SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 14 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi equals all-time World Cup record of six consecutive wins
The amazing story of 22-year-old Japanese star Ryoyu Kobayashi continued at Val di Fiemme, as he won his sixth straight World Cup event, overwhelming...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Can Kobayashi keep his streak alive? How about Althaus?
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup continues for the men in Val di Fiemme for the men and in Sapporo (JPN) for the women,...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi completes Four Hills sweep with win in Bischofshofen!
In the first 65 editions of the Four Hills Tournament, only Germany’s Sven Hannawald had managed to win the sport’s “Grand Slam” by winning...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi wins second Four Hills tourney at Garmisch
When Poland’s Kamil Stoch swept all four stages of the Four Hills Tournament last year for the first time since Sven Hannawald (GER), who managed...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi takes Four Hills opener in Obertsdorf
He did it again!
Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi had never won a World Cup event coming into the season. Now he has five wins in the...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Four Hills Tournament starts in Obertsdorf
It’s the end of the year – and the start of a new one – so it’s time for the famed Four Hills Tournament...
SKI JUMPING: Althaus sweeps first World Cups in Premanon
Is this the year for Germany’s Katharina Althaus?
Second in the World Cup seasonal standings to Norway’s Maren Lundby, Althaus is quickly stamping this season...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi stays in front in Engelberg
We’re still early in the 2018-19 World Cup season, but the question being asked is whether Japan’s 27-year-old Ryoyu Kobayashi is the real deal,...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Women’s jumping arrives for the first time in Premanon
The expansion of the women’s World Cup program from 17 to 25 events allows for new venues, like this week’s double at Premanon in...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Men get back on track in Engelberg
The men’s World Cup season has been in the midst of an unplanned break thanks to the cancellation of the jumping at Titisee-Neustadt (GER)...
SKI JUMPING: Germany sweeps Lillehammer Triple
The season opener for the women’s Ski Jumping World Cup was the Lillehammer Triple, not simply three events in three days, but also a...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi impressive at Nizhny Tagil
What’s gotten into Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi ?
Just 22, he came into this season with a grand total of one World Cup medal, a bronze...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Women’s World Cup season opens in Lillehammer
The Nordic sports festival in Lillehammer (NOR) will feature the season opener in women’s ski jumping, the first of 25 competitions that will stretch...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Men’s World Cup’s annual December trip to Russia
The usual trip to the jumping hill in Nizhny Tagil (RUS) comes this week, with Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi trying to follow up on his...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi wins twice in Ruka
Japan’s 22-year-old Ryoyu Kobayashi came to Ruka with the knowledge that he had been part of the winning team entry last season, and that...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Two evening events at the Ruka Nordic Festival
The 2018-19 World Cup jumping season got underway last weekend with a surprise win for Russia’s Evgeniy Klimov, who won at Wisla (POL). Are...
SKI JUMPING: First World Cup win – at last – for Russia’s Klimov
Patience is a virtue and for 24-year-old Russian jumper Evgeniy Klimov (pictured), it paid off with a win at the season-opening World Cup in...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Wisla hosts the men’s season opener
Poland has been one of the powers in ski jumping in recent season, including triple Olympic gold medalist Kamil Stoch. So why not start...
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