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Gasser and McMorris top Quebec City big air and win World Cup as well as Super Series titles Anna Gasser (AUT) and Mark McMorris (CAN) have claimed victory in the 2016-17 snowboard freestyle World Cup season's sixth and final big air event which was staged as part of the 2017 Jamboree presented by Vidéotron Mobile on Ilot Fleurie in downtown Quebec City, Canada today. The event in front of a huge crowd of spectators also served as final stop of the first ever big air Super Series, a tour within the tour. Both riders also took home the discipline's Crystal Globe – the career's first for both – as well as the win in the Super Series. In the men's event, McMorris (189.50) earned his career's third in a superb showdown against defending Quebec champion Max Parrot (CAN; 184.75) where both riders stomped a backside triple 1440 mute as well as frontside 1440 mute. Anton Mamaev (RUS; 174.75) finished in third position. As both, McMorris – the fifth-ever Quebec winner from Canada – and Parrot therefore wrapped up the six-stop season with 2,600 points, McMorris walked away with the coveted trophy due to one more win to his belt than his teammate. “To win the series here in Canada, on my last run, last rider to drop for the night, it’s so special! On top of that I’m going to slopestyle tomorrow, and it’s looking good for 2018, so I can’t complain about a thing,” stated McMorris. Over on the women's side, the race for the title had already been decided after Anna Gasser had qualified for the finals of the top six women last Thursday as her main rival Katie Ormerod (GBR) did not survive the qualifier cut. In the end, the big air season concluded like it began: with a win of Anna Gasser (AUT). Landing her signature cab double underflip indy and a backside 720 mute the 25-year-old from Carinthia snatched her fourth big air win this season with the final score of 165.00. “It’s cold here, but I'm very happy that I landed my runs in not so easy conditions and with other very good girls riding. I really enjoyed it today. I’m stoked to be the overall winner as well, and I’m very excited to bring the awards back home,” she said. In addition, Gasser landed on the podium in all of her this season's big air starts also finishing second in Moscow (RUS) beginning of the year whilst only missing the Copper Mountain (USA) big air last December due to an injury. Having one additional second and one more first rank finish in the slopestyle World Cup tour under her belt, the unbeaten rider of the women's big air Super Series which featured stops in Milan (ITA), Moenchengladbach (GER) and Quebec City, also gained an uncatchable lead in the snowboard freestyle overall ranking already. The women's big air podium in Quebec City was rounded out by X Games gold medallist Julia Marino (USA; 162.50) in second and Zoi Sadowski Synnott (NZL; 151.00), who earned her career's first podium, as third. The snowboard freestyle World Cup tour will continue tomorrow in Stoneham Mountain Resort where the penultimate slopestyle event of the season will take place with the finals kicking of at 10 AM local time (4 PM CET) also featuring today's triumphant riders as today's top qualifiers. Live TV is available on ORF Sport+, SFR Sport 3 and Teledelporte. Full Results men and Women Final Big Air 2016/17 World Cup Ranking Men and Women

