in Park City on Sunday. I want to thank the jump crew and
coaches at the UOP for not listening to the weather forecasts and some of their
bosses....and getting the jump open as early as possible. It gave us the few
sessions on snow that the boys needed to get right back on track. Alan, Tommy,
and Jimmy Denney all started the winter off looking better than the final jumps
this summer, a great thing, and due to 1000's of immos this off season.
Now that we have gotten the winter off to a good start, we are on our way over
to Kuusamo, Finland for the season opening World Cup. Clint Jones, Alan Alborn,
and Tommy Schwall will start there and I will evaluate their performances to see
who goes on with the rest of the World Cup tour, and who goes up the road to
start the COC tour the next weekend in Rovaneimi. Our suits that we special
ordered didnt come in on time, so Clint chose to fly to Finland 2 days early and
pick them up. He learned this summer that being familiar with the new equipment
is as valuable as anything. Alan and Tommy had what they needed and stayed here
in Park City to take advantage of the first K120 open in the world.
Jimmy Denney and Skyler Keate will meet up with coach Larry Stone for the season
opening Continental Cup the next weekend in Rovaniemi, Finland. They will ski
the full first period there, Lahti, and finally in Harrachov Czech Republic.
Luckily the World Cup and COC tours both start in Finland, and after a week
apart, meet up in Harrachov, so we can gather the guys and train as a Team. It
will be a good atmosphere that I know will pay off in terms of results.
After Finland, we will travel to Trondheim, Norway for the next weekend of World
cup. We will end our first winter period either in Harrachov at the COC, or in
Engleburg, Switzerland, depending on the level of performance and snow
availability in Europe. On Dec 20 we will all come home for Christmas and to
regroup.
This first period of winter competition is the start of the Olympic
qualifications, and those who score the most international FIS points, will have
a head start to representing the USA in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. We are
all looking very forward to this winter, and are ready to rock and roll out on
the tour.
Ill do my best to keep in touch, where ever there is email access, and let you
all know the good news about the US Ski Jumping Team 2005-2006.
Thanks for your support, and remember, you gotta believe!!
Corby Fisher
Head Coach
US Ski Jumping Team
|
The COC team slightly changed after Corby had emailed
these news. So these are the nominations as for today (WC team athletes
might go and compete in the COC, depending on results):
| WC KUUSAMO / FIN , special jumping |
|
----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Alborn, Alan |
24, Anchorage, AK |
| Jones, Clint |
21, Steamboat
Springs, CO |
| Schwall, Tommy |
22, Steamboat
Springs, CO |
| COC ROVANIEMI / FIN , special jumping |
|
----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Denney, Jimmy |
22, Duluth, MN |
| Keate, Skyler |
18, Salt Lake City,
UT |
| Welch, Brian |
21, Scarborough, ME |
|
| October 2nd, 2005 -
Jones 2nd, Van 1st in windy Park City |
| FIS COC in
Park City, UT - Men
Only 1 competition round each day, 2 polish victories, 2
podium ranks by U.S. Ski Team athlete Clint Jones and only a couple of
other U.S. athletes among the very best - these were the news from Park
City, UT, this weekend, where the last COC event before the winter season
took place.
Teammates Wojciech Skupien and Marcin Bachleda from
Poland split wins, while youngster Stefan Hula and Clint Jones were 2nd
and 3rd on Saturday. On Sunday then Jones speeded it all up even more and
came in 2nd, 8.4 points ahead of Anders Bardal from Norway, last season's
COC overall champion.
After a 17th rank on Saturday, Tommy Schwall was
disqualified on Sunday: "It
was pretty frustrating when they randomly DQ’d Tommy, who would have been
ninth; it’s the same jump suit he’s had all summer – the same suit he wore
[Saturday] when he was 17th - so he must’ve lost weight, or something. It’s
kinda crazy", head coach Corby Fisher said afterwards.
FIS COC in Park City, UT - Ladies
With hopes still up to be included in the olympic
programme in Vancouver 2010, the international ladies elite travelled to
Utah to compete in just another COC event. And once again the U.S. Girls
proved that they know their game on their home hills in Park City. Lindsey
Van won her first COC event of the season on Saturday with 16-year-old
Abby Hughes finishing 2nd and scoring the best result of her career and
Anette Sagen, the unquestioned #1 of the past winter, as 3rd.
On Day 2 winds were up again and another courageous girl
from Northamerica won her first COC: Atsuko Tanaka (13) from Canada was
1st, only 2 and 3.5 points ahead of Jessica Jerome (7th on Saturday) and
Lindsey Van.
