Salpausselkä (ski jump)

60.98333333333325.629444444444Koordinaten: 60 ° 59 '0 "N, 25 ° 37' 46" E

The Salpausselkä Jump is a jumping facility in Lahti, Finland. It is named after the Salpausselkä ridge. Every year there the Lahti Ski Games held since 1997 (with interruptions, regularly from 2004 to 2010 ) was held in the framework and the opening event of the Nordic Tournament.

  • 3.1 Specifications
  • 3.2 hill record

History

In 1923, the Lahti Ski Games were first held, was there, and there are next to the ski jumping competitions and cross-country skiing and Nordic combined. 1926, the Nordic World Ski Championships was first held in Lahti, Southern Finland and made the city so that the international winter sports center. Then filed a width of 38.5 meters for the victory jump on the normal hill.

1938 jumps and ski stadium for the second Nordic World Ski Championships were newly built and before around 100,000 spectators jumped on for the first time competitively. Even during the war years ski jumping competitions were held, especially national championships, where many jumpers came directly from the front.

1957 jumps and jumping stadium was once again radically renewed in 1958 was once again the Nordic World Championships in Lahti instead. The competition on the normal hill was won by local hero Juhani Kärkinen.

In 1971, the new building in its current location, a K90 and a K70 were now built. In 1978 the fourth Nordic World Ski Championships held in Lahti.

In 1985, the hills were eventually built in the present form, ie a HS 130, HS 97 and HS 70 a Bakken All three are covered with mats. Since then, smaller profile adjustments have been carried out to the hills on the current state of the art keep coming back.

In 2001, for the sixth time in Lahti Nordic World Ski Championships take place, which is a " record ".

Lahti is candidate to host the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2017 ..

HS 130 ( large hill )

Since the founding of the World Cup in the 1979/80 season can be found the Great Salpausselkä hill regularly in the calendar. Since 1997 ( regularly since 2004 ), the opening event of the Nordic Tournament took place here. In the season 2006/2007 Poland's Adam Malysz won the competition on 11 March 2007 for themselves. In the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001, Germany was Martin Schmitt triumph in the individual event, and the team competition on the large hill went to the German team.

Specifications

Hill record

Hill record development

Development of the ski jump cup record since 2001.

HS 97 ( normal hill )

The normal hill still has a valid FIS certificate. Occasionally even international competitions are held on it. In the so far last World Cup 2001 Poland's Adam Malysz decided the individual competition for themselves, team gold went to Austria. Beginning of March 2012 also found again World Cup competition on the normal hill instead, because jumps on the large hill due to the wind conditions were not possible. While the Austrian team won the team competition, under which the Slovenian Jurij Tepeš with 101 meters set a new hill record for themselves, the Japanese Daiki Ito succeeded the individual victory.

Specifications

Hill record

Further jumps

In addition to the above treated jumps are in the area following jumps: K64, K38, K25, K15, K8, K6; These serve as an important training center for the Finnish ski jumping.

Special

The outlet area of ​​the large hill is used in summer as a swimming pool, so that Matt jumps only on the smaller jumps are possible.

International Competitions

Called all be organized by the FIS jump competitions

703373
de