Hi! Sorry for the long answer, it took me some time to refind the record myself :) So, you can see Jiri Raska's jump on the Europeana platform. The exact title is "On Seventh Track 22/03/1972", and the flight itself starts on 1:06. So why do I claim this jump to be the Jiri's record? First of all, the film, according to its title, was aired on March 22nd, 1972, so it can't be any of the 1972's jumps, since the championships started several days later. The only year when Velikanka was used before 1972 was 1969, when the hill was opened. There were only four 156-meter-long flights in 1969: Bjorn Wirkola's record on the first day of the competition (could be seen in the video), Jiri Raska's and Manfred Wolf's flights on the second day, and another Jiri Raska's flight on the third day. It couldn't be Manfred Wolf because of several things. First of all, the style. Manfred tended to keep the skis strictly parallel and close to the body, while Jiri had his unique technique of keeping the skis more freely, with left ski being slightly under the right one. Second, the hat. Manfred competed in the hat with the dark top, which could be seen both in his record jump on the third day and in compilation from the first day. Jiri's hat had that little white top, just like in his 164 m jump from that same day. The jumper on the video has that white top on his hat. And finally, I checked the Delo newspaper from that same day, and it says the following: "The deeper he fell, the more the noise grew among the several thousand spectators. Shortly before the line marking 160 m, Raska landed in a nice telemark, took off his cap before the stop and happily raised his hands." And it seems to me that that's exactly what's happening on the video.
Great video! One missing record however, Tommy Ingebrigtsen jumped 231m in the trial round 20.03.2005, tying the current record. (Romøren jumped 234.5m a couple of minutes later)
This video shows the records only up to the year of 1991, you can find the later records (including the Ingebrigtsen's 231 m one), in another video on this channel
I doubt it. Geir set his world record during the official training session, the day before the competition began. The judges also announced that he only flew 167 m, and he wasn't told the real distance until the next day. But we have an image of him during the flight, you can find it online
Wow! Great video! How did you get the first Jiri Raska record? I was searching that for ages now.
Hi! Sorry for the long answer, it took me some time to refind the record myself :)
So, you can see Jiri Raska's jump on the Europeana platform. The exact title is "On Seventh Track 22/03/1972", and the flight itself starts on 1:06.
So why do I claim this jump to be the Jiri's record? First of all, the film, according to its title, was aired on March 22nd, 1972, so it can't be any of the 1972's jumps, since the championships started several days later. The only year when Velikanka was used before 1972 was 1969, when the hill was opened. There were only four 156-meter-long flights in 1969: Bjorn Wirkola's record on the first day of the competition (could be seen in the video), Jiri Raska's and Manfred Wolf's flights on the second day, and another Jiri Raska's flight on the third day.
It couldn't be Manfred Wolf because of several things. First of all, the style. Manfred tended to keep the skis strictly parallel and close to the body, while Jiri had his unique technique of keeping the skis more freely, with left ski being slightly under the right one. Second, the hat. Manfred competed in the hat with the dark top, which could be seen both in his record jump on the third day and in compilation from the first day. Jiri's hat had that little white top, just like in his 164 m jump from that same day. The jumper on the video has that white top on his hat.
And finally, I checked the Delo newspaper from that same day, and it says the following:
"The deeper he fell, the more the noise grew among the several thousand spectators. Shortly before the line marking 160 m, Raska landed in a nice telemark, took off his cap before the stop and happily raised his hands."
And it seems to me that that's exactly what's happening on the video.
Great video! One missing record however, Tommy Ingebrigtsen jumped 231m in the trial round 20.03.2005, tying the current record. (Romøren jumped 234.5m a couple of minutes later)
(Tommy jumped 231m, 231m, and 236m (fall) that day)
This video shows the records only up to the year of 1991, you can find the later records (including the Ingebrigtsen's 231 m one), in another video on this channel
@@cheongseo2319 My bad! I commented on the wrong vid, lol
Geir Ove Berg 173m 1976 (Oberstdorf)? Does anyone have that footage?
I doubt it. Geir set his world record during the official training session, the day before the competition began. The judges also announced that he only flew 167 m, and he wasn't told the real distance until the next day. But we have an image of him during the flight, you can find it online
Great Movie, but you could have replayet