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Englund Top American in Grand Prix

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
August, 14 2015

COURCHEVEL, France (Aug. 14, 2015) - American Nita Englund (Florence, WI) opened the FIS Summer Grand Prix tour Friday finishing 23rd in Courchevel on the HS96-meter Olympic hill. Japan’s Sara Takanashi took the win. Takanashi's teammate Yuki Ito was second with Austria’s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz third.

Englund soared 87.0 and 94.5 meters on her two jumps. She was the lone American in the field. It was her second weekend of summer competition after finishing fourth in early July at a FIS Cup event in Villach, Austria. Englund, who was one of the top American jumpers a year ago, is basing her summer training in Slovenia.

The women’s Grand Prix tour continues next month with stops in Chaikovsky, Russia and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Will Rhoads (Park City, UT) led the U.S. men finishing 48th in a night event on the HS132-meter hill won by Germany’s Severin Freund.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • American Nita Englund was 23rd in the FIS Grand Prix ski jumping opener in Courchevel.
  • Japan’s Sara Takanashi took the win.
  • The Grand Prix resumes in September with stops in Russia and Kazakhstan.

RESULTS
Women’s HS96-meter

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