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Think of ski jumping and you will think of eddie the eagle. the sport may have moved on but hes to fall as it closely and he had this little message for mani cooper ahead of her own historic ski jump stuff loop eddie the eagle here and ivejust heard to the grapevine mani cooper is taking part in the nordic combined for great britain. i want tojust wish her the very, very best of luck. have fun and enjoy it! jump well, hope you do well. thats amazing! thats really cool. i did jump amazing! thats ...

Much. 16—year—old mani cooper is making history at the winter youth olympic games in lausanne. shes become the first british woman to compete in an olympic nordic combined event, which involves two completely different sports — ski jumping and cross—country skiing. 0ur reporter nick hope met up with her in switzerland. there are thrill seekers. then there are ski jumpers, and 16—year—old mani cooper is the first british woman to ever attempt this challenge at an 0lympics. things can ...

You up and you get the timing right, you get the air and the positioning right and you just have a smile on your face when you land it. one sport is not enough for this teenager who took up nordic combined after moving to austria with her family in 2012. combining the two is very special. ski jumping, you have to be explosive when you jump out, you have to be concentrating as well and cross—country you need endurance and sprints, you need the pace so you can keep up. think of ski jumping and y...

The grapevine that mani cooper is taking part in the nordic combined for great britain. i want to wish her the very, very best of luck. have fun. enjoy it. from the moment it starts to the moment it finishes. jump well, good luck, i hope you do well. that is amazing. that is really cool. i dojump further than him, however, which is quite cool. he put the sport on the map all those years back. how much do you want to do that now and for women in the uk? i want kids to start nordic combined becaus...

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It went well. its just the next step. now, think of ski jumping and youll probably picture eddie "the eagle" edwards and his iconic appearance at the 1988 calgary winter olympics. the sport may have moved on a fair bit in the last 32 years, but he still follows it closely and he had this little message for mani cooper ahead of her own historic ski jumping bid here at the youth 0lympics. hello, everyone, eddie the eagle here and ive just heard through the grapevine mani cooper is taking part in t...

To her before she competed. they leap from 70 to 90 metre hills, reach speeds of over 60 miles an hour and reach speeds of over 60 miles an hourand can reach speeds of over 60 miles an hour and can travel over 100 metres before landing. this thrill—seeking, then theres ski jumping. in 16—year—old mani cooper is the first british woman to ever attempt it as an olympics. it is quite scary. you havejumps an olympics. it is quite scary. you have jumps where it really lift you out and then you ...

Where it lifts you up and you get the match finished at 10 past midnight, having started at 7 o‘clock in the evening. the timing right, you get the air and the positioning right and you bingham will face david gilbert this just have a smile on your face when afternoon, after shaun murphy you land it. one sport is not enough takes on ali carter — both matches are live across the bbc. for this teenager who took up nordic combined after moving to austria more than £20,000 has been with herfami...

Those 0lympic rings on your top? such a proud and amazing feeling, i just want to do my best so i can make great britain proud. whichever sporting pipe she takes, should be a step towards her ultimate dream of senior pics. a reminder of the top story, saracens will be relegated this season matter where they finish in the league because of continued breaches of the salary cap regulations this season. whats more on that breaking news story throughout the rest of the day on bbc news but for me, tha...

The first run, i absolutely loved it. you have the biggest adrenaline rush. she gets her sporting kicks in all kinds of ways. from a young age, i was doing cross—country and swimming very competitively and then i moved to hockey, netball and athletics, which identify three yea rs. athletics, which identify three years. only this year have i stopped doing hockey and it is merely athletics and bobsleigh now. mens bobsleigh have been part of the programme since the very first winter games in 1924...