1 What is knockout system in the Four Hills Tournament?
50 jumpers will be in the rennet, after qualifying the day before. Initially there are 25 duels, where two performers jump towards each other in every duel. That means knockout for the losers. Winner of duels go to the 2nd half. In addition, five “losers”, which has the highest score, be on. In the finals attending 30 jumpers, and jumped as the World Cup otherwise.
2 Why is it so hard to win the Four Hills Tournament?
Because you have to have eight good jumps. Even seven is enough if one misses one. To compare one only needs two good jumps to win the World Cup and Olympics. Besides going tournament in four different places: Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. And there is much fuss when it comes movement, which takes place in a short period of time.
3 Why terminated Four Hills Tournament in Bischofshofen on Tuesday. Would not a Sunday have been more natural?
13. day in July called “Holy Three Kings Day” and is a holiday in Austria. Therefore, the Austrians have finals the day, which is 6 January.
4 What is the reason why the Four Hills Tournament is so popular?
This is because the was added around New Year and to a period where there happened so many collisions with other sports. In the beginning there was only the New Year ski jumping, but so was the Four Hills Tournament expanded. From 1953 it so that all four hills came with. Nobody thought of the great success at the time, but success it has become.
5 Why has not always invested with their best athletes?
In the beginning We sent not the best. For Norwegians had not the same status as the Olympics, World Championships and Holmenkollen. The competitions had more prestige. In 1963 won Toralf Engan Four Hills Tournament. The following year, he stood and Torgeir Brandtzæg above to prepare for the Olympics in 1964. It tells a lot about how Norwegians looked at this tournament.
6 Is slopes very different?
In the beginning was the different, and when I think of the 1950s and until the 70s. Then they were more and more equal. Today it is long since a standard for how slopes should look. Therefore hill records in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen equal, at 143.5 meters. Bischofshofen has 143 yards, while Innsbruck 134.5. Sigurd Pettersen has hill record in Oberstdorf, and it has hitherto stood in eleven years.
7 How many Norwegians have participated over the years?
150. Then I’ll take the three debutants Phillip Sea, Daniel Tande and Johann Forfang at year’s team. It is a rarity that Norway with so many rookies. Anders Jacobsen won the Four Hills Tournament in 2007 and it was the last time a debutant prevailed. Thomas Diethart, who won in 2014, had attended the Austrian quota in 2011.
8 Which Norwegians have been the most times?
Roar Ljøkelsøy tops the statistics by 17 times. At this year’s team is Anders Bardal with for the twelfth time, Jacobsen eighth, Rune Velta fifth, Anders Fannemel third time. Eight Norwegians have won the Four Hills Tournament, 20 Norwegians have won races in the Four Hills Tournament, while 35 Norwegians have been on the podium. Norway was very good in the 60s, while Austrians have won the last six weeks Skip a row. Recent non-Austrian was Finnish Janne Ahonen in 2008.
9 Why has Norway got an extra space in the year so that we thus may have with seven participants?
– Because a Norwegian Johann Forfang, leader Continental Cup (COC), which is a competition at the second highest level. Norway has a tradition of sending the athlete who has managed it but could in principle sent another. Previously, it was more or less freely how many active a country could send and Norway have had eight participants. Germany and Austria have also national quotas, so they can have twelve altogether.
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