Raw Air

Raw Air
Genre ski jumping
ski flying
Location(s) Norway Oslo (5 rounds)
Norway Lillehammer (3 rounds)
Norway Trondheim (3 rounds)
Norway Vikersund (5 rounds)
Inaugurated 10 March 2017
Founder Arne Åbråten
Organised by International Ski Federation (FIS)

Raw Air is the no break ten-day tournament in ski jumping and ski flying in Norway and founded by Arne Åbråten. It's organized as part of the World Cup competition.

Competition

Prize money

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]

Locations

It will be held on four different ski jumping hills in this order: Oslo (Holmenkollbakken), Lillehammer (Lysgårdsbakken), Trondheim (Granåsen) and Vikersund (Vikersundbakken).

Format

The competition will last for ten days in a row, with no break and 10 events with total of 16 rounds from individual events, team events and qualifications (prologues):

Events Rounds
Individual 4 8 (4x2)
Qualifications 4 4 (4x1)
Team 2 4 (2x2)
Total 10 16

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 253.5 m (832 ft)
Austria Stefan Kraft

Edition

Year Date Winner Second Third
2017 10–19 March Austria Stefan Kraft Poland Kamil Stoch Germany Andreas Wellinger

References

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