Tag: ski jumping
Ski jumper could finally jump for joy
Maren Lundby, from the small town of Kolbu in Norway's rural district of Toten, made her debut on the national women's ski-jumpng team when...
Medal rush begins, with some irritation
Norwegians grabbed all three spots on the podium for winners of a tough 30-kilometer race at the Winter Olympics in South Korea on Sunday....
Experts predict an Olympic gold rush
Norwegian skiing experts are perhaps overly optimistic, but they're predicting that Norway's winter sports athletes will win no less than 50 medals at the...
King Harald hails ski jumpers
They flew through the air with what seemed like the greatest of ease, and landed in first place with gold medals both for Norway's...
Skiers and jumpers had a big week
Norwegian skier Heidi Weng won her second Tour de Ski in a row on Sunday, after a tough week of races that left two...
Too much partying spoiled ski finale
Skiers, biathlon stars and ski jumpers were all wrapping up their sports seasons over the weekend, and in a couple of cases, the celebrations got...
Ski-jumper winds up third, slalom star first
A problem with a ski binding robbed Norway's new ski-jumping star Daniel André Tande from winning the overall Four Hills (Hoppuka) tournament this week, but...
New ski jumping star wins again
Daniel-André Tande made another sensational ski jump at the Four Hills competition going on in the alps this week, and now leads the entire tournament....
Rain, fog, drunks plagued ‘skifest’
It was supposed to be a festive winter sports party, but this year's Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo turned into a foggy, wet and, by...
Ski jumpers fly into new championship
Norway finally won a long-sought victory in ski-flying over the weekend, putting the country bak on top after Austrian domination over the past 10...
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