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Ski Jumping: Deep U.S. team crowds leaderboard in Ramsau World Cup
by anngaff
posted December 16, 2012 at 11:35pm

Van (4th), Jerome (5th) lead five U.S. women in top 12 finishers  RAMSAU, Austria — When the announcer says, “They’ve got a really deep squad,” you’d think he was talking about a basketball team, not ski jumping. W...more

Women’s Ski Jumping documentary wins prestigious Banff Film Festival award
by anngaff
posted November 5, 2012 at 8:25pm

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 5, 2012 – The documentary film Ready To Fly has been awarded “Best Feature-Length Mountain Film” at the prestigious Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.  Ready To Fly, written and directed by William A. Ker...more

Women's Ski Jumping USA names athletes to Visa Team
by anngaff
posted October 14, 2012 at 6:59pm

U.S. women aim to defend their No. 1 ranking via release Women’s Ski Jumping USA has named the athletes to represent the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team this year on the World and Continental Cup circuits. 2013 Visa Women’s Ski Jumping ...more

Women ski jumpers set to compete in U.S. National Championships
by anngaff
posted August 4, 2012 at 8:07am

via release  PARK CITY, UTAH — Women ski jumpers will vie this weekend for the top spot in the nation at the U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships in Utah. Jumper Jessica Jerome, last year’s large hill champion, is aiming f...more

Top U.S. women ski jumpers honor 10-year-old YouTube sensation
by anngaff
posted March 23, 2012 at 3:15pm

PARK CITY, UT — Ten-year-old Zia Terry is a star on YouTube simply because she showed the world her courage by soaring off a 40-meter ski jump. On Thursday, she got to meet some of her biggest fans — five members of the No. 1-ranked U.S. Wom...more

Sarah Hendrickson clutches crystal globe as World Cup campaign ends
by anngaff
posted March 9, 2012 at 1:08pm

U.S. team ends inaugural season as dominant, top-ranked squad  OSLO, Norway (March 9, via release) — The last time Sarah Hendrickson and her teammates ski jumped on the Midstubakken hill in Oslo, Norway, they had a job to do. This time, it wa...more

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup: Hendrickson wins again in Zao and Jerome is 5th
by anngaff
posted March 4, 2012 at 5:12pm

Visa Team heads to Oslo, Norway for World Cup final Zao, Japan, March 4, via release  — Pressure or no pressure, Sarah Hendrickson proved this weekend in Zao, Japan that she’s the best in the world. After clinching the inaugural women&r...;more

Hendrickson secures overall World Cup title with win in Zao, Japan
by anngaff
posted March 4, 2012 at 5:03pm

Coaches call it an incredible accomplishment for the Park City teen  Zao, Japan, via release  — Sarah Hendrickson clinched the inaugural women’s ski jumping World Cup overall title Saturday in Zao, Japan — a feat so signific...more

Sarah Hendrickson soars to silver medal at Junior World Championships
by anngaff
posted February 23, 2012 at 1:53pm

Erzurum, Turkey (Feb. 23) — Sarah Hendrickson added another title Thursday to her long list of ski jumping accomplishments — silver medalist in the 2012 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.  In 2010 she won the bronze (the only Ameri...more

Junior Worlds on tap for trio of teen ski jumpers - Hendrickson heads to Turkey after Continental Cup victory
by anngaff
posted February 21, 2012 at 12:00pm

Park City, Utah, via release — Sarah Hendrickson heads into the 2012 Junior World Ski Jumping Championships on a serious roll after winning two World Cup events and one Continental Cup event in the last two weeks. Now, the 17-year-old hopes that mo...more

Sarah Hendrickson wins 2 World Cups, tightens grip on overall lead
by anngaff
posted February 13, 2012 at 3:33pm

Entire U.S. team finishes in top 25 in two comps in Slovenia   Ljubno, Slovenia, via release — Sarah Hendrickson’s (pictured left) double fist-pump in the outrun is a modest show of celebration for the U.S. teen who’s bee...more

Women ski jumpers post top results in Zakopane Continental Cup - pay tribute to Burke, donate portion of earnings
by anngaff
posted January 21, 2012 at 6:22pm

Zakopane, Poland, Jan. 21, via release — The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team continued its strong performance this weekend with four members in the top 10 on Friday and five in the top 15 on Saturday at a Continental Cup (COC) event in Zakopane,...more

