a devil’s diary

Like you see, i wrote in spanish, and this has a special reason. i guess you all know it already anyway, but it can’t be so bad if i write it once again : I’m visiting a spanish course now, and i do it not so bad there i guess. don’t ask me why i do it, i think it was some kind of a fast- belly- decision. But i like it really a lot.. Spanish is a very nice language, like all roman languages actually (french is an exception… ;))

At school is also a lot to do at the moment. last week i had three tests, maths, geograophy and psychology. maths was a 3 (juheeej), geography a 1 (juheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej :P) and i hope that psychology is also a 1, i think it is, if i didn’t write the wrong topic…

Skijumping

Austrias Ski jumping team + coaches, physios… (the crazy one in front is our coach ;))

Back to today, it was a skijumping competition, the first in this year. Traditionally in Kuusamo, Finnland. And it was quite odd. First, we had a not really usual winner: Arttu Lappi made his first World Cup victory. Congratulations, for first. Many watchers said we should make a big look onto him, because he seemed to be quite fit before the world cup start and it was a right preview. There was another one, where we should take a look of: Anders Jacobsen, a new one in the norwegian team, and also this view was right, like it seemed: Jacobsen got third today, behind Lappi, who made a fabiolous jump to 141 metres, and Simon Amman (Switzerland, double olympic winner in Salt Lake City 2002).

The competition was strange because of that: before the last 15 jumpers (which are the BEST 15 of last year in world cup) started, the wind got stronger and the snow conditions worse, so it was impossible for them to get a good result. They all fell down or stopped almost in the run. The conditions were terrible and I really can’t understand, why they cancelled it immediately. Just 1 jumpers of the top 15 could qualify, and this was Thomas Morgenstern. Even Janne Ahonen got just 56^th- I think this can say a lot of the iregular competition. Anyway, it counted, and I think the top 3 also would have had top places even if it would have been fair, but for at least 15 jumpers it was more than just irregular.

The result:

1. Arrttu Lappi (FIN)

2. Simon Ammann (CH)

3. Anders Jacobsen (NOR)

4. Veli- Matti Lindström (FIN)

5. Michael Neumeyer (GER)

6. Guido Landert (CH)

7. Wolfgang Loizl (AUT)

8. Christian Ulmer (GER)

9. Kalle Keituri (FIN)

10. Lauri Hakola (FIN)

11. Dmitry Vassiliev (RUS)

12. Stefan Hula (POL)

13. Martin Höllwarth (AUT)

13. Martin Schmidt (GER)

15. Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)

16. Primoz Pikl (SLO)

17. Andreas Aren (SWE)

18. Georg Späth (GER)

19. Denis Kornilov (RUS)

20. Jörg Ritzerfeld (GER)

21. Tami Kiuru (FIN)

22. Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) [Olympic Champion 2006, K120]

23. Taku Takeuchi (JPN)

24. David Lazzaroni (ITA)

25. Stefan Thurnbichler (AUT)

26. Primoz Peterka (SLO)

27. Jernej Damjan (SLO)

28. Matti Hautamäki (FIN)

29. Manuel Fettner (AUT)

30. Jens Salumä (EST)

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33. Martin Koch (AUT)

34. Adam Malysz (POL)

41. Andreas Küttel (CH)

44. Lars Bystöl (NOR) [Olympic Champion 2006, K90]

45. Robert Kranjec (SLO)

47. Björn Einar Romören (NOR)

52. Jakub Janda (CZE) [World Cup Winner of last year]

53. Janne Happonen (FIN)

55. Janne Ahonen [dominator of the last few seasons]

56. Rok Benkovic (SLO)

59. Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)

60. Andreas Kofler (AUT)

65. Roar Ljökelsoy [Skiflying World Champion 2006]

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With this definitely strange result i say goodbye, and hope for a better next competition- see you

your sporty duck