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Ski jumping: World Cup results

March 23, 2013 15:30
World Cup results at Planica, Slovenia on Saturday on the final weekend of the 2012-2013 season: Team event 1. Slovenia 1561.8 pts, 2. Norway 1551.1, 3. Austria 1546.7, 4. Poland 1543.2, 5. Czech Republic 1511.6, 6. Germany 1501.6, 7. Japan 1500.0, 8. Italy 1181.6, 9. USA 580.9 afp

Ski jumping: Schlierenzauer racks up 50th win

March 22, 2013 15:17
World Cup winner Gregor Schlierenzauer clinched the 50th victory of his career when he captured the penultimate event of the season at Planica, Slovenia on Friday. Austria's Schlierenzauer claimed a 10th win of the season thanks to leaps of 217.5m and 213.5m, with home hope Peter Prevc (214m and 215.5m) in second and Poland's Piotr Zyla (212.5m and 216.5m) taking third. The final round of the season takes place on Sunday. Results

Skijump: Schlierenzauer, Zyla take Oslo honours

March 17, 2013 13:46
World Cup champion Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria had to share the honours with Poland's Piotr Zyla on the large hill in Oslo on Sunday in landing his ninth win of the season and 49th of his career. Schlierenzauer had missed the podium in his past three meetings but in this the penultimate event of the season he came back to form as he and Zyla totalled 270.1 points to leave Slovenia's Robert Kranjec third in 266.8.

Ski jumping: World champion Stoch wins in Trondheim

March 15, 2013 14:45
Poland's world champion on the big hill, Kamil Stoch, won the World Cup event at Trondheim in Norway on Friday with Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer, already assured of the overall season title, down in 18th spot. Stoch, with a second leap of 140m, took first place with 280.4 points while Germany's Richard Freitag was second on 278.7 pts. Japan's Daiki Ito was third on 272.1. World Cup results at Trondheim:

Ski jumping: Schlierenzauer wins second World Cup title

March 12, 2013 16:00
Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer won the men's ski jump World Cup overall title for the second time on Tuesday after finishing fifth in the event here. The 23-year-old, who won his previous title in the 2008/09 season, holds a 469-point lead over outgoing world number one Anders Bardal with just 400 points to play for in the last four events. Schlierenzauer dominated the season, landing the prestigious Four Hills competition for the second time and with eight victories during the campaign set a record for the most World Cup victories with 48.

Skijumping: Germans win team event in Latvia

March 9, 2013 16:00
Germany gained a measure of revenge as they won the World Cup ski-jumping event here on Saturday, making up for their silver medal at last week's World Championships in Italy. Norway finished second with Poland in third while world champions Austria missed out altogether on the podium by finishing fourth. Led by Severin Freund, who managed 131m on his second jump, Germany amassed 1079.5 points to finish well clear of their rivals. 1. Germany 1079.5 pts (Andreas Wank, Michael Neumayer, Severin Freund, Richard Freitag)

Skijumping: Team success for Austria

March 2, 2013 15:01
Austria won Saturday's team event on the long hill at the Nordic World Championships at Predazzo, retaining a title they have held since 2005. The Austrian quartet saw off Germany and Poland with Norway dropped to fourth. The Norwegians initially placed second but were demoted two places after the race jury accepted a protest by Germany over the first leg points tallies. 1. Austria 1135.9 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 2. Germany 1121.8

Skijumping: Team success for Austria

March 2, 2013 14:31
Austria won Saturday's team event on the long hill at the Nordic World Championships at Predazzo, retaining a title they have held since 2005. The Austrian quartet saw off Norway and Germany. 1. Austria 1135.9 points (Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer) 2. Norway 1124.0 (Andreas Stjernen, Tom Hilde, Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen) 3. Germany 1121.8 (Andreas Wank, Severin Freund, Michael Neumayer, Richard Freitag)

Ski jumping: Nordic world championship results

February 28, 2013 14:45
Ski jumping (big hill) Nordic world championship results on Thursday: 1. Kamil Stoch (POL) 295.8 points (131.5/130.0 m), 2. Peter Prevc (SLO) 289.7 (130.5/131.0 m), 3. Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 289.1 (129.0/131.0 m), 4. Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) 284.9 (128.5/132.5 m), 5. Jan Matura (CZE) 284.9 (127.5/132.0 m), 6. Richard Freitag (GER) 281.4 (129.0/128.5 m), 7. Simon Ammann (SUI) 280.4 (127.5/132.5 m), 8. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 279.8 (125.0/128.5 m), 9. Severin Freund (GER) 277.4 (126.5/129.5 m), 10. Daiki Ito (JPN) 276.9 (127.5/127.0 m) afp

Ski jumping: Stoch wins world ski jump title

February 28, 2013 14:31
Poland's Kamil Stoch won ski jump gold at the Nordic world championships on Thursday but World Cup leader Gregor Schlierenzauer only managed eighth place. Stoch took the large hill title with 295.8 points as Slovenia's Peter Prevc, the bronze medallist on the small hill, claimed silver on 289.7pts. Norway's Anders Jacobsen, on 289.1pts, took bronze. Austria's Schlierenzauer, the winner of the prestigious Four Hills tournament, as well as being the overall World Cup leader, managed only 279.2pts after a disastrous first jump.
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