15.03.2009
Saturday, he fell twice. Today, he stood solid at 207.5 meters and won.

The Austrian won 6.3 points in front of Simon Ammann from Switzerland. Number 3 was Dimitry Vassiliev from Russia.

Schlierenzauer flew 207.5 meters in his first flight. In the final round, he landed at 192 meters. That was enough for the win; also in the Nordic Tournament, which is a competition from the week`s 4 competitions. It started in Lahti, continued in Kuopio, before they moved to Lillehammer Friday and came to Vikersund Saturday.

But he won with the smallest margin. The Austrian was only 0.6 points in front of the Finn, Harri Olli, in the summation.

In today`s skiflying competition, Simon Ammann flew 191 and 202.5 meters. Russian Vassiliev landed at 184.5 and 204 meters.

The best Norwegian was Johan Remen Evensen in 9th place. His flights were measured to 191.5 and 179.5 meters.

The next Norwegian on the list was Anders Jacobsen in 22nd place. The Hoenefoss-jumper flew a modest 176 and 171 meters. Vegard Sklett became number 27.

Tom Hilde, Roar Ljoekelsoey, Anders Bardal and Jon Aaraas didn`t qualify for the final round.

Cindy Bjølgerud 15.03.2009

15.03.2009
Winner of Nordic Tournament 2009 is Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria

Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer won the ski flying competition in Vikersund and won the four hill Nordic Tournament with 25,000 euros in prizemoney.

Official Results Vikersund HS 207
Final standings - Nordic Tournament

Final standings - Nordic Tournament 2009

1. Schlierenzauer Gregor AUT 1114.9
2. Olli Harri FIN 1114.3
3. Ammann Simon SUI 1095.5
4. Vassiliev Dimitry RUS 1086.9
5. Malysz Adam POL 1066.9
6. Schmitt Martin GER 1056.4
7. Loitzl Wolfgang AUT 1037.4
8. Morgenstern Thomas AUT 1019.6
9. Koch Martin AUT 1013.9
10. Hautamäki Matti FIN 1012.0

Results - Vikersund HS 207

1. Gregor Schlierenzauer AUT 386,4
2. Simon Ammann SUI 379,7
3. Dimitri Vassiljev RUS 372,2
4. Martin Koch AUT 364,9
5. Robert Kranjec SLO 363,4
6. Noriaki Kasai JPN 362,0
7. Harri Olli FIN 358,2
8. Adam Malysz POL 355,2
9. Andreas Küttel SUI 355,1
10. Johan Remen Evensen NOR 349,2

13.03.2009
Lillehammer - leg 3 of Nordic Tournament winner is Harri Olli, FIN

Dimitri Vassiliev second, Gregor Schlierenzauer third.
Harri Olli takes the blue bib in the Tournament.

Official results
Tournament standings

Harri Olli, FIN 756,1 points
Gregor Schlierenzauer, AUT 728,5 points
Simon Ammann, SUI 715,8 points

12.03.2009
Malysz strongest in Lillehammer qualification

Qualification results

12.03.2009
Lillehammer - the official training postponed

Caused by the weatherconditions the official training and qualification is postponed to 18.00 this afternoon.

11.03.2009
A historic victory for Okabe

Japanese Takanobu Okabe made Kuopio’s World Cup competition historical by being the oldest winner of the World Cup history. 38-year-old Okabe won with stable jumps; the first one was 123-meter-long and the second one half a meter longer.

“I’m really happy. I didn’t believe I could still make it to the highest podium,” told the satisfied winner who had won World Cup competitions last time almost 11 years ago.

Experience was the keyword today. Second was Simon Amman from Switzerland and third Adam Malysz from Poland. Both did it much better on the second round and made it to the podium.

“It was a long way back to podium though it wasn’t as long as it was for Takanobu. I hope I’ll do better again on next competitions after the success of today,” told Malysz who has been often good at Puijo.

“This season has been success for me but I still want to do well on Nordic Tournament and World Cup. I did today two good jumps and was second,” said Amman. “I feel pretty young at the podium today,” he smiled as well.

The competition wasn’t success for Finnish team. Harri Olli and Kalle Keituri were leading after first round but the second round wasn’t that good in light snow fall. Olli ended up to 4th place which has become familiar for him lately.

“To success you need good jumps and luck. The first jump was very good and the second wasn’t bad either,” analyzed Olli

10.03.2009
Okabe wins Kuopio HS 127 competition

Ammann second, Malysz third, Harri Olli fourth.

Nordic Tournament top three Ammann, Okabe, Olli.

Official results
Nordic Tournament standings after Kuopio

09.03.2009
Chedal won the qualification in Kuopio

The qualification in front of the home audience wasn’t great success for Finns today. Jussi Hautamäki was the best Finn on the qualification round with his 16^th place. Emmanuel Chedal won with his 126-meter-long jump.

Also the best three jumpers of the World Cup jumped well although other pre-qualified jumpers had problems with slow speeds. World Cup leader Gregor Schlierenzauer jumped 130 meters which was the longest jump today. Also Simon Amman (123 m) and Wolfgang Loitzl (117 m) jumped well.

08.03.2009
Gregor Schlierenzauer winner of Nordic Tournament leg 1 in Lahti

On Sundays individual Ski Jumping competition Gregor Schlierenzauer took the victory before Simon Ammann and Dimitri Vassilijev. Schlierenzauer jumped 92,5 meters on both rounds totaling 242,0 points.

This competition was also the first competition in the Nordic Tournament.

Results, Ski Jump HS 97:

1. Gregor Schlierenzauer AUT 242,0 points
2. Simon Ammann SUI 236,0 points
3. Dimitri Vassilijev RUS 234,0 points

28.11.2008
Nordic Tournament Press conference at Ruka, Kuusamo

The chairman of the organizing committee of the Lahti Ski Games, Ilkka Tiilikainen tells, that Nordic Tournament has been organized as cooperation of the Finnish and Norvegian Ski Assosiation since 1997. Tournament consists of four competitions and it is one of the highlights of the season in the spring. After the Tournament only World Cup finals in Planica are scheduled in the calendar.

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11.11.2008
Lillehammer hill opened

Due to the weather conditions in Lillehammer the last days, the Lysgaardsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena is now opened for ski jumping every day. The Ski Jumping Teams from Japan, Germany, Slovenia, Poland, Sweden and Norway are training in Lillehammer this week.