Ski Jumping

GS Forum Staff · Dec 28, 2017

2018 Winter Olympics: Ski Jumping

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CaroLiza_fan · Jan 21, 2018

Just posted this in the dedicated thread, but thought I should post it here too...

NORI'S THE FLAG BEARER FOR JAPAN!!!!!!

:cheer:

Well deserved!!! :bow:

This will be his 8[SUP]th[/SUP] Olympics, which by my reckoning (using Wikipedia's statistics) will make him the undisputed most experienced Winter Olympian ever (he is currently tied on 7 Olympics with Luge racer Albert Demtschenko, who will not be adding to his tally as he is one of the Russian athletes given a life ban for doping).

Delighted for him to be getting this recognition.

CaroLiza_fan

cathlen · Jan 21, 2018

CaroLiza_fan said:
Just posted this in the dedicated thread, but thought I should post it here too...

NORI'S THE FLAG BEARER FOR JAPAN!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

:hap85:

:hap93:

Super happy for him! :love:

I was sad the Ski Flyinng WC didn't go better for him, that second round really spoilt it for him

But congrats to Daniel Andre Tande! Finally with some gold!

CaroLiza_fan · Jan 24, 2018

CaroLiza_fan said:
NORI'S THE FLAG BEARER FOR JAPAN!!!!!!

Just looked up the Wikipedia page, and it appears that Noriaki Kasai has been replaced by Sara Takanashi.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports...ai-flag-bearer-opening-ceremony/#.Wmje2nnLi1t

The story says that Nori "will be abroad and unable to attend the opening ceremony". But, the qualifying for the Men's Normal Hill competition is the day before the Opening ceremony. So, does that mean he is not taking part in that competition?!

Well, at least the flag is staying with ski jumping. And with the success Sara has had over the years, she is a worthy substitute.

Still would have preferred Nori, though!

CaroLiza_fan

CaroLiza_fan · Jan 25, 2018

OK, so Nori is actually still the flag bearer. It was at the team inauguration ceremony that Sara stood in for him. But some sloppy translating into English at the Japan Times led to this confusion.

Thank you to yude for explaining the situation in the dedicated thread:

yude said:
Thank you for posting about Noriaki Kasai! It seems the Japan times meant about the inauguration ceremony of team Japan for the Olympics held yesterday. Sara hold the flag on behalf of Kasai there because he was out of country. Kasai is still the official flag bearer
Sara was moved to tears watching the kids supported team Japan in the ceremony, I wish her the best!

And now I've completely lost the trust in the Japan times (and English kiyodo article), they are having false information again and again They probably translated this kind of article (https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/201801230000655.html), but 結団式 is not "opening ceremony".

I have now fixed the Wikipedia page so hopefully nobody else will get caught out.

Thank you so much yude for putting things straight.

:bow:

CaroLiza_fan

CaroLiza_fan · Jan 25, 2018

Just saw that the young English ski jumper that I posted about in the Random Confessions thread before this thread was started, Jonathan Learoyd, has been confirmed to be going to Pyeongchang for the French team!!!

:cheer:

Absolutely delighted for him!!! For somebody so young and with so few World Cup appearances under his belt to get selected for the Olympic team just shows how much of an impression he has made.

But, I bet you that the BBC will not even mention him, because he is not representing Team GB. Yes, they are petty like that. Thank goodness David Goldstrom on Eurosport is fairer.

Jonathan is currently lying third in the Continental Cup. So, I wonder if the 2 guys above him (Marius Lindvik of Norway, and Tomasz Pilch of Poland) will be going to Pyeongchang too....

We'll just have to wait and see.

:cheer:

ALL THE BEST JONTY!!! :cheer:

CaroLiza_fan

cathlen · Jan 26, 2018

Tomasz Pilch, no. Team Poland has 5 Ski Jumpers with better season results afterall.

ETA: Six even. I forgot about Jakub Wolny :dumb:

ETA2: There are 10 Poles qualified for Zakopane. I think that's some kind of record, I don't rememeber ever so many in competition, we didn't have so many good enough to qualify....

cathlen · Feb 4, 2018

Last World Cup competition before Olympics has ended. And it gets interesting

Btw. Does anyone know who to look out for in Ladies event other than Sara Takanashi? I really wish for her to medal, but we all know it didn't go that way in Sochi...

CaroLiza_fan · Feb 4, 2018

cathlen said:
Last World Cup competition before Olympics has ended. And it gets interesting

Btw. Does anyone know who to look out for in Ladies event other than Sara Takanashi? I really wish for her to medal, but we all know it didn't go that way in Sochi...

Put it like this - Maren Lundby won 7 out of the first 9 competitions this season.

