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Hendrickson Leads Ski Jumping Cup
Cross Country Skier - Sep 3, 2010
At 16 years old, she travels the world competing on the women's ski jumping circuit, but while at home, she is balancing training and soccer practice. ... Ski jumping-Olympic champion Nykanen handed 16-month jail term
Reuters - Aug 24, 2010
HELSINKI Aug 24 (Reuters) - Finland's Olympic ski jumping champion Matti Nykanen was sentenced to 16 months in jail on Tuesday for attacking his wife with a ... Ski jumping: Ito wins 3rd summer Grand Prix title of season in Hakuba
Mainichi Daily News - Aug 28, 2010
HAKUBA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Daiki Ito took advantage of a weakened field to win his third event of the season in ski jumping's summer Grand Prix series in ...

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Ski Jumping books

The Finnish Line

by: Linda Gerber
I enjoyed Linda Gerber's first SASS book, Now and Zen, so I was looking forward to seeing what she would do with a second book, this time set in Finland. Again, Linda takes a typically frothy genre and adds a little heft--all without burdening her story line.

The Finnish Line is an account of "Mo" Clark's semester abroad, which she spends honing her competitive ski jumping skills. One nice thing about this book is that I'm pretty sure most American teens (and adults!) are unfamiliar with Finnish history and culture.
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Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games

by: David C. Antonucci
Many skeptics including IOC President Avery Brundage thought the small family ski area in California could not host a successful Olympic Winter Games. The skeptics were wrong, and this book tells the story of how the Organizing Committee with the cooperation of local governments, the US military, and Olympic supporters around the world caused Avery Brundage to write at the conclusion of the Games, "The Olympic Winter Games were a major success in every respect."

Technological innovations at these Games brought competition into a new phase, and enabled the athletes to perform and be judged at the highest level.
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Austrian Ski Jumpers: Austrian Ski Jumping Coaches, Olympic Ski Jumpers of Austria, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Thomas Morgenstern

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Austrian Ski Jumping Coaches, Olympic Ski Jumpers of Austria, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Goldberger, Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Felder, Armin Kogler, Andreas Widhölzl, Toni Innauer, Ernst Vettori, Andreas Kofler, Martin Höllwarth, Heinz Kuttin, Martin Koch, Harald Bosio, Stefan Horngacher, Harald Paumgarten, Karl Schnabl, Josef Bradl, Willi Egger, Hubert Neuper, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Daniela Iraschko, Werner Haim, Stefan Kaiser, Hans Eder, Thomas Hörl, Hans Wallner, Franz Neuländtner, Alois Lipburger, Reinhold Bachler, Richard Schallert, Mario Innauer, Christoph Müller, Lukas Müller, Walter Steinegger, Christian Moser, Markus Eggenhofer, Balthasar Schneider, Günther Stranner, Florian Liegl, Walter Habersatter, Mathias Hafele, Michael Kury, Falko Krismayr, Karl-Heinz Dorner, Baldur Preiml, Rudolf Wanner, Klaus Huber, Arthur Pauli, Stefan Thurnbichler, Rudolf Dietrich, Paul Ausserleitner, Albin Plank, David Zauner, David Unterberger, Florian Schabereiter, Alfred Groyer, Michael Hayböck, Willi Pürstl, Werner Rathmayr.
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The History of Ski Jumping

by: Tim Ashburner
The complete illustrated history of the sport of ski jumping from the late 19th century through to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Includes all the design, scoring, and development details along with comprehensive world ski jump records. This is the engrossing and comprehensive history of the growth of one of the most exciting and exhilarating sports. Written by a world authority on the sport, it includes a wealth of unpublished photos, archive material, anecdotes, and statistics.
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