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Vincent Descombes Sevoie ends his career - FIS-SKI

What was already suspected by many after the French team nominations were announced on Friday is now official: Vincent Descombes Sevoie has ended his Ski Jumping career. - FIS-SKI

“"I think I have given my all ever since I was five and a half years old. In order to compete with the world's best ski jumpers and the world's best teams you have to give 200 %. I have made many sacrifices during my career and right now I'm not sure if I can continue to do so. This is one of the reasons why I have decided to end my career", the 34-year-old Chamonix native is quoted on ski-nordique.net.“

Skijumpingnetwork team wishes Vincent all the best in the future!

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Morten Aagheim dead at the age of 36

Former ski jumper Morten Aagheim died at the age of 36. At the end of last century, he was in the group of best Norwegian ski jumpers.

Aagheim died at the eighth of June, but the information about his death was confirmed one week later by another of former Norwegian jumpers, Tom Aage Aarnes. The cause of death is yet to be known.

Source: http://winterszus.pl/en/2017/06/19/morten-aagheim-dies-at-the-age-of-36/

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Jaka Hvala sustains serious knee injury

Right at the beginning of the preparation for the new season, there is bad news from Slovenia. Jaka Hvala suffered a serious injury on Friday during the first jumping training camp of the B-Team in Villach (AUT).

"Yesterday was a miserable day for me. I was jumping well during the whole training and I really enjoyed it. It then happened in the last jump. It was a very good jump and right after the take-off it was clear that it would go too far. Before the landing I was still very high and I knew right away that something was not okay with my left knee", the Slovene wrote on his facebook page.

Medical checks in Jesenice then showed that Jaka Hvala tore his ACL and eventually also suffered a meniscus injury. The 23-year-old, who took his so far only World Cup win 2013 in Klingenthal, now has to undergo surgery and will be sidelined for about six months after that.

Source: fis-ski.com

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Happy birthday, Kenneth Gangnes! [15.05.1989]

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(source: Tom Hilde’s snapchat)

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The goal still is to be among the world’s best again, that I can win World Cup competitions again, maybe Olympic gold. My childhood dreams are definitely still there. I will not give up that easily. I will continue to fight. I know that it’s a hard time right now, but I have been in a similar situation before. (…) A lot has changed back then. I was in the national team and things are different there. The season starts again and after such a great season it’s difficult to set new goals, like “what do I do now”, “what do I want to achieve”. And then you maybe want a bit too much, especially when the season before was very good. You feel the pressure from the outside and you also put a lot of pressure on yourself. Then it’s not easy just to be relaxed and jump.

Thomas Diethart (via hillsize)

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Kenneth in Courchevel

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Andreas Stjernen goofing around and posing for Tom Hilde [x]

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📷Terje Bendiksby / NTB scanpix

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Zdrowych, wesołych i pięknych Świąt!! 🎄🌟 Oby wszystkie życzenia się spełniły 😀👍🏻

Maciej Kot via Instagram

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So, um, after I made that collage with Jurij, I thought I would create another one with Falafelino for his birthday but I didn’t manage. The draft has been sitting on my computer for a couple of months… I’m not really going to make the actual picture so here is the draft (he’s a cutie regardles of the quality)

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Titisee-Neustadt 14.12.2013

for my sideblog

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How to answer a difficult question in 3 easy steps: a guide by Domen Prevc

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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.