Greetings! It's the World Championship week, which gave me an idea for a mini-text-series. We'll go through FIS World Championships' history of Ladies' Ski Jumping. Without unnecessarily long introduction, let's return to year 2009.
Liberec, Czech Republic. February 19th, 2009. It's the day of first ever FIS World Championship training rounds in Ladies' Ski Jumping. Three rounds of jumps are held in snowy conditions. Since there were no gate nor wind factors, training rounds results were based on flown distance by the jumper. FIS statistics are a bit confusing, but it seems like the first jump was performed by Lucie Mikova, from Czech Republic. Her jump's distance was 38.0 meters. First training round's TOP3 by distance: 1. Daniela Iraschko (currently Iraschko-Stolz) AUT 97.5 meters, 2. Magdalena Schnurr GER 93.0 meters, 3. Anette Sagen NOR 91.5 meters. Wind was presented in the results list: on the first round it was towards the hill between 0.3 m/s and 2.8 m/s. On the second round winds strength didn't change much: 0.2 m/s to 2.9 m/s towards the hill. Anna Haefele from Germany jumped the longest distance of the second training round, 95.5 meters. She was followed by Anette Sagen, 94.5 meters, and Daniela Iraschko with 92.5 meters. Iraschko returned to the 1st position on the last training round, flying 101.0 meters. Anette Sagen was like glued: 2nd place, having jumped 97.5 meters. Canadian Nata de Leeuw finished 3rd, with a jump of 95.0 meters. Wind got even stronger, from 0.7 m/s to 3.9 m/s towards! Iraschko and Sagen came across as sure medalists, and candidates for the win.
Friday, 20 th of February, 2009. Competition day began with a trial round, because 39 jumpers had signed up and 36 of them turned up for the competition, there was no need for qualifying. Daniela Iraschko didn't seem to give up on her leader's position: Austrian jumped 98.5 meters. She was followed once again by Anette Sagen, who landed at 92.5 meters. Third longest jump was performed by Alissa Johnson from the United States of America. She flew 91.0 meters. Wind altered between 0.0 m/s and 2.4 m/s towards the hill. Iraschko's and Sagen's dominance seemed to continue,
With some snow falling from the sky, everything was ready for the first ever Ladies' World Championship contest in ski jumping. The first jumper was Norwegian Maren Lundby. 14-year-old young lady flew 73.5 meters, received 73.5 points, which gave her 19th position after the first round. Coline Mattel with number 18 got great applause from the audience. She was the first jumper of the round to cross 80 meters, and her jump didn't land until 90.0 meters. 112.5 points kep her in the lead for quite a while. First serious threat for French jumper's lead was Magdalena Schnurr. German achieved 89.0 meters, and took 2nd place 1.5 points behind Mattel. Second training round's best jumper Anna Haefele flew 88.5 meters on her first jump in the competition, gathering 109.5 ponits, which was enough for 7th place after the first round. Dominance in training jumps didn't give Iraschko any major advantage at least on the first round: Austrian's jump ended at 89.0 meters, and her 112.0 points were enough to give her equaled 4th place on the result list. German Ulrike Graessler sat on the starting bench right after Iraschko. Graessler launched herself into the air and didn't land until 93.5 meter. She collected 120.0 points, and took the lead. Lindsey Van from the United States equaled Iraschko in both distance and points. Anette Sagen was the last jumped with number 36 on her chest. She landed at the same point as Graessler, but she was 2nd 1.5 points behind the leading German, due to her lower points from style. TOP6: 1. Graessler GER 120.0, 2. Sagen NOR 118.5, 3. Mattel FRA 112.5, 4. Van USA & Iraschko AUT 112.0, 6. Schnurr GER 111.0. Wind conditions were tricky once again, wind was towards the hill between 0.1 m/s and 2.7 m/s.