Kamil Stoch fights back in Sapporo Kamil Stoch of Poland won the second FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo. With a strong final jump, Stoch was able to come in ahead of half-time leader Andreas Wellinger. 137.5 m and 140 m (262.7 point) Kamil Stoch took a relatively clear win ahead of Andreas Wellinger (140.5 m and 132 m; 255.3 points). Stefan Kraft of Austria repeated his third place from the day before with jumps of 137 m and 139 m. Markus Eisenbichler fell in the final, didn't suffer any injuries and still finished in the Top 10. The competition took place under difficult wind conditions. Stoch was able to solve the problems he had in Saturday's event over night and celebrated his 21st win in the World Cup. "Today was a much better day for me. Yesterday I had some problems, especially in the air, today everything worked well and so I could jump much better." On Saturday Stoch lost some ground in the fight for the overall title with his 18th place, today he was able to extend his lead again. "Actually I'm not afraid to lose the yellow bib. I don't really care if I get to wear it or not. I'm just trying to have fun. I know how hard it is to be where I am now and how much work is necessary in order to remain on this level. I know nothing about the hill in PyeongChang, I have never been there before. I think it will be a new and very good experience", Stoch said with a look towards the next venue. Second-placed Andreas Wellinger is still in a top shape and missed his third win in the World Cup only by a few points. "In the first round I had head wind in the final part of the jump so I got to fly. In the second round I think that my jump was okay as well, but I only had head wind after the take off. The conditions are often changing here and you have to deal with it. I'm satisfied with today's competition, even though the conditions were difficult. When you look at the result list and see that, for example, Maciej Kot had - 26 points and I had only - 9 points, then that makes a big difference", said Wellinger. Stefan Kraft in third was also completely satisfied with his second podium finish this weekend. "I'm totally satisfied. The competition was not easy, so you also need luck to be on the podium and I'm happy that I had it. My jumps were also really good, especially the second one today was amazing. It was a lot of fun. I have never been to South Korea and so I'm looking forward to going there. I heard that the hill there is very nice. Hopefully the weather and the conditions will be good for the Olympic test events." Saturday's winner Maciej Kot was fourth and provided yet another fantastic result for the Polish team. Daniel Andre Tande could also be satisfied again with his performance. He was the best Norwegian in fifth. Peter Prevc, one of two winners yesterday, finished sixth on Sunday and showed another strong performance. Peter Prevc is obviously on his way back to his best shape and definitely one of the top contenders for the upcoming Nordic World Championships. Norway's Robert Johansson always proves to be an expert for difficult conditions. He came in seventh, ahead of the best Japanese, Daiki Ito, who was followed by Markus Eisenbichler and crowd favorite Vincent Descombes Sevoie of France. Moment of shock for Eisenbichler Markus Eisenbichler, who was in a good position after the first round, provided a short moment of shock with a crash after the landing: "My chest hurts a bit, but apart from that I'm feeling fine. Actually I was pretty satisfied with my jump, but such mistakes happen. I'm still satisfied with the competition, I had to good jumps at the take-off and I'm happy about that", Eisenbichler explained after his good jump, that ended with a crash due to a mistake after the landing. Swiss Simon Ammann will probably also be happy with how this weekend went for him. After an eleventh place on Saturday he finished 14th on Sunday. The four-time Olympic champion finally shows an upward trend again. Kamil Stoch now leads the overall World Cup with 1180 points ahead of Stefan Kraft (1040 points) and Norway's Daniel Andre Tande (1034 points), who is now third. The World Cup continues on Wednesday and Thursday with the Olympic test events in PyeongChang (KOR). Full Results Here

Cox and Kingsbury wrap up Olympic test event weekend on top The second of this weekend’s Olympic test event World Cup competitions took to the future home of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on Saturday in Korea, with moguls World Cup leaders Britt Cox (AUS) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) taking the wins and furthering their holds atop their respective leaderboards. With a supremely well-prepared moguls course on hand to allow the men and ladies of the FIS Freestyle moguls World Cup to strut their stuff and perhaps show off who might be on top come time for the Games next season, competition was at an extremely high level all day. Leading the charge from start to finish on the ladies’ side was Cox, whose storybook 2016/17 season continues to impress. Taking top spot in qualifications and final one, Cox was the one to beat heading the big final. There, staring down the course where she should be a favourite to medal in one year’s time, Cox simply shrugged off any pressure and laid down what was almost certainly the best run of the competition. While she locked in the third fastest time and second best jumping scores in her final run, Cox took the decision on the basis of her exceptional turns and control from top to bottom. “I’m just happy to put down three consistent runs today,” said a smiling Cox, who took the win with a score of 81.66, “The course here was so good today. One of the biggest questions people have been asking all week is ‘What’s the course like?’ and I’ve got to say it’s just as straightforward as it gets, which means we can just get in there and have so much fun skiing in it. Today was excellent.” Second and third on the day once again went to the Canadian squad, with Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Andi Naude rounding out the podium, separated by just fractions of a point once the dust had settled. Dufour-Lapointe would take second with a score of 78.35 while Naude, who is consistently registering some of the highest jumping scores from event to event this season, would take third with a score of 78.16. Cox is now 171 points clear of Dufour-Lapointe on the ladies’ World Cup leaderboard, with 605 points to Dufour-Lapointe’s 434. Kingsbury edges Reiherd by the barest of margins In the men’s competition it was Mikael Kingsbury taking his third victory in a row and fifth of the season - though he did so by the smallest margin of any victory in his career. Dropping last in Saturday’s competition after qualifying in first and earning the top score in the first final round, Kingsbury knew he would be in tough after watching Kazakstan’s Dmitriy Reiherd but down a finals run that earned him the highest jumping scores of any athlete all evening and a final score of 86.70. In response to Reiherd's run, Kingsbury turned on the gas, putting down the fastest time of the finals as well as registering the highest turn scores of the night to earn himself a score of 86.71 - just .01 better than Reiherd. “Tonight was insane, beating Dmitriy by .01,” Kingsbury said, standing beside Reiherd in the finish, “Tonight’s competition was super tight and I gave all I had, so I’m super happy with this win.” Third place went to Kingsbury’s teammate and good friend Philippe Marquis, earning his second podium in the last three events and giving the Canadian squad four podiums total on the night. “Oh my gosh, what a venue!” said Marquis after the competition, clearly enjoying his moment, “I’m ready for PyeongChang 2018! It was a great day, great skiing. The level of competition was extremely high, and I’m so stoked to get out of here with a podium.” On the World Cup leaderboard Kingsbury now extends his advantage to nearly 250 points, with 620 to Ben Cavet’s 372. From PyeongChang the moguls World Cup now moves to Tazawako (JPN), for both moguls and dual moguls competition from February 18-19. Full Results Men and Women

