The showdown of the Tourne [Presentation Bischofshofen]

Bischofshofen'' is the only place in Vierschanzentournee that has never changed its place in the order of the stages'' and'' will be the final event of the event for the sixty-second time in as many editions.

Saturday 4 January 2014 8 minutes reading time

In reality, the fourth edition (1955-1956) did not end in Bischofshofen, forced to raise the white flag for lack of snow, but in Hallein (locality situated about thirty kilometers to the north). It'' s only valid for the competition Vierschanzentournee kept on a system different from the four historical. However, in the center of Salzburg has held a number of races equal to that staged in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In fact, in 2008 the competition was recovered that could not compete in Innsbruck due to inclement weather. Historically it competes on Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze on the day of Epiphany''. The trampoline is named after Paul Ausserleitner, local athlete (considered one of the pioneers of Austrian jump'' in the immediate post-war) tragically perished in 1952 following a fall in training at this facility. The trampoline has very special characteristics as it is not equipped with a large slope and to provide the correct speed to athletes'' s inrun initial is unusually long, as well as the substantially flat area in the vicinity of the tooth. Accordingly, for jumpers is very complicated to find the right timing to flake off. On 22 occasions (36.1%) who was imposed in Salzburg was then awarded to the successful TournÃ¨e, while in 40 cases (65.6%) cases, the final victory went to an athlete stood on the podium. This means that Bischofshofen is the stage where the winner has the lowest success rate in the overall standings of the Tour. So far, 46 different jumpers representing only 9 different countries (including Czechoslovakia and East Germany) have obtained at least one success in Bischofshofen. The Czechoslovak Jiri Raska (1968, 1969, 1970), the Norwegian BjÃ¸rn Wirkola (1965, 1967, 1972), the German Jens WeiÃŸflog (1983, 1984, 1996) and the Finn Janne Ahonen (2006, both races 2008) have won three victories apiece. It goes without saying that Raska is the only one to boast a-row of three consecutive statements. 6 men are able to repeat a success. It is of Austrian Andreas Goldberger, Andreas WidhÃ¶lzl, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer, as well as the German Helmut Recknagel and Sven Hannawald. L'' Austria is clearly the country with the most wins (21), followed by Norway and Finland. The following are the details of the victories of every nation. 21 - AUSTRIA (2 Goldberger, Morgenstern, Schlierenzauer, WidhÃ¶lzl; 1 Bradl, Egger, Felder, Habersatter, HÃ¶llwarth, Innauer, Kogler, Loitzl, Neuper, Plank, Preiml, Schnabl, Vettori) 12 - NORWAY (3 Wirkola , Bredesen, Hilde, Mork, NÃ¦s, Pettersen, RomÃ¸ren, Ruste, Stjernen, Yggeseth) 10 - FINLAND (3 Ahonen; 1 Kannkkonen, Kirjonen, Kokkenen P., T. Nieminen, NykÃ¤nen, Yliantilla, Ylipulli T.) 6 - EAST GERMANY (2 Recknagel, WeiÃŸflog *; Eckstein, Weber) 5 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA (3 Raska; Jez, HÃ¶hnl) 4 - GERMANY (2 Hannawald, D. Thoma, WeiÃŸflog *) 1 - SWITZERLAND (Steiner W.) 1 - POLAND (Malysz) 1 - UNITED STATES (Holland) The Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze'' is the only trampoline that has never been assigned a win tie. 7 times the same nation has managed to achieve two goals by placing two athletes in the top two positions. In only 1 case has been monopolized the entire podium in 1960 from Austria'', when Albin Planck preceded Leodolter Otto and Willi Egger. Germany and Czechoslovakia hold, however, at an altitude of 3, the record of success in a streak that could be equaled by Austria'' in case of victory in this 2014. So far 108 different jumpers representing 19 different countries (including Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia) have risen at least once on the podium. Finland's Janne Ahonen dominates the list with 10 individual podiums. The Czechoslovak Jiri Raska and the Norwegian BjÃ¸rn Wirkola are the most immediate pursuers, but they lie at an altitude of 6. Austria is the country that has received multiple placings in the top three, earning 43 podium finishes well with twenty-three different jumpers. The place of honor is Norway (36 podiums), followed by Finland (26), East Germany (18), Czechoslovakia (13), Germany (9), Switzerland (7) Soviet Union (7), Poland (6), Japan (4), Slovenia (3), West Germany (2) United States (2), Sweden (2), Yugoslavia (2), France (1) Italy (1), Czech Republic (1 ), Russia (1). Active athletes with at least one success on the bulletin board on the Paul-Ausserleitner are 5-Schanze (Hilde, Loitzl, Morgenstern, RomÃ¸ren, Schlierenzauer). 9 others have climbed on the podium at least once (Ammann, Bardal, Ito D., Jacobsen, Janda, Kasai, Kofler, Kraft, Vassiliev). The official record of the trampoline is held by Japan's Daiki Ito, landed 143 meters (three more than the'' Hs) on 6 January 2005.

Francesco Paone

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