November 20th, 2008
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Excluding womens ski jumping from the 2010 Vancouver Games has nothing to do with gender, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Olympic governing body ruled in 2006 to omit the sport from the Vancouver Games because there are so few participants worldwide to represent the sport. Not so says […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments
October 14th, 2008
It may have been a lovely, warm fall weekend in Lake Placid, New York this past weekend, but that didn’t stop the US Ski Team from competing in the 2009 US Nordic Championships. The venue, the site of the 1980 Winter Games was equipped with a plastic landing strip for the ski jumping competition and […]
By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment
May 15th, 2006
When I mentioned him in my post about Jonathan, I immediately set a course in finding more about Eddie’s story. Yes. I had no idea who he was. Well — not the whole story, that is.
Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, real name: Michael Edwards, is the world’s favourite ski-jumper even though he only ranked 55th […]
By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments
February 12th, 2006
Finally Norway’s first gold
Lars Bystøl won Norway’s first gold medal in Normal Hill (Ski Jump). The gold was Norway’s first Olympic gold in Ski Jump since Espen Bredesen won it at the Winter Olympics hosted in Lillehammer/Norway 1994.
Gold: Lars Bystøl, Norge 266,5 (101,5-103,5),
Silver: Matti Hautamäki, Finland 265,5 (102-103,5),
Bronze: Roar Ljøkelsøy, Norge 264,5 (102,5-102,5)
Bystøl shared the […]
By jon -- 0 comments
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