Duluthian Steve Sydow assisted as a judge at the Ski Jumping World Cup competition at the Lahti Ski Games in Finland, March 6-8. He also went to Kuopio, Finland as a judge for the next World Cup ...

During a ski jumping event, three Finnish skiers executed the perfect joke. Captured in one mesmerizing GIF, Jarkko Maeattae, Eetu Nousiainen, and Janne Ahonen show off their quirky personalities ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Slovenia’s Robert Kranjec had the longest leap Monday in Olympic team ski jumping at Utah Olympic Park. But Germany’s Martin Schmitt had the biggest one. Schmitt, on the ...

Matti Nykanen, the four-time Olympic ski jumping champion whose personal life was affected by alcohol problems, has died. He was 55. ... Nykanen became an icon of sport in Finland.

The Finland ski-jumping team will have to overcome an injury to Janne Ahonen and a slow start by Harri Olli if it hopes to do well in the team competition, which begins Monday. Meanwhile, American ...

The first measured ski jump was constructed in 1860, and the first ski jumping test was held two years later. Ski jumping was included in Norwegian ski carnivals throughout the mid 1800s but was ...

Matti Nykanen, a Finnish ski jumping champion who won four Olympics titles in the 1980s and later struggled with alcohol abuse and outbursts of violent behavior, ... Finland, on July 17, 1963.

Henri Kavilo, Finland, finished third with jumps of 116 meters and 118 meters, (260.4 overall points). Masters: William Schott, Blackhawk Ski Club, won the Masters Division with jumps of 108 ...

Ski jumping made its way to American traveling circuses, being included in the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus in the early parts of the 1900s and into the 1930s, when two-time Olympic ...

INDIVIDUAL (NORMAL HILL) * Where: Pragelato. * When: Feb. 11-12. * Best of the U.S.: Alan Alborn has returned from an injury-imposed retirement, but even though he is the best from the U.S., he's ...

The first measured ski jump was constructed in 1860, and the first ski jumping test was held two years later. Ski jumping was included in Norwegian ski carnivals throughout the mid 1800s but was ...