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 1 Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic - Denmark 4-3 Czechs outlast Denmark Set up huge finale against Swiss The Czechs will face Switzerland for the right to advance to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games women's ice hockey tournament. The Czech Republic and Switzerland will play for the right to advance to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea. The Czechs put away a pesky Danish team 4-3 on Saturday evening at the Women’s Final Olympic Qualification, and will now face the tournament hosts in a winner-take-all game tomorrow. Coming into the game at the bottom of Group C, the Danes were hoping to play the spoiler role against the Czechs, who needed a win to keep pace with the tournament-leading Swiss. Denmark gave their higher-ranked opponents all they could handle, hanging around on the scoresheet all game and cutting the lead down to one goal midway through the third with a goal from Amalie Anderson. But the Czechs were able to hold off Denamrk the rest of the way, setting up the clash with Switzerland. Denmark struck first with an early 5-on-3 opportunity, and the underdogs went ahead as Josefine Jacobsen fired a shot that was deflected in front by Michelle Brix for the opening goal several minutes into the game. But the Czechs came back with a goal from Vendula Prybilova, who cut in from the right circle towards the net and sent a wristshot from the high slot past goaltender Lisa Jensen for the tying goal going into the first intermission. Early in the second period, a bad stroke of luck for the Dane saw defenceman Josefine Asperup inexplicably launch the puck towards Jensen, catching her goalie unawares as the puck bounced into the net giving the Czechs the 2-1 lead. Then with eight and a half minutes remaining and the Czechs on a man advantage, Samantha Kolowratova gained possession at the point and let a shot right through Jensen for the 3-1 lead. But the Danes weren’t ready to call it quits, taking advantage of a two-on-one rush which ended on the stick of Josefine Persson cutting the lead back down to one. But soon after the Czechs replied with their own odd-man rush, Prybilova firing a shot from the side of the net that Jensen couldn’t control and went in through the five-hole, giving the Czech forward her second goal of the game. The Czech Republic now moves to 2-0, the same record as tournament hosts Switzerland, their next opponent and the team they need to get through in order to qualification for PyeongChang 2018.

