13.02.2010: Simon Ammann is Olympic Champion!

Ammann secured his third Olympic title by winning the normal hill event Saturday after putting down the longest jumps in both rounds.

Polish veteran Adam Malysz took silver and Austrian 20-year-old Gregor Schlierenzauer bounced back from a disappointing first jump to earn bronze in his Olympic debut.

Ammann held a commanding lead after the first round after a 105-meter effort, then soared 108 meters with his second jump for a total score of 276.5 points.

Malysz had 269.5, and Schlierenzauer finished with 268.

Ammann swept both individual events at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, where Malysz was second in the large hill.

Now also the first Impressions from Vancouver are online on Sportsplanet. You can find them in the section: Olympic Games 2010 - Vancouver

The Swiss Jumper Simon Ammann is in leading Position after 1st Round of the Normal Hill Competition. He jumped on 105 metres and leads in front of Michael Uhrmann from Germany (103,5 metres) and the Polnish Jumper Adam Malysz (103,5 metres).

This was the Trial Round for the Competition:

The Swiss Jumper Simon Ammann did the best jump in the Trial Round for the Normal Hill Competition in Vancouver. He jumped 108,5 metres and won in front of the Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer (104,5 metres) and the polnish Jumper Adam Malysz (104 metres).

This was the Qualification:

The Qualification for the Olympic Normal Hill Competition was won by the German Michael Uhrmann who did a jump on 106 metres (138,5 points). Jakub Janda from Czech Republic is on Rank two with 105 metres and 135,5 points, followed by the second German Jumper Michael Neumayer (105,5 metres / 135 points).

In the Group of the best 10 Athletes of the World Cup Ranking, Gregor Schlierenzauer from Austria did the best Jump with 107 metres, followed by the polnish Jumper Adam Malysz (105,5 metres) and his Teammate Thomas Morgenstern (105,5 metres).

This was the Trial Round before the Qualification:

The Trial Round for the Qualification was won by the Swiss Jumper Simon Ammann who did a jump on 109 metres, followed by the Austrian Thomas Morgenstern (108 metres) and the Slovenian Robert Kranjec (106,5 metres).

This was the Training on Thursday:

The second Day of Training in Vancouver was dominated by the Polnish Jumper Adam Malysz who won round two and three of the Training. In the dirfst round Kalle Keituri from Finnland was the best with 104,5 metres. Malysz jumped 109,5 metres in Round two which means the best jump in front of Thomas Morgenstern from Austria (106,5 metres) and the Swiss Jumper Simon Ammann (102,5 metres). In the third Round Malysz did a jump on 105,5 metres.

After this Training Austrians Coaches nominated the Team for the Normal Hill Competition. Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler and Wolfgang Loitzl will take part for Austria.

This was the Training on Wednesday:

World-Cup Leader Simon Ammann is in a good shape, as he showed us in the first official Training of the Skijumpers in Vancouver. He won the three round with jumps on 104,5, 105,5 and 106,5 metres - in the last he was ex aequo with the Austrian Thomas Morgenstern who did jumps on 103, 105 and 106,5 metres.