Ski Jumping

[Sam-Skwantch]

I was able to watch the last 5 jumpers. Wow...congrats Andi!

 

[ejnsofi]

I'm happy for Andreas but I'm mad because this competition shouldn't look like that. Simon Ammann was waiting 15 minutes before they let him go. Half of athletes had to wait a long time for a green light. TBH after the first round the competition should have been stopped and 2nd round should have been moved to some other day

 

[Lester]

I always enjoy watching ski jumping, those guys go so far, nerves of steal right there!

But question...when did the hill go from having actual snow on it to having tracks? Or did it never have snow? I'm rather weirded out by the fact there's not a flake of snow to be seen on the hill itself!

It's ceramic that probably has a thin layer of ice on top.

More info

 

[MGstyle]

I agree that the second run should have been postponed to anotehr day. So gutted for Simon Ammann who had to wait for what it seemed to be an eternity and half for his turn because of the condition. I can't begin to imagine the chagrin and building nerves during the wait. I wonder what would have happened if he could go without that torturous wait. I would have loved to see one more awesome Olympic flight from him :sad21:
Also a bummer that Stoch missed the medal by a hair, but well done to the top three boys! :agree:

 

[yude]

Pardon my ignorance, but is it normal to start the event past 9 PM in ski jumping? Or is this another "blame NBC" thing? The medalists were decided past 0 AM last night in very cold weather and I just couldn't believe it. I have seen other ski jumping competitions taken place in the day time before, so it is not like they couldn't do it in the Olympics or am I wrong?

Kudos to the jumpers who fought in the terrible condition last night, I hope they will stay healthy during the Olympics

 

[MaiKatze]

This is a case of blame Europe. Ski Jumping is a sport that is dominated by European athletes. The whole season is basically located in Europe. Ergo, the biggest interest comes from countries in central Europe. I think the late start in the day is for that reason. Biathlon which finished just shortly before is another example. It is stupid, because wind often comes up at night. And you need spotlights to light up the venues, whereas during the day it is not needed.

 

[Manitou]

Pardon my ignorance, but is it normal to start the event past 9 PM in ski jumping? Or is this another "blame NBC" thing? The medalists were decided past 0 AM last night in very cold weather and I just couldn't believe it. I have seen other ski jumping competitions taken place in the day time before, so it is not like they couldn't do it in the Olympics or am I wrong?

Kudos to the jumpers who fought in the terrible condition last night, I hope they will stay healthy during the Olympics

The athletes actually wanted this to start late because of the wind condition. The sun goes down and the wind is supposed to stabilize a bit. At least better than during the day.
However, last night that didn't happen and I now am seriously pissed.

 

[yude]

The athletes actually wanted this to start late because of the wind condition. The sun goes down and the wind is supposed to stabilize a bit. At least better than during the day.
However, last night that didn't happen and I now am seriously pissed.

Thank you for the reply, so the athletes prefer the late start generally, that's a relief to know at least. It was unfortunate the wind was really bad, I call it that was almost cruel

 

[cathlen]

Late start isn't certainly anything new to them Really, really hope the wind conditions for the remaining competitions will be better though. It was terrible to watch so many frustrated ski jumpers after their jump, because the wind reads didn't reflect what was happening in the air.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Coverage of the Women's Normal Hill Competition is about to start.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/womens-hs106/72815d14-0e70-4f61-92b8-1d129ed685a9

Not actually sure if Europsort are showing it on their linear channels. I'll edit in the details if it appears.

Here is the Start List:
http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/JP/3097/2018JP3097SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Timing:
http://live.fis-ski.com/jp-3097/results-pda.htm

Hope this helps.

I'm not sure whether to watch LIVE or not. I am currently half-way through watching the Men's Normal Hill comp, and I know fine well that David will probably mention the results! But, we have already seen things not appear on the On Demand service this week and, having not seen the girls all season, I don't want to risk missing out.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

But especially Evelyn , Elena , and Irina !

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

LIVE Ski Jumping just came on British Eurosport 2:

Here is the link on the Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e2br

Currently on a wind break. Next to go is #30 Carina Vogt.

