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Tim Ashburn says in his book The History of Ski Jumping that Norheim's longest jump on the circular track in Haugli ground in 1868 should have been measured at 9.4 metres alen [8] but that newspapers in Christiania reported that the length "was a little exaggerated", so the official record is everywhere written as 19.5 m.
Nation Athlete Metres Feet Place Year Source Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi: 291.0 955 Hlíðarfjall: 2024 [2] Austria Stefan Kraft (WR): 253.5 831 Vikersund: 2017 [3] Norway Robert Johansson
February 7, 1937, the Chicago Daily Times sponsored a ski jump meet of the U.S. Central Ski Association at Soldier Field. The meet attracted 57,000 spectators, believed to be the largest crowd to ever see a ski jumping competition in the U.S. The temporary 180-foot tall all-wood ski jump tower was constructed by the Timber Engineering Company ...
Pine Mountain holds the U.S. records for the longest jump in World Cup competition at 140m (459 feet), as well as the overall distance record at 144m (472.44feet). [2], not counting records set at ski flying hills. The facility also includes two smaller ski jumping hills that are built into the hill northwest of the large hill.
Kennett Ski Jump Albany: New Hampshire: K34, K20, K10, K5 1960 2020 [31] Roger Burt Memorial Ski Jumps, Oak Hill Hanover: New Hampshire: K32, K20, K10 1981 [32] [33] Gene Ross Memorial Ski Jump Plymouth: New Hampshire: K28 2016 [34] "D" Hill Leavenworth: Washington: 27, 15 2003 2009 [35] [36] Bakke Hill closed in 1978 Cameron Ski Jump Cameron ...
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Snowflake Ski Jump, Westby, Wisconsin (Four Hills SuperTour) 118 | 106; Silvermine Ski Jump, Eau Claire, Wisconsin [4] Abandoned. Papoose Peak Jumps, Squaw Valley, California (Site of 1960 Winter Olympics) 80 | 60 | 40; Bakke Hill, Leavenworth, Washington (Site of United States Ski Jumping Championships in 1955, 1959, 1967, 1974 and 1978)
The thermometer at O’Hare International Airport read 104 degrees at 4:26 p.m., the second-hottest temperature ever recorded in Chicago. And it rained for the first time in nearly a month.”