Mar 13 2010

Season 2009/10 is over!

Axu’s last competition for this season has been on Oslo’s new Holmenkollen. In today’s Qualification Round for tomorrow’s World Cup competition, Axu had a jump of 109,0 m for 91.7 points worth rank 46. With that, he will not compete tomorrow.


Jan 17 2010

Last Day in Japan

Today’s World Cup competition went better than yesterday.
Although Akseli had no luck with the wind, he had two stable jumps of 108,5 m worth rank 26.
In the World Cup overall standing, Akseli came in as 65th. Watch Akseli’s FIS statistic here.


Jan 16 2010

No Luck in Sapporo

This weekend, Akseli competes in his second World Cup competitions in Season 2009/10.
In the Qualification Round on HS 134, Akseli came in 27th with a jump of 109,5 m.
In today’s competition he had a jump of 82,0 m worth the 50th place. With that, he missed the Second Round.
In addition, there have been some problems [...]


Jan 3 2010

Competitions in Japan

Axu in Japan

Surprise today!
Axu is going to be in Japan from 5th till 18th January to compete in the Continental Cup (8.-10.01.2010) and World Cup (15.-17.01.2010) in Sapporo. Because Axu was struggling a little bit with skijumping in the past few weeks, he really wanted to be sure when going back to competitions.
And this is what happened [...]


Dec 5 2009

World Cup in Lillehammer

Axu with Stårheim flag

The competition was very dificult today. There was less wind but a lot of snow that made it very dificult in the inrun. However, Akseli was third jumper to go off the hill and had a little bit better conditions than the following jumpers.
In the First Round he managed to jump 123 m and came [...]


Dec 5 2009

18th in Qualification Round

Akseli Kokkonen and Walter Hofer

Yesterday evening, Akseli qualified for today’s World Cup competitions on Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer. With a jump of 124 m for 114,3 points, Akseli came in 18th as third best Norwegian behind Kenneth Gangnes (17th) and Roar Ljoekelsoey (11th).