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Hello,
I had very hard and crazy days... first hard news for me was a sickness of my granfather... he is old and I was terrible worried,because he's got bronchitis and I been all time very nervous.. Now my grandpa is feeling better and I'm very happy of it^__^ From my art drawing lesson I've got paint something what you can image with word"Able" I didn't have in mind any good idea^^ But at least I made something what I think everyone likes;)
Yeah it's rainbow ice-cream:D
I've got for this work good C ^^
but I do you know why my paint as "Able" is ice-cream?:D
Amd now I've to back to ski jumping, I wan't able to write about ski jumping in weekend
so it's al about jumping...
Northern Four Hills -Reminder
15.03.2009
Schlierenzauer's triple triumph
Gregor Schlierenzauer is the world's best ski flyer. With an impressive demonstration of strength at the last event of the Nordic Tournament in Vikersund, the 19-year-old Austrian achieved a rare triple feature: aside from easily winning the competition, he also secured the top position of the "Northern Four Hills". But the most outstanding triumph certainly is winning the World Cup crown. "Overall World Cup champion - this sounds very nice. I am proud, it has been a great season. But there is still something that needs to be improved. We can celebrate some more after Planica", said the dominating man of the winter, who outclassed his opponents with 386.4 points on Sunday.
With the northern sun shining down on the athletes, Simon Ammann finished second with 379.7 points, while Russian Dimitri Vassiliev had another strong outing in third place (372.2). Flying specialists Martin Koch (4th) and Robert Kranjec (5th) had satisfying performances as well - similar to the "eternal" Japanese veteran Noriaki Kasai as sixth of the day.
Schlierenzauer youngest to win since Peterka
Schlierenzauer is the youngest World Cup champion since Slovenian Primoz Peterka, who was only a few days younger in 1998. With now 12 victories for the season, Schlierenzauer has also reached the record set by Janne Ahonen in 2004/05. He follows in the footsteps of team mate Thomas Morgenstern, and is the sixth Austrian to win the World Cup title.
The Sunday competition saw the wind slowing things down in the first round - especially for many favourites. Hence, Thomas Morgenstern, Matti Hautamaeki, Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Schmitt and Friday winner Harri Olli failed to reach good results. Only Schlierenzauer seems to be above clouds in all kinds of weather conditions. He was the lone athlete to top 200 meters with his opening effort - the foundation for the victory.
Nail-biter: Olli just misses Tournament title
From 2004 to 2006, Norway had been nearly unbeatable in ski flying contests. This has changed: they had a more than forgettable experience in Vikersund, where six of their athletes were already eliminated in the qualification round. Four others (Tom Hilde, Roar Ljoekelsoey, Anders Bardal and Jon Aaraas) then failed to reach the final. Only three jumpers thus fought for podium positions - but Johan Remen Evensen as best representative had to settle with the tenth place.
14.03.2009
Two scares for Schlierenzauer!
The others might be glad that the season will soon be over - thus, they do not have to witness many more Austrian victories. The team flying in Vikersund was no exception to the winter-long dominance, as the ÖSV athletes (Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer) confirmed their status by winning with a total score of 1.543,5 points. Finland (1499 points) finished second. Aside from Matti Hautamaeki, Kalle Keituri and Ville Larinto, it was especially Harri Olli who stood out for them. Having already broken Schlierenzauer's winning streak some weeks ago in Oberstdorf, he now secured the podium with a flight 219 meters. The Norwegian hosts (Bjoern-Einar Romoeren, Johan Remen Evensen, Anders Bardal and Anders Jacobsen) completed the top trio in front of their home crowd.
Despite the positive result, the Austrian had to endure two scary moments. Starting in Vikersund for the first time ever, Gregor Schlierenzauer reached 213 meters - but was not able to stand the landing. "It was a good flight and I was quite happy. I then thought that I could perform a telemark, but that was a mistake. I just fell backwards, but it is nothing serious", the usually strong ski flying athlete recounted. In the final, Schlierenzauer even reached improbable 224 meters, only to crash again. He got up immediately, but was visibly angry and made clear gestures, signaling: "Why was I allowed downhill in the first place?"
And he had absolutely right to show it up after his fell.
"here is Schlieri's reaction at the jury^^
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Olli ices Lillehammer.
Usually, Harri Olli has the questionable reputation of always following a good effort with a weak one. Not so in Lillehammer: in the third competition of the Nordic Tournament, the Finn trumped the opposition with a final jump of 142 meters. The day's best performance at the Lysgaards hill was more than enough to win the contest in the Olympic city of 1994. With a total score of 288.7,
Olli celebrated a convincing second victory of the season.
Russian Dimitri Vassiliev (275,2) finished second - despite even leading after the first round. Nevertheless, his fourth podium position this winter is a new career high for the 29-year-old. World Cup leader Gregor Schlierenzauer (268.9) used a huge second jump to improve from eighth to third place in the end.
Ammann has virtually lost World Cup battle
Since Simon Ammann only finished 14th, the World Cup crown is as good as in Schlierenzauer's hands. With three events remaining - and 300 points still to be awarded - the 19-year-old Austrian has a comfortable lead of more than 200 points
Adam Malysz kept up his recent late season push with a fourth place. The Polish veteran missed his second podium rank by just 0.5 points. Martin Schmitt also seems to have some substance left, as indicated by his fifth place ahead of Wolfgang Loitzl and Thomas Morgenstern, who had the same score.
In front of their home crowd, four Norwegian jumpers qualified for the final. But they certainly had strived for more than finishing eighth (Anders Bardal), 15th (Anders Jacobsen), 24th (Roar Ljoekelsoey) and 30th (Tom Hilde).
Honest congratulation for Gregor!
And all of you, I wish cool night,nice dreams
Bis Bald:)
Nikki