Presentation Kuusamo, in the history of 14 different winners in 17 races

After a turbulent start to the Klingenthal, the World Cup jumping male moved in Northern Europe, in Kuusamo (Finland), place that became a classic of the principle of the season.

Wednesday 27 November 2013 4 minutes reading time

Apart from a brief appearance in 1996'''' s facility located in Northern Ostrobothnia, less than 30 km from the border with Russia, is a fixture in the maximum circuit since 2002 and is always added to the calendar at the end of November or beginning of December. In Kuusamo World Cup trials are held on Rukatunturi, built in 1964 and renovated in the mid-90''. The trampoline has held for nearly four decades, the primacy of Large Hill largest in the world, then lost in 2003 with the inauguration of'' MÃ¼hlenkopfschanze in Willingen. Curiously, the official record was set by a nordic combined. In fact, Eric Frenzel in 2010 went to 148.5 meters (Hs point is set at 142). The maximum achieved by a jumper is equivalent to 147 meters Gregor Schlierenzauer (2007). So far the Rukatunturi have played 17 games counting towards the maximum circuit that have seen the beauty of fourteen different winners. The only jumpers to have repeated success are Slovenian Primoz Peterka (1996 and 2002), the Finnish Janne Ahonen (both in 2004) and the'' Austrian Andreas Kofler (2010 and 2011). Among active athletes have a'' statement also Jakub Janda (2005), Robert Kranjec (2005), Thomas Morgenstern (2007), Simon Ammann (2008), BjÃ¸rn Einar RomÃ¸ren (2009) and Severin Freund ( 2012). As can be seen in the missing list'' Gregor Schlierenzauer, whose best result was a second place finish in 2011. '' The Austrian is not the only sacred monster of the ski jump that had never won in Kuusamo. In fact, Adam Malysz was ranked three times the square'' s honor, but it never rose to the top step of the podium. About podiums, no one can compete with Ahonen. The Finnish veteran, back in business just recently, boasts 6 placings in the top-three. Behind him lie Morgenstern and Ammann 4. On the subject of nations are eight countries to have won at least once. Commanding Austria and Finland with 4 hits. Following Slovenia to 3, then the 2-Norway. '' They have a unique proposition Japan, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany. On the podium instead of Kuusamo have ten different flags waved. L'' Austria is accredited the highest number of placements in the top-three (13), followed by Finland (10), Norway (6), Slovenia (5), Germany and Switzerland (4), Japan and Poland (3) Czech Republic (2), Russia (1).

Francesco Paone

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