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Raw Air
Genreski jumping
ski flying
Location(s)Oslo
Lillehammer
Trondheim
Vikersund
Inaugurated10 March 2017
Organised byInternational Ski Federation

Raw Air is an upcoming ten days tournament in ski jumping and ski flying, founded as part of World Cup to be held in Norway on four different ski jumping hills: Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim and Vikersund. The competition will last with no break for 10 days with total of 16 rounds to be calculated in overall standings: 8 rounds from four individual events, 4 rounds from two team events and all 4 qualifications rounds. Qualification round is called prologue and individual two rounds results from each team event will count in overall standings.

The competition will have prize money of €100,000 in total for top three competitors in overall standings: €60,000 for the title, for second place €30,000 and for third place in overall €10,000.[1]

Competition format

A total of ten competition events with all 16 rounds from individual events, team events and qualifications (prologues) will count in Raw Air overall standings:

  • eight individual rounds from four individual events (4x2=8)
  • four individual series from both team events (2x2=4)
  • all four qualification rounds (4x1=4, prologues)

Hosts

Map

Hill records

# Image Name Location Hill record
1 Holmenkollbakken Oslo 142.5 m (468 ft)
Norway Anders Jacobsen
2 Lysgårdsbakken Lillehammer 146.0 m (479 ft)
Switzerland Simon Ammann
3 Granåsen Trondheim 146.0 m (479 ft)
Norway Anders Bardal
4 Vikersundbakken Vikersund 251.5 m (825 ft)
Norway Anders Fannemel

Edition

No. Date Winner Second Third
1 10–19 March 2017

References

  1. ^ "RAW AIR: 10 days Ski Jumping on the edge". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.