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 1 Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland - Norway 4-1 Swiss one win away Defeat Norway, move a step closer to Olympics Team Switzerland cheers during the 2017 Women's Final Olympic Group C Qualification Game between Switzerland and Norway photographed Saturday, 11th February, 2017 in Arosa, Switzerland. Switzerland has an Olympic berth dead in its sights, following a 4-1 win against Norway that puts the women's team one victory away from PyeongChang 2018. Tournament leading scorer Lara Stalder scored her second hat trick in as many games, as the Swiss overwhelmed Norway offensively, outshooting them 45-17. "It was a big effort from the team, and from Lara obviously," said veteran defenceman Christine Meier. "We all worked hard on the ice and we earned this win. One last game and we'll be ready for that, our power play has been excellent and we just need to keep focus." Up 2-1 in the third period, a late penalty allowed Switzerlands' top power play line of Stalder, Alina Muller, and Evelina Raselli to add the insurance marker, Muler serving up Raselli with a smooth cross-ice pass for the 3-1 lead. An empty netter from Stalder sealed the deal. "We understand each other on the power play and shared the puck really well," said Stalder. "Since the Christmas break I feel that I've been on a roll, just taking it shift by shift. Tomorrow it's the Czechs and looking forward to that." The first goal of the game came on the man advantage - with a blast from the point by Stalder two and a half minutes into the game - and looked to put the host Swiss in the driver’s seat early. A few minutes later, on a breakaway Norway forward Line Bialik went for the triple deke but was saved by Schelling. However the Swiss netminder wasn’t able to corral the puck, and a scramble in front led to a Silje Holos goal on the rebound for the 1-1 equalizer. At the other end of the ice the Swiss spent the rest of the period pressuring Norway goalie Ena Nystrom, who held fast despite her team giving up three consecutive power plays. But having been outshot 20-9 going into the second period, Team Norway needed to turn things around and get pucks on the Swiss net. Still the Norwegians weren’t able to solve Schelling, who is playing in her first major tournament since coming back from a leg injury. "It is nice,but it the same time it can be hard to get into the game." said Schelling of her team's effort to limit Norway's chances. "When they were coming they had good chances, but at the same time it was so nice to see my girls do so well at the other end." The second period saw more of the same, with Switzerland controlling possession and Norway struggling to stay out of the box. With just under several minutes left in the period, after Schelling made a great point black save Anja Stiefel moved the puck up to forward Lara Stalder, who slid past the Norway defenders along the boards, cut towards the net and fired a wrister past Nystrom for the 2-1 lead. Stalder now has an incredible seven goals of the tournament putting her atop the scoring table with eight points in two games. "Lara's an amazing player," said linemate Alina Muller, who along with Meier are second and third on the scoring table with four points each. "It's her second hat trick of the tournament, and hopefully tomorrow she can get her third." With a second straight victory, the 2014 Olympic bronze medallists hold their 2018 Olympic destiny in their hands. Win tomorrow against the Czechs, and they’re in. "If we can play with speed they will take penalties," said Alina Muller. "We know we can play well and we know we can beat them, it's just a question of who wants it more."

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 1 Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Day 2 Results Switzerland 4 - 1 Norway (Score by Period: 1-1, 1-0, 2-0) 11th February 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Czech Republic 4 - 3 Denmark (Score by Period: 1-1, 3-1, 0-1) 11th February 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 0 10:2 6 2 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 0 9:3 6 3 Denmark 2 0 0 0 2 4:10 0 4 Norway 2 0 0 0 2 1:9 0