Of the other competitions, Althaus won the second and third competitions, while Irashko won the tenth last Sunday.

Takanashi hasn't won at all this season. She has had 5 thirds, and 1 second. So, it doesn't look good for ending her drought at the Majors.

I can understand Eurosport has a packed schedule, but they aren't even showing the World Feed of the Women's competitions on the Player any more. And I miss seeing them!

But David Goldstom did say that Eurosport would be showing the Women at the Olympics, so that is something.

CaroLiza_fan

CaroLiza_fan · Feb 7, 2018

Janne Ahonen is the flag bearer for Finland.

Just a pity that he is a shadow of his former self when it comes to the jumping. Because he was great in his day.

CaroLiza_fan

CaroLiza_fan · Feb 8, 2018

Men's Normal Hill Ski Jumping about to kick off with the Trial Round followed immediately by the Qualifying.

Here is the link for the archived World Feed coverage of the Trial Round on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs106-trial-round/962da6c9-604d-4bd0-afbb-8e347c60f7e5

Here is the link for the archived World Feed coverage of the Qualifying on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs106-qualifying/33dc468a-7078-4765-bade-b9854e682b36

And here is the link for the archived British Eurosport 1 coverage of the Qualifying on the Player (the Trail Round didn't get archived):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs106-qualifying/a05e702c-2f16-459e-ae51-dee7bdb3681c

The BBC are showing delayed coverage on the Red Button channel from 13:00 – 15:00 GMT.

Here is the Start List:
http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/JP/3095/2018JP3095SLQ.pdf

And here is the Live Scoring:
http://live.fis-ski.com/jp-3095/results-pda.htm

Hope this helps.

I'm going to tape it and watch it tomorrow, as I am in the middle of watching last Saturday's competition from Wellingen.

:cheer:

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

cathlen · Feb 8, 2018

I was wondering what happened to Evgeni Klimov, but here he is!

Anyway, it was a good day, can't wait to Saturday! :hap85:

Manitou · Feb 9, 2018

cathlen said:
I was wondering what happened to Evgeni Klimov, but here he is! Anyway, it was a good day, can't wait to Saturday! :hap85:

I actually can't wait for Saturday to be over. I don't think I have the nerves to watch it live..

cathlen · Feb 9, 2018

Manitou said:
I actually can't wait for Saturday to be over. I don't think I have the nerves to watch it live..

I'm pretty sure it will go better for me than FS events :drama:

And if Normal Hill won't go well there's always Large Hill and Team Event :biggrin:

CaroLiza_fan · Feb 10, 2018

Putting this up now, as I am going out now.

Men's Normal Hill Competition

Here is the link for the archived World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 1h 15m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs106-final/b2b84b58-6869-4b13-befb-7701fe333596

And here are the links for the archived British Eurosport 1 coverage (starts in 1h 30m from now):
Part 1 (starts at 1h 33m 16s) – https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...biathlon/ea85dc26-4cfb-4e7c-ab2a-02ff7a041b4c
Part 2 (starts with #3 Viktor Polasek) – https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-jumping/bc4316c3-b248-4de3-b9d0-3815715e603b

Here is the Start List:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/JP/3096/2018JP3096SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/jp-3096/results-pda.htm

Hope this helps.

I will not be watching LIVE, as I am going out now.

:cheer:

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

anonymoose_au · Feb 10, 2018

I always enjoy watching ski jumping, those guys go so far, nerves of steal right there!

But question...when did the hill go from having actual snow on it to having tracks? Or did it never have snow? I'm rather weirded out by the fact there's not a flake of snow to be seen on the hill itself!

cathlen · Feb 10, 2018

I hate it when wind determines results. Second round is not better than first one....

ETA: I hear Big Bang in the background :biggrin:

snowflake · Feb 10, 2018

Yeah, but what to do. Indoor facilities seems like science fiction. I know there have been projects, but is there any successful? Easy for figure skating, hockey, curling etc to move indoors, but harder for snow sports. Though the weather will always bee a factor I think outdoor competitions have their charm. Mass starts are the most fair, but that’s obviously not possible for ski jumping.

Watching ski jumping once in a while for me must be like for people not watching figure skating regularly. So hard to learn the rules :palmf:

Now the Swedish commentators talk about the costume rules. And that Norway has material for 40 costumes. The jumpers use them once and then gets a new one to get better results…??? By the way ski jumpers have the most unsexy costumes of all athletes.

Oh my, this takes long. They are freezing and I’m hungry.

At last a good jump from Ammann after all that waiting.

cathlen · Feb 10, 2018

Congrats to Adreas Wellinger! :cheer:

Still angry about the conditions though.

MaiKatze · Feb 10, 2018

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