Wind conditions got a bit more equal, but it still altered from 0.4 m/s to 2.4 m/s towards the hill. Judges decided to raise the gate from 24 to 25. There were two jumpers on 30th position. Second round was started by Julia Kykkaenen. Finn flew 12.5 meters further than on the first round, landing at 72.0 meters. She got from 30th place to 26th with her total score of 113.0 points. Sarah Hendrikcson equaled Kykkaenen's points on the first round, but jumper from the United States of America lost the battle by jumping 69.5 meters. Hendrickson finished 29th in the results. Second round's biggest gain was made by Helena Olsson Smeby. Norwegian improved her position from 27th to 16th by jumping 87.0 meters. Her total score was 160.0 points.
TOP10 was started by Jessica Jerome. Hendrickson's team mate flew 91.0 meters, which gave her 207.0 points in total and 6th place in the results. Magdalena Schnurr had to give her position to Jerome, as German landed as early as at the 81.5 meters' line. Daniela Iraschko wanted to repeat one of her excellent training jumps. She gained speed of 90.2 km/h (56,060 mph), and Austrian's jump landed at 91.0 meters. Iraschko collected 228.0 points, but it seemed like tension blocked her best jumps. Lindsey Van from the United States wanted to finish at least as the best North American jumper's speed was 89.5 km/h (55,625 mph), but lower speed didn't stop her from jumping the longest jump of the competition: 97.5 meters! Van's points for style altered between 18.5 and 19.0. Van collected 243.0 points, and took the lead from Iraschko by 15.0 points. French jumper Mattel was under a lot of pressure, but her performance didn't suffer much: 87.5 meters, and total score of 220.5 gave her current 3rd place. Not bad for a 13-year-old!!! Anette Sagen wanted to change her fate for being second round after round. Norwegian had 6.5 points' advantage after first round, which meant she needed a jump around 95.0 meters. Sagen's speed was 90.3 km/h (56.122 mph) and with the speed she carried her jump until 94.0 meters. Norwegian got from style between 16.5 and 18.0 points. It wasn't enough, and she took second place, 4.5 ponits behind Van. Ulrike Graessler was only one at the top. She wanted to take her first World Championship gold medal, but it required a jump around 94.0 meters. Graessler did what she could, but 93.0 meters. Style points between 17.0 and 18.0 points were enough to brake Sagen's 'curse' of being second. In the end Van won, Graessler took silver, Sagen bronze, Iraschko was left without a medal, and phenomenal 13-year-old Mattel finished 5th!!!
TOP 10:
1. Lindsey Van USA 89.0 meters + 97.5 meters, 243.0 points
2. Ulrike Graessler GER 93.5 m + 93.0 m, 239.0 p
3. Anette Sagen NOR 93.5 m + 94.0 m, 238.5 p
4. Daniela Iraschko AUT 89.0 m + 91.0 m, 228.0 p
5. Coline Mattel FRA 90.0 m + 87.5 m, 220.5 p
6. Jessica Jerome USA 80.5 m + 91.0 m, 207.0 p
7. Magdalena Schnurr GER 89.0 m + 81.5 m, 205.0 p
8. Anna Haefele GER 88.5 m + 82.5 m, 204.5 p
9. Line Jahr NOR 88.0 m + 81.5 m, 201.0 p
10. Ayumi Watase JPN 76.5 m + 90.5 m, 197.5 p
The first ever World Championship competition in Ladies' Ski Jumping was done. There were lot's of young jumpers, Coline Mattel as 13-year-old was the youngest. There were also two jumpers from such an exotic country as the Netherlands: Wendy Vuik (23rd), and Lara Thomae (31st). The first competition was such an event that it would get more followers and encourage more ladies to take their skies, and get all the way up to the hill, and start preparing for the future competitions.