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Recap of 11th February 2017, Euro Hockey Tour 2016/17 Sweden Hockey Games in Gothenburg, During the day 2 of the tournament, Czech Republic won really clearly 7-1 against Finland and Sweden lost to Russia 2-4. Russia leading the tournament with 6 points, Sweden and Czech Republic both currently with 3 points and Finland still without points. In the Cumulative General Standing Russia is clearly 1st with 21 points and already tomorrow can confirm their this season win a whole 1 tournament remaining 2nd Czech Republic with 12 points is the only team who can still theoretically overpass the Russians but it´s more than unreal they will need to win all remaining matches and Russia must lost everything. 3rd Sweden has 9 and 4th Finland still with only 6 points. Tomorrows last day of the Sweden Hockey Games feature matches Russia vs Czech Republic and Sweden vs Finland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today ended the traditional Slovakia Cup, Switzerland celebrating the title after their win 4-3 against Slovakia in the final Match. Bronze went to Russia thanks their "B" team which won against Belarus in the bronze medal match 4-1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Challengers, Today also finished the Challengers 2016/17 Tournaments, This break there were 3 of them, In Goyang, South Korea, Denmark defeated Hungary 5-1 and South Korea won over Japan 3-0. Denmark won the tournament ahead of Hungary and South Korea, all 3 teams had 6 points, so we used the H2H tiebreaker to rank them, Japan finished the tournament last 4th and pointless. In Graz, Austria. Norway won against Slovakia "B" Team 2-1 and Austria defeated France 3-1. Austria won the home tournament with 7 points, 2nd finished Norway also with 7 points so the ranking was decided by their h2h confrontation match from yesterday when Austria won 2-1 after GWS, France finished 3rd with 3 points and Slovakia "B" team composed of our young under 23 players from our championship unfortunately finished last with 1 single point. And finally in Katowice, Poland, Slovenia confirmed their domination in this tournament winning easily also the last game against Ukraine 6-2, Poland won in the last match over Italy 4-1. Slovenia dominated the tournament and won with perfect record 9 points, second finished the host Poland with 5 points, 3rd Ukraine with 3 points and last 4th finished Italy with 1 single point. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friendly Matches: 11th February 2017, Mens Switzerland U18 - Belarus U18 3-2 Sweden U19 - Germany U19 7-2 Czech Republic U16 - Finland U16 3-2 Russia U18 - USA U18 3-5 Slovakia U18 - Germany U18 2-1 Switzerland U17 - Slovakia U17 7-0 Finland U19 - Switzerland U19 5-1 Russia U17 - Finland U17 1-2 Sweden U16 - Russia U16 1-4 Sweden U18 - Finland U18 3-1 Germany U17 - Denmark U17 6-3 Czech Republic U17 - USA U17 2-4 Womens Poland - Netherlands 1-8 Sweden - Russia 4-0

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and we lost what a unlucky game this was..but well, what can we do, after 2 triumphs last 2 years this time it´s only second place. congrats Switzerland

Moioli and Vaultier prevail in first Feldberg sbx Michela Moioli (ITA) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) have claimed victory in the first event of the back-to-back snowboard cross World Cup races staged in Feldberg, Germany this weekend. Facing better weather conditions and vision on the 650 metres long course than in yesterday's qualifiers, Moioli came out successful of a start to finish battle with World Cup leader Belle Brockhoff (AUS) in the women's final. Taking the better line in the first left turn, Moioli took the lead and kept hold to it until the finish line despite several attacks of Brockhoff therefore taking home her career's fourth World Cup win. “It was very difficult today, a lot of fighting in the semis and finals. I'm really happy. I needed this victory as the last races didn't turn out as I wanted. I can't wait to race tomorrow,” said Moioli after the price giving ceremony. Her rival for the win from down under stated: “It was really fun. I made a few mistakes in the final but you know, it happens sometimes and costs a little speed but I'll take the second place for that.” Especially as Brockhoff was able to keep the momentum ever since her win at the World Cup opener in Montafon, Austria extending her World Cup lead (3,200) on Olympic champion Eva Samkova (CZE; 2,650) who finished in eight position today: “I wouldn't expect to be that consistent going into the season although I always try to ride my best every single time. The girls are really good, and it's definitely going up each year. It's good, it's pushing our sport, but I haven't been as consistent as I have been so far. So, I'm really happy.” Another lucky girl on the podium was Meryeta Odine as she Canadian racer secured her career's first podium result while Alexandra Jekova (BUL) had to settle for fourth after her hopes for a better result were dashed crashing in the landing of the first jump. Vaultier does it again Over in the men's event, the big final – also raced as heat of four – was even closer than the thrilling spectacle the ladies had delivered before. Pierre Vaultier, who had been beaten in the Bansko race in a photo finish decision last weekend, had the luck on his side today this time crossing the finish line ahead of Lucas Eguibar (ESP) in a great blink of the eye final to clinch his career's 18th. “I haven't been thinking about the photo finish in Bansko, but yes, it is a good redemption today even though it has been another rival,” he said whilst also knowing that there is still some room to improve: “I didn't see or hear him coming as I'm goofy. So, I might have won but it has also been quite a lesson because I didn't expect Lucas to be there.” Nevertheless, Vaultier, who had placed second and first in the sprint-format races at Feldberg last year, seems to have a special connection with the Seebuck slope. “There is something, that's true although it was tough this time with the adverse weather in qualifiers. That was challenging. But today everything came together to make it a perfect one,” he added. And while the father of one had another great result to celebrate in the German Black Forest, Lucas Eguibar was also pleased – despite the fact being beaten by inches: “That was so close. But you know what, I'm not disappointed at all. I didn't have a good start into the season, so I'm happy with the result. Especially as we are close to the home soil world champs. I'm ready for the next races.” Omar Visintin (ITA), who has been racing every big final this season so far, rounded out the podium as third ahead of Regino Hernandez (ESP) therefore taking over the lead in the men's World Cup ranking with 2,650 points from Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT; 2,500) who finished in fifth position today. The snowboard cross World Cup tour continues tomorrow with the second event of the Feldberg double with the finals scheduled for 12 PM CET and live TV on Eurosport Asia 1, BNT, SFR Sport 3, Ziggo Sport Extra 2 and live streaming on cbc.ca. Full Results Men and Women

