Wednesday 17 December 2008

Lillehammer (1) 2005/6

The World Cup bandwagon rolled into Norway for its next stop on the Nordic Opening, but to due to adverse conditions Lillehammer was the venue rather than Trondheim.

And the former Olympic host offered up the third different winner so far in the season. Andreas Widhoelzl jumped to his first World Cup victory in 3 years, edging out surprise packet Henning Stensrud courtesy of his better marks from the judges. For the Norwegian it was the first time on a World Cup podium in his 150th start, on the very hill his career at this level had begun 9 years earlier.

Germany's Michael Uhrmann recorded the longest jump of the day (143.0m) to climb up from 15th after the first round to the bottom step of the podium.

The win propels Widhoelzl up to third in the overall World Cup standings just 4 points behind joint leaders Jakub Janda and Andreas Kuettel.

Full results can be found here.

Overall standings so far are here.

Saturday 13 December 2008

Kuusamo (2) 2005/6

Jakub Janda soared to a first round jump of 146.0m to set up his second World Cup victory. The 27 year-old Czech put in a safe jump of just under 130m to seal his win with 14 points to spare over his nearest rival.

That nearest rival was Japan's Takanobu Okabe. He must have thought his first round effort of 137.5m was going to put him in contention to record his first individual win in seven seasons.

The second round was the domain of the Norwegians as both Roar Ljoekelsoey and Bjorn Einar Romoeren took large jumps up the standings with impressive jumps the second time of asking. For Romoeren it was enough to earn him the last spot on the podium.

The winner of the first event Andreas Kuettel came in 5th, and reigning champ Janne Ahonen languished in 11th.

Full results can be found here.

Sunday 7 December 2008

K-Point updates

RJH Games are pleased to announce that the 2006/7 and 2007/8 World Cup seasons are now available for their ski-jumping replay game, K-Point.

Both seasons comes with individual cards for over 100 skiers and both the planned and actual schedules for the World Cup season, including the 4 Hills and Nordic Tournaments.

The game will now come with the latest season included (2007/8) and costs £12.50, the individual seasons are £6.

Please note that all RJH Games products are available as e-books only.