All time medal standings, FIS World Championship Ladies' Ski Jumping:
1. the United States of America 1 - -
2. Germany - 1 -
3. Norway - - 1
This was the first part of our interesting Resan till Falun 2015 - series. Hopefully you enjoyed it, and will look forward to the next part, Oslo Norway. Enjoy your day! :)
Links:
The official results (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Results of the 1st round (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Trial Round results (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Training rounds' results (PDF-file), World Championship, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Unofficial 1st training round's results (PDF-file), World Championship, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Detailed information about Liberec' HS100
Liberec, Czech Republic. February 19th, 2009. It's the day of first ever FIS World Championship training rounds in Ladies' Ski Jumping. Three rounds of jumps are held in snowy conditions. Since there were no gate nor wind factors, training rounds results were based on flown distance by the jumper. FIS statistics are a bit confusing, but it seems like the first jump was performed by Lucie Mikova, from Czech Republic. Her jump's distance was 38.0 meters. First training round's TOP3 by distance: 1. Daniela Iraschko (currently Iraschko-Stolz) AUT 97.5 meters, 2. Magdalena Schnurr GER 93.0 meters, 3. Anette Sagen NOR 91.5 meters. Wind was presented in the results list: on the first round it was towards the hill between 0.3 m/s and 2.8 m/s. On the second round winds strength didn't change much: 0.2 m/s to 2.9 m/s towards the hill. Anna Haefele from Germany jumped the longest distance of the second training round, 95.5 meters. She was followed by Anette Sagen, 94.5 meters, and Daniela Iraschko with 92.5 meters. Iraschko returned to the 1st position on the last training round, flying 101.0 meters. Anette Sagen was like glued: 2nd place, having jumped 97.5 meters. Canadian Nata de Leeuw finished 3rd, with a jump of 95.0 meters. Wind got even stronger, from 0.7 m/s to 3.9 m/s towards! Iraschko and Sagen came across as sure medalists, and candidates for the win.
Friday, 20 th of February, 2009. Competition day began with a trial round, because 39 jumpers had signed up and 36 of them turned up for the competition, there was no need for qualifying. Daniela Iraschko didn't seem to give up on her leader's position: Austrian jumped 98.5 meters. She was followed once again by Anette Sagen, who landed at 92.5 meters. Third longest jump was performed by Alissa Johnson from the United States of America. She flew 91.0 meters. Wind altered between 0.0 m/s and 2.4 m/s towards the hill. Iraschko's and Sagen's dominance seemed to continue,
With some snow falling from the sky, everything was ready for the first ever Ladies' World Championship contest in ski jumping. The first jumper was Norwegian Maren Lundby. 14-year-old young lady flew 73.5 meters, received 73.5 points, which gave her 19th position after the first round. Coline Mattel with number 18 got great applause from the audience. She was the first jumper of the round to cross 80 meters, and her jump didn't land until 90.0 meters. 112.5 points kep her in the lead for quite a while. First serious threat for French jumper's lead was Magdalena Schnurr. German achieved 89.0 meters, and took 2nd place 1.5 points behind Mattel. Second training round's best jumper Anna Haefele flew 88.5 meters on her first jump in the competition, gathering 109.5 ponits, which was enough for 7th place after the first round. Dominance in training jumps didn't give Iraschko any major advantage at least on the first round: Austrian's jump ended at 89.0 meters, and her 112.0 points were enough to give her equaled 4th place on the result list. German Ulrike Graessler sat on the starting bench right after Iraschko. Graessler launched herself into the air and didn't land until 93.5 meter. She collected 120.0 points, and took the lead. Lindsey Van from the United States equaled Iraschko in both distance and points. Anette Sagen was the last jumped with number 36 on her chest. She landed at the same point as Graessler, but she was 2nd 1.5 points behind the leading German, due to her lower points from style. TOP6: 1. Graessler GER 120.0, 2. Sagen NOR 118.5, 3. Mattel FRA 112.5, 4. Van USA & Iraschko AUT 112.0, 6. Schnurr GER 111.0. Wind conditions were tricky once again, wind was towards the hill between 0.1 m/s and 2.7 m/s.
