PARK CITY, Utah — Women’s Ski Jumping USA has announced an innovative athlete development initiative and program to recruit and retain young female jumpers nationwide into the sport. Fly Girls — as it’s named — is a junior team program that feeds athletes into a … [Read more...]
Ski Jumping: Jessica Jerome soars to 2nd in World Cup competition in Romania
JESSICA JEROME, SARA TAKANASHI AND EVELYN INSAM. PHOTO COURTESY OF FIS. RASNOV, Romania - In her first World Cup event after debuting her sport in the Olympic Winter Games, Jessica Jerome leaped to a 2nd-place finish Sunday at the brand new ski jump facility in Rasnov, Romania. It was Jerome's … [Read more...]
Historic day finally realized at Olympic Games for women ski jumpers #Sochi2014
Lindsey Van competes in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.Photo by Sarah Brunson/USSA KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Try as she might, Jessica Jerome couldn't convince her eyes and her mind that Tuesday night's inaugural Olympic women's ski jumping event was just another competition on the … [Read more...]
Women’s Ski Jumping USA President, Parents of USA Ski Jumpers Reflect before Olympic Debut
Before the women ski jumpers make history in their event at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, leaders at Women's Ski Jumping USA and parents of the US team members reflected on the fight for inclusion: “I think our battle to get the women into ski jumping became much more than ski jumping. It … [Read more...]
Exhaustion on the slopes Sochi-style
The women's cross-country skiathlon finish line. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen I saw this photograph at first on The Guardian website, I thought there had been a terrible tragedy. But no, it's just the aftermath of the Cross-country skiathlon.It took a while to work out what that … [Read more...]
Ski Legend Picabo Street Partners with Stay on the Slopes Initiative
Inspired by her own setbacks, U.S. Olympic Ski Legend Picabo Street is teaming up with the Stay on the Slopes Initiative to help prevent and treat skiing and snowboarding injuries by providing funds for testing equipment, exercise machines and other technology. Picabo (who was allowed to choose her … [Read more...]
Lindsey Vonn joins NBC as Sochi Olympics correspondent
Vaness Mae gets ready for the Winter Olympics
Vanessa Mae PIC The TelegraphThai-British violinist Vanessa Mae will ski for Thailand in the Winter Olympics next week. ....Possibly one of the more unusual stories to come from the Games, and they're just starting. Fans of Mae will know she's always loved skiing (no, me neither) and has been … [Read more...]
Jerome, Van and Hendrickson nominated to first-ever women’s ski jumping Olympic Team
(Photo via Women's Ski Jumping USA Facebook Page) PARK CITY, Utah - Three of the top women ski jumpers in the world were nominated today to represent the U.S. on the first-ever Olympic women's ski jumping team. Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, and Sarah Hendrickson will make their historic Winter Games … [Read more...]
World Champion Sarah Hendrickson returns to ski jump training
PARK CITY, Utah - Reigning World Champion Sarah Hendrickson has successfully returned to ski jump training, just five months after sustaining a knee injury during a training jump in Obersdorf, Germany. For the past week, Hendrickson has been jumping the 90-meter hill at Utah Olympic Park in Park … [Read more...]