Ski flying
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Ski flying is an extreme version of ski jumping. The events take place on big hills with a K-spot on at least 185 meters. There are five ski flying hills in the world today. Vikersundbakken in Vikersund/Norway, Oberstdorf/Germany, Kulm/Austria, Letalnica in Planica/Slovenia and in Harrachov in the Czech Republic. The sixth hill, Copper Peak in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is currently disused although there are some plans to rebuild it to FIS standards. [1] The biggest hill is in Planica, where all the longest ski jumps have been jumped. It's possible to jump over 200 meters in all the ski flying hills, and the current World Record is 239 meters, set by Norwegian Bjørn Einar Romøren in Planica 2005. The longest ever jump was actually 240 meters long, achieved by Janne Ahonen at the same competition, but it has not been homologated as the record because Ahonen fell as soon as he landed. Since 1972 there's been held a Ski-flying World Championship every second year.
[edit] Records
[edit] National records
| Rank | Nation | Record holder | Length |
| 1. |  Norway |
Bjørn Einar Romøren | 239 meters |
| 2. |  Finland |
Matti Hautamäki | 235.5 meters |
| 3. |  Austria |
Andreas Widhölzl | 231 meters |
| 4. |  Slovenia |
Robert Kranjec | 229 meters |
| 5. |  Russia |
Dimitri Vassiliev | 228 meters |
| 6. |  Germany |
Michael Neumayer | 227.5 meters |
| 7. |  Poland |
Adam Małysz | 225 meters |
| 8. |  Japan |
Daiki Ito | 222.5 meters |
| 9. |  United States |
Alan Alborn | 221.5 meters |
| 10. |  United Kingdom |
Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards | 105 meters |