Wind conditions got a bit more equal, but it still altered from 0.4 m/s to 2.4 m/s towards the hill. Judges decided to raise the gate from 24 to 25. There were two jumpers on 30th position. Second round was started by Julia Kykkaenen. Finn flew 12.5 meters further than on the first round, landing at 72.0 meters. She got from 30th place to 26th with her total score of 113.0 points. Sarah Hendrikcson equaled Kykkaenen's points on the first round, but jumper from the United States of America lost the battle by jumping 69.5 meters. Hendrickson finished 29th in the results. Second round's biggest gain was made by Helena Olsson Smeby. Norwegian improved her position from 27th to 16th by jumping 87.0 meters. Her total score was 160.0 points.
TOP10 was started by Jessica Jerome. Hendrickson's team mate flew 91.0 meters, which gave her 207.0 points in total and 6th place in the results. Magdalena Schnurr had to give her position to Jerome, as German landed as early as at the 81.5 meters' line. Daniela Iraschko wanted to repeat one of her excellent training jumps. She gained speed of 90.2 km/h (56,060 mph), and Austrian's jump landed at 91.0 meters. Iraschko collected 228.0 points, but it seemed like tension blocked her best jumps. Lindsey Van from the United States wanted to finish at least as the best North American jumper's speed was 89.5 km/h (55,625 mph), but lower speed didn't stop her from jumping the longest jump of the competition: 97.5 meters! Van's points for style altered between 18.5 and 19.0. Van collected 243.0 points, and took the lead from Iraschko by 15.0 points. French jumper Mattel was under a lot of pressure, but her performance didn't suffer much: 87.5 meters, and total score of 220.5 gave her current 3rd place. Not bad for a 13-year-old!!! Anette Sagen wanted to change her fate for being second round after round. Norwegian had 6.5 points' advantage after first round, which meant she needed a jump around 95.0 meters. Sagen's speed was 90.3 km/h (56.122 mph) and with the speed she carried her jump until 94.0 meters. Norwegian got from style between 16.5 and 18.0 points. It wasn't enough, and she took second place, 4.5 ponits behind Van. Ulrike Graessler was only one at the top. She wanted to take her first World Championship gold medal, but it required a jump around 94.0 meters. Graessler did what she could, but 93.0 meters. Style points between 17.0 and 18.0 points were enough to brake Sagen's 'curse' of being second. In the end Van won, Graessler took silver, Sagen bronze, Iraschko was left without a medal, and phenomenal 13-year-old Mattel finished 5th!!!
TOP 10:
1. Lindsey Van USA 89.0 meters + 97.5 meters, 243.0 points
2. Ulrike Graessler GER 93.5 m + 93.0 m, 239.0 p
3. Anette Sagen NOR 93.5 m + 94.0 m, 238.5 p
4. Daniela Iraschko AUT 89.0 m + 91.0 m, 228.0 p
5. Coline Mattel FRA 90.0 m + 87.5 m, 220.5 p
6. Jessica Jerome USA 80.5 m + 91.0 m, 207.0 p
7. Magdalena Schnurr GER 89.0 m + 81.5 m, 205.0 p
8. Anna Haefele GER 88.5 m + 82.5 m, 204.5 p
9. Line Jahr NOR 88.0 m + 81.5 m, 201.0 p
10. Ayumi Watase JPN 76.5 m + 90.5 m, 197.5 p
The first ever World Championship competition in Ladies' Ski Jumping was done. There were lot's of young jumpers, Coline Mattel as 13-year-old was the youngest. There were also two jumpers from such an exotic country as the Netherlands: Wendy Vuik (23rd), and Lara Thomae (31st). The first competition was such an event that it would get more followers and encourage more ladies to take their skies, and get all the way up to the hill, and start preparing for the future competitions.
All time medal standings, FIS World Championship Ladies' Ski Jumping:
1. the United States of America 1 - -
2. Germany - 1 -
3. Norway - - 1
This was the first part of our interesting Resan till Falun 2015 - series. Hopefully you enjoyed it, and will look forward to the next part, Oslo Norway. Enjoy your day! :)
Links:
The official results (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Results of the 1st round (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Trial Round results (PDF-file), World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Training rounds' results (PDF-file), World Championship, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Unofficial 1st training round's results (PDF-file), World Championship, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Liberec, 2009
Detailed information about Liberec' HS100
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