Ski jumping - Planica

Planica, Saturday, 21st of March 2015 –Team competition

Program

04.00 Departure from the bus station in front of Turistica

04.20 Departure from the bus station in the center of Izola

04.40 Departure from the bus station in Koper (Oli Burger)

06.15 Departure from the parking + bus station in Ljubljana (Dolgi most)

09.00 Trial round

10.00 First round

11.00 Final round

12.00 Solemn announcement of results

12.20 Entertainment program – Band Cover Lover

15.00 Departure from Planica

16.00 Possible stop in Bled and coming home in the reverse order at 21.00 (foreseen).

Planica is famous for ski jumping. The first ski jumping hill was constructed before 1930 at the slope of Mount Ponca. In 1934, Stanko Bloudek built a larger hill, known as the "Bloudek Giant". The first ski jump over 100 m was achieved here in 1936 by the Austrian Sepp Bradl. At the time, this was the biggest jumping hill in the world, sometimes called "the mother of all jumping hills." In 1969, a new K-185 hill, Letalnica Bratov Gorišek, was built by Lado and Janez Gorišek. Between 1985, when Matti Nykänen flew 191 m, and 2011, new world records have always been set at Planica rather than any other ski jumping hill (e.g., Kulm in Austria, Harrachov in the Czech Republic, Oberstdorf in Germany, or Vikersundbakken in Norway). After its 2010 rebuilding, Vikersundbakken is the biggest hill in the world, and the current world record is set there.

In 1994, Toni Nieminen of Finland was the first ski jumper in history to jump over 200 m. The hill record is 239 m, set by Bjørn Einar Romøren of Norway in March 2005, which at the time was a world record. The ski jumping infrastructure was recently completely renovated and the old K-130 hill was rebuilt.

This year’s finals of the World Cup ski jumping will be renewed and extended, which will allow flights to 250 meters.

Hill name	Location	K-point	Hill size	Hill record
Vikersundbakken	Vikersund, Norway	K-200	HS 225	251.5 metres (825 ft)
Letalnica Bratov Gorišek	Planica, Slovenia	K-200	HS 225	239.0 metres (784.1 ft)
Kulm	Bad Mitterndorf, Austria	K-200	HS 225	237.5 metres (779 ft)
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	Oberstdorf, Germany	K-185	HS 213	225.5 metres (740 ft)
Čerťák	Harrachov, Czech Republic	K-185	HS 205	214.5 metres (704 ft)
Copper peak	Ironwood, MI, USA	K-145	HS 180	158.0 metres (518.4 ft)