Official Results (link to FIS)
Next competition: Oct 8th/9th, Lake Placid NY, COC M
+ L
|
| August 14th, 2005 -
U.S. Ladies dominating |
| FIS Ladies
COC in Meinerzhagen/GER
A little bit of sun the first day, hours and hours of
rain the next one, but that didn't impress any of the girls this weekend.
Abby Hughes, Brenna Ellis, Jessica Jerome and Lindsey Van beat everyone in
the team event on Saturday, finishing 1st, almost 50 points ahead of
Slovenia and Germany. An international team with Alissa Johnson, Yoshiko
Kasai from Japan and the two Canadian competitors Katie Willis and Atsuko
Tanaka placed 2nd (inofficially).
Leave sunglasses and shorts home, go get your raincoats
and granny panties - that was a smart advice for everybody during Sunday's
competition! Still Anette Sagen had two huge jumps of 65.5m and 67.0m and
finished 1st once again which also placed her first in the overall summer
ranking. Lisa Demetz from Italy was 2nd, while Lindsey Van was 3rd.
Jessica Jerome, Alissa Johnson and Brenna Ellis finished as 5th, 8th and
13th. Abby Hughes crashed in the first round and decided to call it a day
afterwards.
Go to
www.skiklub-meinerzhagen.de for official results!
|
| August 14th, 2005 -
No stars in sight |
| FIS Summer
Grand Prix in Einsiedeln/SUI
Robert Kranjec won, Janne Happonen from Finland was 2nd,
Jakub Janda 3rd. Stefan Read and Gregory Baxter were the only
North-American competitors, but while Baxter didnt make it to the second
round as 46th, 18-year-old Read finished 21st and scored the first grand
prix points of his career.
Official Results (link to
FIS)
FIS Summer Grand Prix in Courchevel/FRA
After several good results in the past weeks, Thomas
Morgenstern finally grabbed the chance and scored the first win of the
summer season, while athletes like Janne Ahonen, Adam Malysz and the whole
Norwegian team decided to not attend the third single event in Courchevel.
Michael Neumayer and Wolfgang Loitzl were 2nd and 3rd.
Official Results (link to FIS) |
| August 11th, 2005 -
U.S. Ladies go big in Europe |
| FIS Ladies
COC in Poehla/GER
Report from Casey Colby, Coach:
"We
had a good/bad day today. We spent almost 7 hours at the ski jump today
because they did official training before the event, then took a long
break before the trial and the first competition round, so everyone is
quite tired. First I will get the bad news out of the way. After the
first competition round Katie was disqualified because the shape of her
ski tip was wrong. Her tip had to be cut down to fit her height last
winter and cutting too much off the tip makes it the wrong shape. I did
not recognize this because her skis are now too short for her, even if
they were left at the original length, so it did not occur to me to check
the tip. Had she been allowed to compete she would probably have been in
the top 6-8 again."
Official Results (link to FIS)
| 01. |
Anette Sagen |
NOR |
| 02. |
Line Jahr |
NOR |
| 03. |
Jessica Jerome |
USA |
| |
|
|
| 04. |
Lindsey Van |
USA |
| 05. |
Abby Hughes |
USA |
| 10. |
Brenna Ellis |
USA |
| 12. |
Alissa Johnson |
USA |
| 17. |
Atsuko Tanaka |
CAN |
| DSQ |
Katie Willis |
CAN |
FIS Ladies COC in Klingenthal/GER
Maybe one of the most surprising events this year:
Calgary-girl Katie Willis won the first major ladies competition of her
career, with teammate Atsuko Tanaka placing 4th and all in all 6 of the
top10-athletes coming from North-America!
Official Results (link to FIS)
| 01. |
Katie Willis |
CAN |
| 02. |
Anette Sagen |
NOR |
| 03. |
Jessica Jerome |
USA |
| |
|
|
| 04. |
Atsuko Tanaka |
CAN |
| 06. |
Lindsey Van |
USA |
| 06. |
Brenna Ellis |
USA |
| 08. |
Abby Hughes |
USA |
| 18. |
Alissa Johnson |
USA |
Here's how Casey experienced this great day:
"We had 2 official training jumps, then a trial
round, a short break and then the comp started. It was very fair
conditions, almost no wind the entire evening. After the first round
things were not what anyone had expected. During the training jumps 3
of our underdogs showed some amazing improvement. Atsuko Tanaka, Katie
Willis (our two Canadian team members) and Brenna Ellis. The hard part
would be to get them to react the same in the competition. But almost
everything went as we had hoped. After the first competitive round the
result list looked like this:
Leader: Katie Wilis, 4th Atsuko, 5th Brenna,
7th Jessica, 10th Abby, 16th Lindsey, 19th Alissa.
Lindsey had a crash otherwise she too would
have been in the top 8 as well.