and suddenly it work ...2 goals in 1 minute 2-3 after 2 frames..C´mon boys ! Keep this trophy here

this is so frustrating outshooting them but can not score a single one and Switzerland shoots 3 times and lead 3-0....sometimes hockey isn´t fair at all

okay baby, it´s hockey time let win this tournament for 3rd time in a row

Naeslund and Fiva cap perfect day with wins in Idre Fjall The first of two Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup competitions slated to take to the truly epic ski cross track of Sweden’s Idre Fjall resort went off on Saturday morning under picturesque blue skies and some thankfully warmer temperatures, as Sweden’s own Sandra Naeslund and Swiss star Alex Fiva won the respective ladies’ and men’s competitions. The course in Idre Fjall is truly unique, boasting a feature-heavy finishing straightaway that makes up nearly 2/3s of the track’s total length that makes it simultaneously one of the biggest and most technical venues on the World Cup circuit. With so many variables and places to both lose and gain time fans were treated to an unpredictable and thrilling event. Many of the top competitors on the circuit found themselves on the outside looking in come time for the finals, including World Cup leader Marielle Thompson (CAN) and third-overall Heidi Zacher (GER) on the ladies side, as well as third and fourth-overall men Brady Leman (SUI) and Armin Neiderer (SUI). However, some athletes’ struggles were other’s opportunities, and in the ladies’ big final this meant that Naeslund would face off against Sami Kennedy-Sim (AUS), Katrin Ofner (AUT), and Marte Hoeie Gjefsen (NOR), three ladies who had yet to podium in 2016/17 (or ever, in the case of Kennedy-Sim. While Naeslund was slowest out of the gate, she was quickly able to pull into the lead by nailing the technical start section, while the other three ladies were left to jockey for position behind her. While the battle remained tight throughout the final drag strip, Kennedy-Sim would be able to hold off Ofner and Hoeie Gjefsen to claim her first career World Cup podium. Ofner, racing in the 100th World Cup of her decade-long career, would claim third, while the Norwegian Hoeie Gjefsen would have to settle for fourth. “To be the winner here in Sweden here is really great,” said the Naeslund from the finish area, “I’ve got a lot of family here and to have the crowd cheering for me is so nice. I knew I could be fast on this course and I felt good all day. It’s just a nice feeling to be able to win.” The biggest smile on the day went to Kennedy-Sim, who finally reached the podium after several heartbreaking fourth-place finishes in recent years. “I’m thrilled to stand on my first World Cup podium,” she said, second-place trophy in hand, “Especially on a course like this that’s so big and so fast and so technical. I can’t wait to get back racing on it tomorrow!” Fiva holds fast to take third win of 2016/17 In the men’s final Fiva would find himself stacked up against his teammate Marc Bischofberger, World Cup leader Jean Frederic Chapuis, and Russian upstart Igor Omelin. Fiva - who qualified second overall for Saturday’s race but will be forced to watch from the sidelines on Sunday after failing to advance to finals for that one - was one of the fastest skiers out of the gate all day, moving smoothly through the tricky start and into the lead in most heats. However, unlike many who found their lead disappear through straightaway, Fiva was consistently able to hold on, including in the big final when he was able to fend off a last-minute charge by his teammate Bischofberger. “I new I needed a little space for the finish straight because I’m not the best glider,” said Fiva about his final heat, “But I I knew I could handle it if I was out front a bit. I knew they were coming and coming but I held it to the finish.” “This is probably my nicest win of the season,” he continued, “I didn’t think I really liked this track. Last year I was lousy here. So to come out today and get the victory and to be on the podium with my buddy Marc is just awesome.” Just behind Fiva and Bischofberger was Omelin, the 21-year-old veteran of just 20 World Cup starts whose previous best result was 20th place. The benefactor of some lucky breaks as well as some excellent, aggressive skiing, Omelin’s result was a big one for a Russian team that has struggled to find the podium in 2016/17. Competition in Idre Fjall resumes on Sunday with finals beginning at 10:30CET. Full Results Women and Men

