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Ski Jumping: Frigg

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Chapters: Frigg. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 87. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land the farthest down on the hill below. In addition to the length that skiers jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long (260 to 275 centimetres (100 to 108 in)). Ski jumping is predominantly a winter sport, performed on snow, and is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial surfaces porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill. The Ski Jumping Complex in Pragelato during the 2006 Winter Olympics of Torino. The true sport of ski jumping originates from Morgedal, Norway. Olaf Rye, a Norwegian lieutenant, was the first known ski jumper. In 1809, he launched himself 9.5 metres in the air in front of an audience of other soldiers. By 1862, ski jumpers were tackling much larger jumps and traveling longer. Norway's Sondre Norheim jumped 30 metres over a rock without the benefit of poles. His record stood for three decades. The first proper competition was held in Trysil. The first widely known ski jumping competition was the Husebyrennene, held in Oslo during 1879, with Olaf Haugann of Norway setting the first world record for the longest ski jump at 20 metres. The annual event was moved to Holmenkollen from 1892, and Holmenkollen has remained the pinnacle of ski jumping venues. Today, World Cup ski jumping competitions are held on three types of hills: Normal hill competitionsfor which the calculation line is found at approximately 80100 metres (260330 ft). Distances of up to and over 110 metres (360 ft) can be reached.Large hill competitionsfor which the calculation line is found at approximately 120130 metre...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4005


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156605820
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 141 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156605822
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Frigg
  • Width: 229 mm


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