When the linear channels didn't join at the start, I continued on watching the Men. So, I think I'll finish them off and watch the girls later.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[TerpsichoreFS]

So little people on the racks for ladies jumping... my commentators are saying that the tickets were way too expensive and the price dropped way too late. The conditions are also unfortunate

I mean London was in 2012, and a success for ticket selling. Why not follow their example?

 

[thoakun]

Ski jumping was such an amazing event and the cool jumping posture must be a dream to photograph. Congrats to all the medalists. As far as I know, Sara Takanashi is like Mao of ski jumping in Japan so I'm particularly happy for her for overcoming the huge pressure and the leaving behind the disappointment in Sochi.

 

[cathlen]

Congrats to all Ladies medalists I couldn't watch, but I;m very happy for Sara too

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Men's Big Hill Ski Jumping about to kick off with the Trial Round followed immediately by the Qualifying.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage of the Trial Round on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...al-round/c5cfd4a1-9ff6-45c1-be61-192463ed142d

And here is the link for the World Feed coverage of the Qualifying on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 1h 20m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs140-qualifying/e38c8707-e38b-4ad0-a8ae-cbf4dc6693f1

The Trial round isn't being shown on Eurosport's linear channels, but the Qualifying is.

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 2 coverage of the Qualifying on the Player (starts in 1h 10m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/channel/e2br

Here is the Start List:
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/JP/3098/2018JP3098SLQ.pdf

And here is the Live Scoring:
http://live.fis-ski.com/jp-3098/results-pda.htm

Hope this helps.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[cathlen]

After Normal Hill disaster, I avoid all the hype surrounding ski jumpers. On Saturday I won't see final round, so I'll avoid any heart attacks

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

After Normal Hill disaster, I avoid all the hype surrounding ski jumpers. On Saturday I won't see final round, so I'll avoid any heart attacks

I won't see it either, as I'll be out during the first round. But, from looking at the British Eurosport schedule, it looks like they're only showing the 2nd round anyway, because of Skeleton on BES1 and Speed Skating on BES2.

I haven't looked at the other schedules, but I am getting the impression that this schedule might be just a British thing. Because there was an ad at the end of the qualifying for "Super Saturday", which showed lots of clips of Lizzie Yarnold and Elise Christie.

So, I'll not be watching LIVE. I will be piecing together the World Feed and the BES2 coverage at some stage, but probably not until Sunday, because there are lots of things on tomorrow that I am interested in. Plus, I'll have the Men's SP to catch up on, as the Eurosport highlights aren't on until tonight, and I can't start watching the World Feed until I know who the first guy they show is.



Right, off to watch the Pairs FS.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[cathlen]

Oh well, I'm not dependant on ESP, since all Ski Jumping events are broadcasted on public TV due to huge popularity. And it is so for ages, which is why I grew up watching it

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Trial Round about to start, and it will be followed shortly afterwards by the First Round of the Individual Big Hill competition.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage of the Trial Round on the British Eurosport Player:
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/trial-roundhs-140men/c5e2ee1b-678d-48bf-82b8-52f84d1a312c

And here is the link for the World Feed coverage of the Competition on the British Eurosport Player (starts in 1h 20m from now):
https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/event/mens-hs140-final/e561ad8c-f42e-439f-b2a6-6b675b72eb2c

The Trial round isn't being shown on Eurosport's linear channels, and they are due to join the competition at 13:00 GMT

Here is the link for the British Eurosport 2 coverage of the Competition on the Player (starts in 1h 55m from now):
Part 1 (starts at 2h 58m 40s with recording of intro, and then jumps to LIVE jumper #14 Jonty Learoyd) – https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-skating/d05834ae-b2af-4133-ade2-7931449bb61b
Part 2 (starts with #26 Ryoyu Kobayashi getting his first round score) – https://gb.eurosportplayer.com/even...-jumping/10150775-50a1-4a42-a63c-ca5af72dcbfc

Here is the Start List:
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/JP/3099/2018JP3099SLR1.pdf

And here is the Live Scoring:
http://live.fis-ski.com/jp-3099/results-pda.htm

Hope this helps.

I'm not going to be able to watch LIVE, as I am going out now.

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

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