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Ski jumping: Friberg wins again

Leader-Telegram - Jan 27, 2012
Christian Friberg, St. Paul, made it two straight in the second of a 5-Hills series of US Cup ski jumping at Minneapolis. After winning last weekend at Silver Mine Hill, he had jumps of 253 and 248 feet for 257.5 points to edge Mike Glasder, Chicago, ...

Locals soaring at 107th Norge Ski Jump Tournament

Chicago Sun-Times - Jan 27, 2012
While a good many of the novices taking part this weekend barely have the training wheels off their bicycles, Ruth Winick, 45, of Lake Forest, took to ski jumping within the last year. Winick hails from Minnesota, so skiing is in her blood, ...

Winter Sports About to Buoy Salisbury Again

Litchfield County Times - Jan 26, 2012
The weekend will be a festive prelude to the annual Jumpfest Ski Jumping Championships slated for two weeks later, Feb. 10-12. A weekend with a lighter theme than the intensity of the Championships, the Carnival will feature a Gelande Jumping ...

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Tacky and the Winter Games

by: Helen Lester
"A-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff" "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Tacky the penguin wants to know. The Winter Games, that's what's happening. And Tacky and his fellow penguins Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect have to work hard to get in shape so they can represent Team Nice Icy Land in the athletic competitions. After rigorous training, they're ready - but are the games ready for Tacky? Will his antics keep Team Nice Icy Land from winning a medal? From bobsledless racing and ski jumping to speed skating, Tacky lends his unique, exuberant style to each competition.
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My Wooden Wings

by: Rachel Callaray
At fifteen, Vivian Hostadt is the woman of the house. Her mother is dying of brittle diabetes, and everyone is telling her what girls should and should not do. Vivian’s loyalty to her heartbroken family is steadfast, but she is coming of age and must find her own way. In Vivian’s town in the 1930’s, ski jumping is exclusively a boy’s sport. Girls don’t jump. When Jeb Rettlan offers Vivian the chance to jump, she must do so in secret, at night. Jumping upon maple-carved, non-release skis is filled with danger, and doing so by moonlight, with the boy who makes her heart race, is especially risky.
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Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley & Lake Tahoe

by: David C. Antonucci
Snowball’s Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games is the only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic events at Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe. The VIII Olympic Winter Games took place in February 1960 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. From 30 countries around the world, 665 athletes gathered over 11 days to engage in five recognized Olympic winter sports contested in 27 events. These sports and events included alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, biathlon, figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey and ski jumping.
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All jumps over 240 metres - ski jumping

All jumps over 240 metres: Janne Ahonen - 240.0m - Planica 2005 Johan Remen Evensen - 243.0m - WR - Vikersund 2011 Martin Koch - 241.5m - Vikersund 2011 Johan Remen Evensen - 246.5m - WR - Vikersund 2011 Johan Remen Evensen - 240.0m - Vikersund 2011 Gregor Schlierenzauer - 243.5m - Vikersund 2011 Janne Happonen - 240.0m - Vikersund 2011

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