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Ski

jumping

Sochi

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Event day Off day

M-NormalHillqualifying

M-Normal1st round& final

M-LargeHillqualifying

M-Large1st round& final

M-Team1st round& final

W-Normal1st round& final

R U S S I A

MENS NORMAL HILL

MENS LARGE HILL

MENS TEAM EVENT

WOMENS NORMAL HILL

U.S. athletes to watch

Sarah Hendrickson

Womens ski jumping

Lindsey VanWomensski jumping

Jessica JeromeWomensski jumping

Peter FrenetteMens skijumping

Nick FairallMens skijumping

Event descriptions

Individual normal hill competi-tion is an event in whichathletes jump from a HS 105 hill(HS = hill size). The longestdistance reached is around 105

meters. Athletes make twojumps, with only the athleteswith the best results in the first

jump making a second jump.The highest total score wins.

Team competition, again only for themen this year, takes place on the

large hill, the HS 140. Teams consistof four people. In the final round thefield is reduced to the eight teamswith the highest scores on the first

jump. The team with the highesttotal score for all jumps is declaredthe winner.

Normal Hill

Large HillTeam event

For the men, individual large hill competition is an event inwhich athletes jump from an HS 140. Therefore, the length ofthe jump may be up to 140 meters or a little more. The

competition is structured and jumpers are scored by judges forform, not just pure distance, just like on the normal hill.

Sources: U S Ski Jumping wire service reports Tribunearchives TheSalt LakeTribune

2010 U.S. medalists

in Vancouver

U.S. had no individual orteam winners, though BillDemong, of Park City, did

win gold in nordic combined,which involves jumping offthe large hill. JohnnySpillane won silver in theevent. Demong is returningto defend his gold medal.

RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center

Femaleski jumpers

won a decade-long fight to gettheir sport in theWinter Olympics, join-ing their male counter-parts on the 105-meternormal hill at the RusSki Gorki

Ski Jumping Center. Reigningworld champion Sarah Hendrickson,of Park City, injured just this past August,has returned to the hill and pronouncedherself ready for competition. She joins former

world champion Lindsey Van and Jessica Jerome,also of Park City, on the inaugural womens team. A

young U.S. mens team featuring no one over 25 yearsof age includes three-time Olympian Anders Johnson.

AndersJohnsonMens ski jumping

NickAlexanderMens ski jumping

Large Hill

Normal Hill