Ski Jumping Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[heywoodu 16,022]

8 hours ago, Kerkun said:

Only 20 days from March, the rest from the day of the decision. They can't compete until early November so they just skip the rest of the summer and return for the World Cup.

Fine. If it's possible to date someone's doping-related ban in between two Grand Slams in tennis so he isn't bothered, this should absolutely be fine too  

[Monzanator 4,786]

Alexandria Loutitt and Eva Pinkelnig suffered knee injuries in Predazzo and will most likely miss WOG. Pinkelnig's injury is worse and could basically end her career given her age.

[copravolley 522]

Just now, Monzanator said:

Alexandria Loutitt and Eva Pinkelnig suffered knee injuries in Predazzo and will most likely miss WOG. Pinkelnig's injury is worse and could basically end her career given her age.

Also Lara Malsinier.

[intoronto 6,484]

  Alexandria Loutitt will miss the Olympics due to a knee injury 

[Monzanator 4,786]

Sadly there has been an increased number of injuries among the female jumpers lately and there's already talk of altering the suits to make them (jumps) safer. All the talk about women doing ski flying more often has also completely evaporated. The increase has more or less happened ever since they started doing more large hill events and I'm afraid that's not the last we've heard of serious injuries for women.

[copravolley 522]

After such an injury, it's immediately clear that it's serious and later most precisly tests only 100% confirm it Unfortunately, in winter some sports- especially alpine skiing, ski jumping, etc.- advances in technology and medicine haven't reduced the number of serious injuries/accidents. This is strange and I think it's a problem that needs to be more seriously actions, not only speaking and conversations.

Edited September 22 by copravolley

[copravolley 522]

29 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Sadly there has been an increased number of injuries among the female jumpers lately and there's already talk of altering the suits to make them (jumps) safer. All the talk about women doing ski flying more often has also completely evaporated. The increase has more or less happened ever since they started doing more large hill events and I'm afraid that's not the last we've heard of serious injuries for women.

Men also have a high number of injuries, so it's not just a women's case. Fortunately in ski jumping, these accidents aren't death, as in alpine skiing, but they also exclude many athletes from the fight for medals, etc.

[Monzanator 4,786]

24 minutes ago, copravolley said:

Men also have a high number of injuries, so it's not just a women's case. Fortunately in ski jumping, these accidents aren't death, as in alpine skiing, but they also exclude many athletes from the fight for medals, etc.

 

Men's landing technique is much better and there are fewer injuries tbh. The two-footed landing actually causes most of these falls when the skis cross up. There are still way more women who land on both feet, Frida Westman had a terrible landing technique (always points deducted) and sadly she hasn't really recovered from her own knee injury (her results have dropped off massively).

[copravolley 522]

13 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Men's landing technique is much better and there are fewer injuries tbh. The two-footed landing actually causes most of these falls when the skis cross up. There are still way more women who land on both feet, Frida Westman had a terrible landing technique (always points deducted) and sadly she hasn't really recovered from her own knee injury (her results have dropped off massively).

For me, the wide-body suits of the early 21st century were the best – fewer injuries and there wasn't any significant technological advantage from powerhouses like Germany, Austria or Finland (the power of that times). Then Roberto Cecon from Italy was able to achieve good results, as was Adam Małysz from Poland, which wasn't a powerhouse at the time and probably didn't have the best equipment. Around the end of the first decade of the 21st century, changes began to be made to the regulations, suits etc, and so on. More injuries occurred and the sport was cemented for many years by six countries: Germany, Austria, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and Japan.

Edited September 22 by copravolley

[NearPup 3,506]

30 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Men's landing technique is much better and there are fewer injuries tbh. The two-footed landing actually causes most of these falls when the skis cross up. There are still way more women who land on both feet, Frida Westman had a terrible landing technique (always points deducted) and sadly she hasn't really recovered from her own knee injury (her results have dropped off massively).

They honestly need to punish two footed landings more severely. Not just because it’s the sport but for safety too.