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CTV News
4 days ago
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- CTV News
Calgary's Abigail Strate wins bronze at ski jumping Summer Grand Prix in Poland
Abigail Strate of Canada competes at the Women Normal Hill HS102 Individual Ski Jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships, in Trondheim, Norway, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate won bronze for her fourth consecutive medal on the Summer Grand Prix on Sunday. The 24-year-old from Calgary landed on the podium with 116.4 points, while Slovenia's Nika Prevc captured gold (126.2) and Japan's Nozomi Maruyama (117.5) took silver. 'I'm a summer person for sure. I like the sun and have always liked jumping in the summer,' said Strate, who's also a graphic designer. 'The last time I jumped well in the summer, it carried into the whole year so hopefully this is a good omen for me.' Calgary's Nicole Maurer, the only other Canadian in the deep field, finished 26th. Strate, who won a bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping event at the 2022 Olympics, became the second Canadian ski jumper to medal in two straight events on back-to-back weekends, joining teammate Alex Loutitt. Strate opened the Olympic campaign two weekends ago with a bronze medal in France. It was her first career summer ski jumping podium. She delivered a golden encore, celebrating her first international victory a day later, before earning another bronze in Poland last weekend. 'In my heart, this is so fun, and I have many positive emotions,' she said. 'It feels great for me now, but I know this isn't when I want to be great. I really hope this can last until the start of the winter and through the season.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 17, 2025.
CBC
20-03-2025
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- CBC
Canada's Alex Loutitt leaps to bronze at final women's World Cup ski jump stop
Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of the season. The 21-year-old from Calgary, who was ninth in qualifying, reached her third podium of the season with a combined distance of 275.1 metres over her two jumps. Nika Prevc of Slovenia finished comfortably in first with a total of 302.8 metres. Selina Freitag of Germany took silver with 277.4 metres. The 2023 world champion was 10th in the overall standings heading into Friday's World Cup large hill final.
Reuters
14-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Ski jumping-Prevc breaks women's world record with two 236-metre jumps
March 14 (Reuters) - Slovenia's 19-year-old Nika Prevc gave herself an early birthday present when she broke the women's ski jumping world record with a mark of 236 metres on Friday, a day after she retained her World Cup overall title. Having secured a second Crystal Globe in Oslo, Prevc broke the record in Vikersund, Norway, recording the mark not once but twice -- in the first and third training round of the competition. The teenager, who turns 20 on Saturday, flew off the ramp at a speed of nearly 102 km/hr and landed with an expression of shock and happy disbelief as her jaw dropped when she realised she had broken the record. Prevc broke the record that was held by Norwegian ski jumper Silje Opseth, a three-times World Championship medallist who set the mark at 230.5 metres on the same hill in March last year.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Prevc maintains her winning ways in women's ski jumping
Slovenia's Nika Prevc claimed her fifth victory in a row and 10th of the women's ski jumping season on Saturday in Austria. World Cup leader Prevc recorded 90 and 89 metres on the normal hill in Hinzenbach as she beat German Selina Freitag by 7.9 points for a 17th career success. Austrian Jacqueline Seifriedsberger was third and had the biggest jump of the competition with 93.5m. Another competition is scheduled for Sunday in Hinzenbach before the athletes depart for the Nordic skiing world championships in Trondheim, Norway, which start on Thursday.