Tomáš Hasilla finished 16th today, He achieved his careers result with perfect shooting the 50th skiing time placed him on final 16th place. Clearly the best seasons mens result. Congrats Tomáš what a moment to achieve careers best and do it at the world championships After yesterdays 8th place of Kuzmina and a relatively good 12th place in the mixed relay, we can say it´s a very nice strat of the world championships for us. Unfortunately the goal to try to qualify all 4 guys for the pursuit failed only Hasilla and Otčenáš managed to qualify. Šíma missed it by almost nothing and Kazár was very fast today 37th skiing time only 65 seconds behind Fourcade but throwing everything away once again in the prone shooting range... In the Nations Cup we are still 16th but only 3 points ahead of Slovenia, 18th Romania is some 450 points behind. and for the olympics 21st Latvia 608 points behind still 8 qualifying races to go

yep we have one too 3:08 !!!

Lundby the best in Ljubno Maren Lundby won the first FIS World Cup Ladies Ski Jumping in Ljubno (SLO). The Norwegian took her 4th win of the season with jumps to 92,5 and 95,0 meters and 256,7 points ahead of Austria´s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Katharina Althaus of Germany. Takanashi and Ito not in Ljubno The World Cup leaders Sara Takanashi and Yuki Ito of Japan are not starting in Ljubno but taking some training days in Japan before the competitions in Pyeongchang and the World Championships. Lundby said afterwards: “I am very happy with my victory. The atmosphere was great, the crowd gave me at least five meters more.” Huge crowd in Slovenia In front of 7.000 spectators Daniela Iraschko-Stolz delivered a tough fight for the victory. 90,0 and 94,5 meters and 251,1 points gave her the second place. Iraschko-Stolz said: “It was awesome jumping here. It’s the biggest crowd we have in the World Cup. I was trying my best to win but Maren was better today.” On third place Katharina Althaus had 89,5 and 92,0 meters and 245,6 points. The German said: “It was really fun today and I am very happy with this result. We are on a very good way for the World Championships.” German fight for podium Carina Vogt, who was still on shared third place with Althaus after the first round, missed out on the podium by only 0,6 points with 89,5 and 92,5 meters. Local hero Ema Klinec was the best of the Slovenian team with 241,1 points on 5th place. Jaqueline Seifriedsberger, with 240,2 points on 6th place and Chiara Hoelzl on 9th place secured a great team result for Austria. Malsiner leaving out Junior World Champion Manuela Malsiner of Italy came in 7th and left out on a possible podium position due to a bad landing in the final round. Svenja Wuerth was the third German in the top ten finishing 8th. Maja Vtic came in 10th ahead of Julia Kykkaenen of Finland, who made the best result of this season. Nita Englund was the best of the US team coming in 12th, Spela Rogelj of Slovenia came in 13th ahead of Elena Runggaldier and Ramona Straub. Best French athlete was Lea Lemare on 16th place, the only Japanese jumper in Ljubno, Kaori Iwabuchi, came in 20th. Avvakumova injured - Barannikova best Russian This place she had to share with Anastasiya Barannikova. While teammate Irina Avvakumova suffered a broken rib with a fall in Hinzenbach last week and can´t compete in Ljubno, Barannikova was best Russian athlete. On Sunday the qualification in Ljubno starts at 11.45, the competition is on from 13.00 (CET). Full Results Here

I mean the last meters he was trying to overtake him in the line, Doll clearly had to made one more higher effort and it helped Doll to win these 0.7 seconds. simple maths

Doll should buy a bottle to Moravec to helped him increase the pace during the last Lap

magic...however it will be definitely his careers result

Otčenáš

Kazár