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Heavy snow hampers Mixed Team event at YOG
Jan. 21 — Emilee Anderson and her teammates placed 11^th Saturday after enduring delays and heavy snowfall in the Mixed Team Ski Jumping event at the inaugural 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games. read more

Team posts top results in Zakopane COC
Jumpers donate portion of earnings to Burke's family
Jan. 21 — The Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team continued its strong performance this weekend with four members in the top 10 on Friday and five in the top 15 on Saturday at a Continental Cup (COC) event in Zakopane, Poland. read more

Hendrickson wins again; sets hill record
Visa Team leads overall World Cup standings
Jan. 15 — Sarah Hendrickson put up two huge jumps Sunday to win her fourth World Cup (WC) competition so far this season. She’s also leading the overall WC standings. read more

Hendrickson wins third WC this season
3 U.S. jumpers in top six Saturday
Jan. 14 — Sarah Hendrickson is in "The Zone" — that magical place of unwavering confidence and superior performance that elite athletes in every sport strive to be. read more

Anderson in top 10 in Youth Olympic Games
Jan. 14 — Emilee Anderson, of Eau Claire, Wis., finished 9th after a resounding second-round jump in Saturday's women's ski jumping event in the inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games. read more

Youth Olympic Games a 'dream come true'
for U.S. jumper poised to make history
Jan. 11 — Emilee Anderson has perfect timing. Or maybe it’s simply fate that this 16-year-old from the heart of ski jumping country in the U.S. will make history when she competes Saturday in a sport that has been closed to female competitors at the Olympic level for nearly 90 years. read more

Sarah Hendrickson wins second WC; Jessica Jerome nabs third
Jan. 8 - Sarah Hendrickson has now won two out of the three World Cup competitions so far this season after a resounding 30-point victory Sunday over second-place finisher Sara Takanashi, of Japan. read more

In her first WC ever, Van takes 2nd in windy Hinterzarten
Jan. 7 - Only the scores from the first round were counted because the wind and snow conditions caused lengthly delays and forced the competition to conclude after just a handful of women jumped in the second round. read more

Van donates marrow again for man with cancer
Dec. 19 — Eight months after Lindsey Van donated bone marrow to help a cancer-stricken man, the doctors called to say they needed twice the number of stem cells they took from her last spring.
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Hendrickson makes history; wins WC opener
Dec. 3 - Visa Team member Sarah Hendrickson, 17, dominated Saturday's competition to win the World Cup opener in Lillehammer, Norway. She becomes the first-ever woman ski jumper to win a World Cup comp. read more

Jerome sees Olympics coming into view
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 29, 2011

Leap of Faith
ESPNW.com, Sept. 26, 2011

Women's ski jumping OK'd, but battle not over
ESPN.com, April 6, 2011

Rachel Maddow Show
April 6, 2011

Women's ski jumping gains Olympic status
New York Times, April 6, 2011

IOC approves women's ski jumping for 2014
AP/NBC Sports, April 6, 2011

U.S. women's ski jumpers excited, relieved after decision
USA Today, April 6, 2011

Women ski jumpers relieved, ecstatic
ESPNW, April 6, 2011