A Vikersund will fall again the world record ski jump? [Presentation]

Over the weekend vaulters compete the laws of physics. The World Cup makes a stop in Vikersund, theater of the last four world records. The measures, which now exceed the fourth kilometer, will see a further increase?

Thursday 11 February 2016 5 minutes reading time

ACTUALITY'' & Nbsp; StoryÃ‚ Vikersund you witness races of ski jumping since 1894. The first permanent implant, called Vikersundbakken, was built in 1936 and later renovated and converted into a springboard for flight in 1964. In the coming years the structure & egrave; It was completely rebuilt and, in 2010, & egrave; It became the first to be designed following the pi & ugrave; recent benchmarks set by the FIS for trampolines flight, acts to increase the size of the same. As a result the & rsquo; current Vikersundbakken (K200 & ndash; HS225) snatched the Letalnica bratov GoriÅ¡ek bratov Gori & scaron; ek Planica the role of springboard pi & ugrave; largest in the world for the practice of ski jumping. The resort & agrave; Slovenian & egrave; then picked up the record with the completion of the restructuring of its plant, now of similar size than Scandinavian. Meanwhile for & ograve; Vikersund & egrave; became the theater of the new world record ski jump, shot down 4 times in & rsquo; last five years. The 11 February 2011, the Norwegian Johan Remen Evensen & ograve landed; first 243 meters in training and then to 246.5 in qualifying, thereby improving & Igrave; twice in a few hours the world record set in 2005 by compatriot Bj Ã¸ rn Einar Rom Ã¸ ren in Planica (239). After which & eacute; February 14, 2015 Peter Prevc & egrave; He became the first man in history to reach the 250 meters. His record has to & ograve; Because had very short life & eacute; the day after the Norwegian Anders Fannemel you & egrave; pushed up to 251.5. It should not be forgotten in the same competition as the Russian Dimitry Vassiliev has touched even the 254.5 meters, failing to & ograve; to remain standing. The fall has prevented the provision to be approved as a world record, but remains the jump pi & ugrave; longest ever made by a human. To date in the Vikersund they have played four World Ski Flying (1977, 1990, 2000 and 2012) in addition to 18 races counting towards the World Cup. So far, in 22 top-level competitions, they climbed on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium 15 different athletes. The absolute record holder in terms of achievements & egrave; Gregor Schlierenzauer, who imposed well in 4 occasions (2009, twice in 2011, 2013). Realizing the 'Austrian are only four jumpers in business & agrave; to have excelled at least once in this resort & agrave ;. Robert Kranjec (gold world champion in 2012 and a hit in 2013) & egrave; credited with two statements, while Peter Prevc and Severin Freund are the winners of the races run in 2015. The record of the trampoline of course coincides with the global Fannemel (251.5 meters).

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