Stories from NYT > Ski Jumping
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VANCOUVER 2010; It Seems Ski Jumping Has Become a Picnic
NYT > Ski Jumping &bull Dec 3, 2011
As the Winter Olympics get bigger, faster, higher and slipperier, the original danger sport of ski jumping feels quaint and old-fashioned. There were no surprises at the team competition on Monday. Austria won, just as everyone suspected. No one fell, except on the slick ice in the crowd. There were certainly no ''agony of defeat'' moments of someone cart-wheeling off the ramp. Most jumpers (really, they might be called fallers, because they mostly drop over the edge of… Full Story »
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The Best and the Worst of the Games
NYT > Ski Jumping &bull Aug 7, 2011
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - It was shortly before 3 p.m. And in the downtown sports bar where hundreds of us watched this gold-medal game, hundreds of arms were suddenly high in the air accompanied by a group howl that was still loud and clear 15 minutes later, even as the tequila started disappearing from the shot glasses. BEST PERFORMANCE ON SNOW You could go for a medal magnet like Marit Bjoergen of Norway, who won three golds, a silver and a bronze in women's cross country: something her coach equated to a runner… Full Story »
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Women's Ski Jumping Gains Olympic Status
NYT > Ski Jumping &bull Apr 6, 2011
A long fight for inclusion, including a failed lawsuit in 2010, ends in a victory for the Sochi Games in 2014. Full Story »
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Women Lead Rebirth in College Ski Jumping
NYT > Ski Jumping &bull Mar 4, 2011
An event on Saturday will be the first collegiate ski jumping championship in 31 years and the first to include women. Full Story »
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Morgenstern Dominant in Ski Jumping
NYT > Ski Jumping &bull Dec 30, 2010
Thomas Morgenstern, the overall World Cup leader in ski jumping, continued his dominance this winter by capturing the first event of the 59th Four Hills Tournament. Full Story »
