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Even athletes who compete in ski jumping and a former Olympian paid to analyze the sport on TV have no idea who will win gold at the Beijing Games. That’s because more than a dozen men seem to have a shot. The list of contenders, though, might be reduce...

Even athletes who compete in ski jumping and a former Olympian paid to analyze the sport on TV have no idea who will win gold at the Beijing Games .

Four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann has torn a ligament in his foot but the injury should not impact Beijing 2022 preparations, according to Swiss-Ski.

Halvor Egner Granerud strong in second training Halvor Egner Granerud The ski jumpers had three training rounds on late Thursday evening in Oberstdorf, and in the end, Norways Halvor Egner Granerud has once again proven that he is the one to beat this winter, whether it is in the World Cup or now at the World Championships in Oberstdorf. World Cup leader Halvor Egner Granerud was the strongest on the second training day on the normal hill. He jumped ...

Ryoyu Kobayashi is back on top Ryoyu Kobayashi Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his first Ski Jumping World Cup win after a long drought. The Japanese took his first win since December 29, 2019, when he won the 4-Hills opener in Oberstdorf, on Saturday in Zakopane (POL). Polands Andrzej Stekala finished second, Marius Lindvik of Norway was third. It was the 17th World Cup win for Ryoyu Kobayashi, the 24-year-old now tied with Noriaki Kasai. No male Japanese sk...

Halvor Egner Granerud remains unstoppable Halvor Egner Granerud Halvor Egner Granerud is currently unbeatable. After his two wins last weekend in Willingen, the Norwegian also proved that he is the best right now on the first day of the World Cup in Klingenthal. Because there were exactly 50 athletes competing, the qualification was turned into a prologue and so Granerud claimed the prize money of € 3000.- in the end. But it was not only the win in ...

Simon Ammann Due to the bad weather forecast for Sunday, the schedule of the Continental Cup in Innsbruck (AUT) was changed and both competitions there were already held on Saturday. The first competition was won by Aleksander Zniszczol of Poland with 128 m and 127 m and a total of 259.5 points. This was already the eighth win in the Continental Cup for the 26-year-old. The second place went to Norways Anders Haare, with jumps of 126.5 m and 125.5 m that earned him 248.5 points. The leader afte...

Halvor Egner Granerud keeps on winning Halvor Egner Granerud 24-year-old Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud claimed his fifth World Cup win in a row on Sunday evening. In the final World Cup before the 4-Hills-Tournament, Granerud came in ahead of Markus Eisenbichler and Polands Piotr Zyla. It was extremely exciting again, it was extremely close again and in the end, Halvor Egner Granerud came out on top - for the fifth time in a row. In the seventh indi...