Tag: Kamil Stoch
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi finishes the season with a sweep of every major title
Japan’s 22-year-old Ryoyu Kobayashi finished essentially a complete sweep of the FIS World Cup season with a victory of the final event of the...
NORDIC SKIING Preview: Famed Holmenkollen Ski Fest starts in Oslo
The high point of the 2018-19 seasons in Cross Country, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping was the World Championships in Seefeld (AUT). But there...
SKI JUMPING: Kobayashi wins 11th in Willingen, while Lundby sweeps Obertsdorf
The stars of the World Cup season took over this weekend, with big victories in Germany.
Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi, who came out of nowhere to...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Stoch tries to defend Willingen Five title in Germany
Both the men’s and women’s World Cups are in action in Germany for the final competitions before the Nordic World Championships in Austria that...
SKI JUMPING: Takanashi ends Lundby’s win streak at six in Ljubno
The conditions were much less than ideal, with so much wind that the qualifying round for the women’s jumpers in Ljubno (SLO) had to...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Kobayashi looks for 11th win this season; Lundby trying for six...
With two weeks to go to the World Nordic Championships, there are two more stops on the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup tour, starting...
SKI JUMPING: Zajc, Kobayashi and Stoch triumph in Obertsdorf Ski-Flying weekend
This was the first weekend of jumping off the massive ski-flying hills of more than 200 m, in this case the 235 m hill...
SKI JUMPING Preview: Kobayashi faces Stoch, Kubacki and Zyla … in Poland
The amazing season for Japan’s 21-year-old Ryoyu Kobayashi will get one of its sternest tests this week in Zakopane (POL), where he will face...
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 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 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 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 the 2018-19 season in Wisla on a high-quality 134 m hill in a special night event? The top jumpers from 2017-18 are expected to contend again this season. The final World […]
EXTRA: The Olympics is just different than any other event
TSX EXTRA – for Feb. 17, 2018: If look closely at the aerial shots from PyeongChang, you’ll often see quite a few – or a lot – of empty seats. This is not a sold-out Games. But for the athletes, even those who are battle-hardened by years of World Cup experience and World Championships in […]
EXTRA: The Olympics is just different than any other event
TSX EXTRA – for Feb. 17, 2018: If look closely at the aerial shots from PyeongChang, you’ll often see quite a few – or a lot – of empty seats. This is not a sold-out Games. But for the athletes, even those who are battle-hardened by years of World Cup experience and World Championships in […]
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