Sarah Hendrickson wins 2 World Cups in Italy; sets hill record for women. Team USA leads standings
by anngaff
posted January 17, 2012 at 10:57am

Val di Fiemme, Predazzo, Italy, via release - Sarah Hendrickson put up two huge jumps Sunday to win her fourth World Cup (WC) competition so far this season. She’s also leading the overall WC standings by more than 150 points over reigning Worl...more

Youth Olympic Games a 'dream come true' for U.S. ski jumper Emilee Anderson
by anngaff
posted January 12, 2012 at 11:12am

via release INNSBRUCK, AUT. — Emilee Anderson has perfect timing. Or maybe it’s simply fate that this 16-year-old from the heart of ski jumping country in the U.S. will make history when she competes Saturday in a sport that has been closed ...more

Sarah Hendrickson wins second World Cup; Jessica Jerome nabs third
by anngaff
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:05pm

photo via ladiesskijumping.com Three U.S. team members in top 10, besting all other nations via release  HINTERZARTEN, GER. — Sarah Hendrickson has now won two out of the three World Cup competitions so far this season after a resounding 3...more

Lindsey Van donates bone marrow again for man with cancer
by anngaff
posted December 19, 2011 at 8:20pm

World Champion ski jumper Lindsey Van got the call again this fall. Eight months after she donated bone marrow to help a cancer-stricken man, the doctors said they needed twice the number of stem cells they took from her last spring — which was 500...more

Women ski jumpers to compete Saturday in first-ever World Cup
by anngaff
posted December 1, 2011 at 12:32pm

                      Left to Right: Jessica Jerome, Alissa Johnson, Abby Hughes, Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson via release - Members of the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team will mak...more

Women's Ski Jumping USA leaders inducted into Ski Jumping Hall of Fame
by anngaff
posted October 31, 2011 at 6:35pm

via release Three Women’s Ski Jumping USA leaders have been inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame.  The Friends of American Ski Jumping named Deedee Corradini, Victor Method and Peter Jerome to the Hall of Fame class of 2011 a...more

15-year-old Emilee Anderson to represent U.S. Ski Jumping at Winter Youth Olympic Games
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2011 at 4:01pm

(photo credit: wsjusa.com) Fifteen-year-old Emilee Anderson, of Eau Clair, WI, will represent the U.S. and the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.  The Winter Youth Olympic Games is an internation...more

Women’s Ski Jumping USA nominates eight for historic season
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2011 at 3:57pm

Women’s Ski Jumping USA has nominated eight of the top women athletes in the nation to represent the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team in one of the most historic seasons ever for the sport.  Jessica Jerome, Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson,...more

Sarah Hendrickson, 17, wins first U.S. National Ski Jumping title
by anngaff
posted October 2, 2011 at 12:52pm

FOX RIVER GROVE, Illinois — Seventeen-year-old Sarah Hendrickson won her first U.S. National Ski Jumping title Saturday on the small hill (K70) at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, just outside Chicago. Hendrickson’s first jump was 68.5 mete...more

Rachel Maddow Rings a Cowbell for Women's Ski Jumpers
by anngaff
posted April 7, 2011 at 3:51pm

Rachel Maddow dedicated several minutes to last night's show to talk about the long overdue addition of women's ski jumping to the Olympics. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ...more

IOC member praises women’s ski jumping event in Oslo; positive sign for Sochi 2014
by anngaff
posted February 27, 2011 at 6:23pm

OSLO, Norway (Feb. 26, via release) – A little bit of sunshine peeked through an otherwise windy, foggy and challenging day Friday after women ski jumpers took to the Midtstubakken hill at the World Championships in Oslo — ready to prove to th...more

Austria's Iraschko reigns at Ski Jumping Worlds amidst thick fog, wind. Defending champ Van misses finals
by anngaff
posted February 25, 2011 at 2:41pm

OSLO, Norway (Feb. 25, via release) – Austria’s Daniela Iraschko emerged through the heavy fog and wind to take the gold medal in the second World Championships ever to allow women to compete in ski jumping. Italy’s Elena Runggaldier cap...more

Quick Results from Women's Ski Jumping World Championships
by anngaff
posted February 25, 2011 at 12:40pm

Quick results of this morning's ski jump competition at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships, gleaned from Women's Ski Jumping USA's Facebook page. More details to come. In order of earliest updates to final results: At break before second jump: Dani...more

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