Oslo, the Wimbledon of the ski jump, where legend Adam Malysz [Presentation]

The Tour de Force of the World Cup men's jump, the seventh race in the last twelve days in Oslo-Holmenkollen concludes,'' the equivalent of Wimbledon for the Nordic disciplines.

Friday 7 March 2014 5 minutes reading time

In fact even held annually since 1892'' s Holmenkollen skifestival, an event that in the past 122 years has not only performed in seven seasons (1898, 1941 to 1945 due to World War II and in 2009 when there was intense work in the plant'' modernization ahead of World Cup 2011). The ski jump was included for the first time in'' event in 1933. Here, we will consider only the races of the first level, ie Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup. They will compete on'' Holmenkollenbakken where the first jump was built in 1892. The latest version of the'' system'', built between 2009 and 2010 has the fixed point K to 120 meters and the'' Hs 134. Overall, the Large Hill Holmenkollen competitions were held 36 individual first level of which 32 are valid for the World Cup. In history have stood on the top step of the podium 27 athletes representing 10 different countries, including the defunct East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Poland's Adam Malysz is the absolute record holder in terms of success, having imposed 5 times (1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007). Moreover, thirty-six of the'' Today'' Wisla is also the only athlete to have won on 5 occasions'' the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. Consider that no one else has exceeded the quota of the three statements, only achieved by the Norwegian Reidar Andersen (1936, 1937, 1938) and Arne Hoel (1948, 1951 and 1959). There are five active athletes to be climbed to the top step of the podium at least once'' s Holmenkollenbakken: Noriaki Kasai (1999), Simon Ammann (2002, 2007, 2010), Gregor Schlierenzauer (2008, 2011, 2013) Martin Koch (2012) and Piotr Zyla (2013). In the first level of competition to the voice command nations in the dead heat'' Austria and Norway with 9 wins. It is then Poland with 6. This is followed by Finland (4), Switzerland (3), Japan (2) Czechoslovakia (1), East Germany (1) Germany (1). Despite the top-level races were 36, you have 37 wins as last year Schlierenzauer and Zyla imposed themselves in dead heat. On the subject of podiums always commands Adam Malysz, credited with as many as 7 placings in the top-three. Follows at 5 Switzerland's Simon Ammann. Active athletes to be on the podium of the Large Hill Oslo without ever imposed are seven: BjÃ¸rn Einar RomÃ¸ren (2), Thomas Morgenstern (2), Robert Kranjec (2), Andreas Kofler (2) Anders Bardal (1), Tom Hilde (1), Severin Freund (1). Norway is the leading country for top-three at a height of 25'' followed by Austria at 23. In third place Finland (11). They are then Switzerland (9), Japan (8) Poland (8), Germany (7), Slovenia (3), Sweden (3) Czechoslovakia (3) Slovenia (3) Canada (2), East Germany ( 1), France (1), Czech Republic (1) Yugoslavia (1). The official record'' in the final shape of the pad belongs to the'' Austrian Andreas Kofler, landed 141 meters (over the 7'' Hs) in 2011.

Francesco Paone

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