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Canadians fall short in ski jumping

Last Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010 | 10:11 PM ET

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Eric Mitchell of Calgary competed in the ski jumping individual qualification round on Friday at Whistler Olympic Park. (Boris Minkevich/Canadian Press)

Eric Mitchell of Calgary had the honour of being the first athlete to compete at the Vancouver Winter Games, as the first competitor down the ski jumping ramp at Whistler Olympic Park on Friday afternoon.

The 17-year-old wide-eyed Olympic rookie finished a distant 49th out of 51 competitors with a score of 98.5 in the qualifications for the men's ski jumping-normal hill event.

Michael Uhrmann of Germany was first in the qualifying round, posting a score of 138.5.

None of the Canadians qualified for the medal round.

MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes was Canada's top performer, scoring 105.0 in 44th place.

The Canadians weren't expected to do well, as only Stefan Read, who finished 47th, had previous Olympic experience. Canadian jumpers also don't have a single World Cup point this season.

The ski jumpers needed to finish in the top 40 to advance to the medal round on Saturday.

The large hill competition begins with qualifying on Feb. 19.

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Medal Count

Top 10 Medal Winners

Country				Total
GERMANY	3	4	2	9
UNITED STATES	2	2	4	8
FRANCE	2	1	4	7
CANADA	2	2	1	5
SOUTH KOREA	3	1	0	4
SWITZERLAND	3	0	1	4
CHINA	1	1	1	3
AUSTRIA	0	2	1	3
NORWAY	0	2	1	3
ITALY	0	1	2	3

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Key Dates - Ski Jumping

Men's Normal Hill Individual
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Men's Long Hill Individual
Gold medal Feb. 20, 3:30 PM ET

Men's Team
Gold medal Feb. 22, 2 PM ET

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Swiss ski jumper wins Games' 1st gold medal: Ski jumper Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the first gold medal of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Saturday.
Canadians fall short in ski jumping: Eric Mitchell of Calgary had the honour of being the first athlete to compete at the Vancouver Winter Games, as the first competitor down the ski jumping ramp at Whistler Olympic Park on Friday afternoon.
Norwegian ski jumper Romoren breaks finger in anger: Norwegian ski jumper Bjorn Einar Romoren will compete at the Vancouver Olympics with a broken little finger after slamming his left hand into a wall in frustration over a disappointing jump in Oslo, Norway.
Germany wins ski jump World Cup team event: Germany won its first ski jump World Cup team event since 2005 on Sunday after overtaking Norway on the final jump.
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