The 2nd round started with Lindsey uncorking
the longest jump of the competition at 80 meters, moving her up 10
places to 6th place. Alissa had a strong jump and moved up, then came
the final ten skiers. Abby had a strong jump, followed by Jessica who
took over the lead, and held it for a while. Then the final 5 skiers
made me pretty worried, none of these skiers have been in this situation
before and I was not sure how they would react.
Brenna was first, and she another very good
jump, leaving her just behind Jessica, who was leading still, with only
4 skiers to go. Atsuko, who had the 3 best jumps I have ever seen her
have up to this point in the day, also had another great jump which
placed her between Jess and Brenna. Then Anette Sagen, 2nd after the
first round, had a good jump, just 2 meters short of Lindseys longest
jump of the day, and she took the lead. I turned to look up the hill
and there was Katie, sitting on the bar, the only person on top of the
tower. They gave her the green light and a huge roar came from the
crowd, spurred on by the big brother and her North American teammates.
She headed down the inrun in what appeared to be a relaxed position,
this boded well for her. Katie had a great jump, equaling Lindsey and
sharing the longest jump of the competition at 80 meters. She was
mobbed at the bottom of the jump by a number of athletes from many
countries."
FIS Ladies COC in Bischofshofen/AUT
13-year-old Avery Ardovino completed the U.S.-squad this
weekend in Austria, showing up with a couple of great jumps during the
training rounds (top15 and top8).
Official Results (link to FIS)
| 01. |
Line Jahr |
NOR |
| 02. |
Anette Sagen |
NOR |
| 03. |
Jessica Jerome |
USA |
| |
|
|
| 04. |
Lindsey Van |
USA |
| 07. |
Abby Hughes |
USA |
| 09. |
Katie Willis |
CAN |
| 14. |
Alissa Johnson |
USA |
| 17. |
Brenna Ellis |
USA |
| 25. |
Atsuko Tanaka |
CAN |
| 26. |
Avery Ardovino |
USA |
|
| July 27th, 2005 -
Taking a break |
| FIS Summer
Grand Prix Opening
As US-headcoach Corby Fisher just recently announced, no
US-athletes will be competing in the upcoming SGP opening event in
Hinterzarten/GER: "We wont be in the first part of
the Summer Grand Prix this year, maybe the second half, but it depends on
the level of the boys", he said Tuesday.
Instead - after competing in Continental Cups in
Switzerland and Germany - Jones, Schwall, Welch and Johnson will be
heading back to Park City for some more training.
|
| July 24th, 2005 -
Jones 7th and 10th in COCJ |
| COC in
Einsiedeln/SUI
Good start into the new summer season for Steamboat's
Clint Jones! The 20-year-old placed 7th and 10th in Switzerland this
weekend, leaving his 3 teammates and many international competitors, such
as the Norwegian Lars Bystoel and Bastian Kaltenboeck from Austria, far
behind.
Andreas Kuettel (SUI) and Marcin Bachleda (POL) finished
1st on Einsiedeln's newly remodeled HS 117. Einsiedeln will also host a
FIS Summer Grand Prix event August 13th.
Tommy Schwall, Brian Welch and Anders Johnson did not
make it to the final round both days and finished as following:
| Name |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
| Clint Jones |
215.6P / 10th |
237.6P / 7th |
| |
|
|
| Tommy Schwall |
93.5P / 39th |
101.7P / 38th |
| Brian Welch |
90.1P / 43th |
96.1P / 42nd |
| Anders Johnson |
80.0P / 50th |
DSQ |
Official Results (link to FIS)
Next COC competition: July 30th / 31st -
Oberstdorf/GER
|
| July 18th, 2005 -
Europe, here they come . . . |
| 4 Athletes
competing in COC
3 Olympians and 1 Junior left for Europe today,
preparing for their first international competitions of the summer.
Headcoach Corby Fisher picked Clint Jones, Tommy Schwall, Brian Welch and
Anders Johnson to attend the COC events in Einsiedeln/SUI and
Oberstdorf/GER in the upcoming weeks.
We'll keep you informed.
NSF Devo Team going to Europe
A group of 13 junior athletes will fly over to Munich/GER
for a training camp in late July. The boys and girls will be jumping in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen/GER, Stams/AUT, Villach/AUT and Bischofshofen/AUT,
some of them competing in a Schuler Cup event in Garmisch.
|
| June 16th, 2005 -
News - Update |
| Alborn
Cleared to Resume in July
PARK CITY, Utah (June 16) - Clint Jones (Steamboat Springs, CO)
may be feeling a bit like the Lone Ranger during training at Utah
Olympic Park, but he got some good news this week: two-time Olympian
Alan Alborn (Anchorage, AK), the other half of the U.S. ski jumping
squad for the Olympic season, has been cleared to resume jumping in
early July following knee surgery.
