SKI JUMPING NEWS: Hendrickson wins 2 World Cups, tightens grip on overall lead
2012-02-12
Entire U.S. team finishes in top 25 in two comps in Slovenia
Ljubno, Slovenia — Sarah Hendrickson’s double fist-pump in the outrun is a modest show of celebration for the U.S. teen who’s been adamantly punching through the ceiling of women’s ski jumping this season.
With two more World Cup wins this weekend in Ljubno, Slovenia, [...]
Documentary feature film about Women Ski Jumpers opens Feb. 10 in Salt Lake
2012-02-04
Salt Lake City, Utah — Ski jumping hits the big screen Friday, Feb. 10 with the World Premiere of the new documentary feature film “Ready To Fly,” which tells the powerful true story of women ski jumpers and their allies who fight to be included in the Olympic Winter Games.
The film kicks off the Cultural [...]
USA’s Sarah Hendrickson wins first-ever Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup competition
LILLEHAMMER, NOR. — Sarah Hendrickson made a flying leap into the history books Saturday. And she’s only 17.
The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team member bested a talented field of women ski jumpers to win the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup opener in Lillehammer, Norway. She now holds the title as the first woman ever [...]
Women ski jumpers win prestigious Women’s Sports Foundation Award
The Women’s Sports Foundation honored the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team with the 2011 Wilma Rudolph Courage Award as part of the 32nd Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Gala in New York City.
Team members and their supporting foundation, Women’s Ski Jumping USA (WSJ-USA), are being recognized for their perseverance and courage in fighting [...]
Women’s Ski Jumping News: Sarah Hendrickson, 17, wins first U.S. National title
FOX RIVER GROVE, Illinois — Seventeen-year-old Sarah Hendrickson won her first U.S. National Ski Jumping title Saturday on the small hill (K70) at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, just outside Chicago.
Hendrickson’s first jump was 68.5 meters, and she out-jumped the entire field with her second jump of 73 meters. Alissa Johnson took second, [...]
