Almost exactly 21 years ago Simon Amman and Adam Ma³ysz competed for medals at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The anonymous 20-year-old Swiss turned out to be better than Ahonen, Schmitt or Ma³ysz and won two gold medals. The above mentioned more often can be as experts in TV studios, and Amman is still jumping.
Simon Amman’s Point Sunday in Willingen. He jumped in the times of Malysz, he still scores
Sunday at the Muehlenkopfschanze started with a successful qualifying by Simon Ammann. The 41-year-old jumped 125.5 meters, which was the 22nd result of the qualifying series. He flew a bit shorter in the first competition series, in which he landed on 123 meters, but it was enough for him to advance to the final. In the second round Ammann jumped 114 meters, which meant that he fell down in the standings and finished the competition in 28th place.
Thus, after more than 10 months, the legendary jumper scored points in the World Cup. The most recent was during the flights in Oberstdorf last season. 28th place is already quite a feat considering his age.
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Simon Ammann will turn 42 in June and made his World Cup debut more than 25 years ago (in the 1997/98 season). Today’s points made him the second oldest jumper in history to reach the final round (41 years and 225 days). Better in this respect is only Noriaki Kasai, who scored the last points at the age of 46 years and 289 days.
Oldest scorers in the World Cup:
- 1. Noriaki Kasai – 46 years and 289 days
- 2. Simon Ammann – 41 years and 225 days
- 3. Dimitry Vasilyev – 39 years and 347 days
Ammann is a four-time Olympic gold medalist (two golds each in Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010) and the winner of the Crystal Ball in the 2009/2010 season. He also has four World Championship medals (gold in Sapporo in 2007) and 23 triumphs in World Cup competitions. He made his World Cup debut in the first competition of the 4-Hills-Tournament 1997/1998 in Oberstdorf. He took the 15th place then, thanks to which he scored the first World Cup points in his career
Source: Sport.PL
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