Alborn, 24, who returned to World Cup action last season after a
year away in which he rested his ailing right knee, missed the last
two months of the season when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament
of his left knee in January while skiing during a day off before the
World Championships. He underwent reconstructive surgery and has
been rehabbing over the last couple of months.
"The doctors said Al's doing well and they gave him clearance to
get back to jumping early next month. He's going to be fitted for a
knee brace [Friday] and that will further help his recovery," Head
Coach Corby Fisher reported Thursday. "Clint and I are going back to
Lake Placid [N.Y.] for the Fourth of July holiday meet [the
Chevrolet 90-meter Summer Ski Jump scheduled for the night of July
3], and when we get back, we expect Al to be ready to be jumping...
"Clint's been okay on his own - he's dialed-in a good in-run
position, good dynamic position, and he's jumping well ahead of
where we were last year [when Fisher took over as head coach] - but
it's always good to have someone training with you so you can push
each other to do better."
Alborn, a five-time U.S. champion, holds the American distance
record, having jumped 221.5 meters during training at Planica,
Slovenia, in 2002. Citing continued pain his right knee despite
surgery, he retired after the 2003 season but when the knee was
healthy after a year on the sidelines, he decided to return.
Fisher said Alborn has been doing a variety of agility, balance,
coordination and slow weight workouts during his rehab at The
Orthopedic and Surgical Hospital in Salt Lake City in addition to
pool activities and the beneficial hydrotherapy.
(c) www.usskiteam.com
|
|
| March 24th, 2005 -
Lodwick wins both National Titles |
| Day 2: 14th
National Title for Lodwick
| 1st Todd Lodwick |
| 2nd Clint Jones |
| 3rd Tommy Schwall |
More info coming soon...
| Day 1: Lodwick Ties
U.S. Titles Mark
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (March 24) - Nordic combined skier Todd
Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) boosted his U.S. championships total
to 13 Thursday as he overcame the remnants of a snowstorm to win the
large hill title on the first day of the U.S. Ski Jumping
Championships. Lodwick tied Jim Holland for the American record with
six jumping titles.
Lodwick, who also has won seven nordic combined championships,
looked well on his way to an eighth in his sport. The combined title,
which includes one round of large hill jumping, will be awarded
following a 7.5K race starting at 5 p.m. MT. Silver medalist on the
114-meter hill was Clint jones (also Steamboat) with the bronze medal
going to another Steamboat athlete, Tommy Schwall.
(c) www.ussa.org
| 1st Todd Lodwick |
| 2nd Clint Jones |
| 3rd Tommy Schwall |
| 4th Brian Welch |
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| March 20th, 2005
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| World Cup Ski
Flying in Planica/SLO - Day 1+2
7 jumps past 230m, 3 world records, 90% of all jumps
past the 200m-mark and the first man ever flying 240m (but crashing) - Seems like ski
flying has definitely made it to a new dimension in Slovenia this weekend.
Sunday: No matter if it's smart to call this "the
best competition of all times" or not, there's no doubt it was
breathtaking and historical. 3 world records in one event, set by 2 men -
Bjoern Einar Romoren and Matti Hautamaeki. 234.5m in the trial round by
Romoren, 235.5m in the second round by Matti Hautamaeki, that seemed like
the great highlight of an amazing winter 2004/2005.
The sky cleared up in Planica, headwind started going up
the landing hill, right around the 220m-mark and Bjoern Einar Romoren knew
it was all prepared and set for the longest jump of all times when he went
down the in-run for his third jump of the day. Up to 8 metres above the
ground, he was soaring down to incredible 239.0m, a record, no one would
have believed to be possible here in Planica this year.
Janne Ahonen, the second last to go, had no chance when
hitting the ground at 240m - conditions were great, too great for the best
athlete of the year. He's going home with a concussion and bruises, but,
fortunately, no severe injuries. 240m in Planica - while Ahonen had no
chance and "collapsed", Romoren might have had a chance to land that jump,
not coming down from such a height like the Fin.
Risky business at times, but dreams come true at the
same time - that was ski flying in Slovenia this weekend.
Saturday: Matti Hautamaeki won the 6th world cup in a row with
jumps of 223.5m and 219.5m. Andi Widhoelzl, who had the longest jumps of
all times on Thursday (234.5m) but crashed, finished 2nd (227.5m/220.0m).
Bjoern Einar Romoren had the longest jump of the day, flying 228.5m AND
landing with a telemark which scored him a lot of style points and placed
him 3rd in the end.
The lone US-jumper Clint Jones did not qualify for the
top40 yesterday and won't be competing tomorrow either since only the
top30 athletes of the overall world cup ranking are allowed to compete in
the final event of the 2004/2005 winter season.
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