The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 was a world championship in ski flying, held in Vikersund, Norway, from 23 to 26 February 2012. Vikersund hosted the event previously in 1977, 1990, and 2000.
Events leading up to the championships In 2010, the hill was being rebuilt. This process which was started after the 2008-09 Ski Jumping World Cup, extended the length of the hill to HS225, making it the world's largest ski jumping hill. Cost to renovate the hill was planned at 80 million kr (€10 million). Included in the cost was a new judges tower, a ski lift, a spectator area, and wind nets.
Hill construction took place where the old hill that was demolished in 2009. Adjustments was the hill turned several degrees and built into the ground to avoid wind problems. Outrun was elevated in order for it to be the same levels as the rest of the jumping hills at Vikersund.
The first ski flying competition in the hill took place in 1966 and the hill has been rebuilt on several occasions, most recently for the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in 2000 where it was at a K185 position. It should be ready in time for the World Cup competition in February 2011."World's largest hill being built for Vikersund 2012". - accessed 19 March 2011.
Schedule +Vikersundbakken (K-195; HS225) Day Date Event Longest jump of the day (m)Wednesday Feb 22 Hill Test Jumps Thursday Feb 23 Qualification 237.0 - Martin Koch Friday Feb 24 Individual, Day 1 (cancelled) 230.5 - Jurij Tepeš Saturday Feb 25 Individual, Day 2 244.5 - Anders Fannemel Sunday Feb 26 Team event 243.0 - Rune Velta
Results Qualifying 23 February 2012FIS Ski flying World Championships 2012 - Official training 1 and 2 results - Feb 23, 2012. - accessed 23 February 2012.FIS Ski flying World Championships 2012 - Qualification round results - Feb 23, 2012. - accessed 23 February 2012 Rank Bib Name Distance (meters)PointsNote 1st Training 2nd Training Qualifying 43 Andreas Kofler 222.0 211.5 221.0 220.3 Q 46 Rune Velta 208.5 210.0 221.5 216.2 Q 35 Anders Fannemel 183.0 223.5 211.0 202.8 Q 40 Lukas Hlava 200.5 208.5 198.5 196.2 Q 36 Janne Happonen 130.0 184.5 202.5 192.5 Q 27 Vincent Descombes Sevoie 147.5 184.0 222.5 190.4 Q 45 Taku Takeuchi 205.5 196.5 193.5 188.7 Q 28 Jakub Janda 156.0 199.5 199.0 185.7 Q 31 Bjørn Einar Romøren 202.0 213.0 191.0 177.2 Q 34 Maximilian Mechler 193.0 213.0 186.0 174.8 Q 44 Richard Freitag 209.0 211.0 178.5 169.4 Q 30 Jurij Tepeš 209.5 192.0 177.5 167.2 Q 24 Andrea Morassi 202.5 210.0 182.0 166.6 Q 32 Olli Muotka 193.0 207.5 179.0 165.0 Q 26 Krzysztof Miętus 179.0 210.0 194.5 159.2 Q 21 Shohei Tochimoto 197.0 202.5 179.5 156.2 Q 25 Anssi Koivuranta 171.0 212.0 184.5 155.3 Q 29 Denis Kornilov 213.5 173.5 171.0 154.9 Q 41 Andreas Wank 194.5 203.0 164.0 150.9 Q 38 Piotr Żyła 138.0 180.5 164.5 150.8 Q 10 Sebastian Colloredo 165.5 191.5 174.5 150.2 Q 22 Dimitry Vassiliev 203.5 213.5 168.0 145.2 Q 5 Yuta Watase 143.0 146.5 156.5 141.3 Q 13 Anton Kalinitschenko 140.0 144.0 172.5 140.2 Q 16 Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes 194.0 171.0 170.0 137.8 Q 33 Jure Šinkovec 151.5 211.0 156.5 137.7 Q 17 Kaarel Nurmsalu 158.0 166.0 168.5 136.5 Q 23 Maciej Kot 142.0 182.0 158.0 135.4 Q 14 Jan Matura 156.5 198.0 167.0 133.2 Q 12 Matti Hautamäki 162.5 148.0 164.5 132.9 Qnot qualified 2 Jernej Damjan 159.0 190.5 152.0 132.2 9 Emmanuel Chedal 153.5 147.5 157.5 131.9 6 Davide Bresadola 134.0 175.0 148.0 127.2 15 Dimitry Ipatov 139.5 140.0 154.5 118.8 18 Alexey Pchelintsev 137.0 153.0 152.5 110.2 1 Alexey Korolev 145.5 122.0 128.0 95.2 4 Nikolay Karpenko 138.0 137.0 124.0 88.0 7 Carl Nordin 132.0 120.0 117.0 87.3 11 Radik Zhaparov 120.0 128.0 127.5 77.9 prequalified 47 Gregor Schlierenzauer 216.5 200.0 165.5 q 48 Severin Freund 216.5 190.5 184.0 q 49 Roman Koudelka 204.0 204.0 169.5 q 50 Simon Ammann 210.5 204.5 204.0 q 51 Kamil Stoch 204.0 205.0 153.0 q 52 Martin Koch 237.0 219.0 DNS q 53 Thomas Morgenstern 201.5 185.0 DNS q 54 Anders Bardal 193.5 185.5 166.0 q 55 Robert Kranjec 211.5 213.0 200.0 q 56 Daiki Ito 201.0 209.0 196.5 q internal team qualification: did not enter in qualifying round 3 Stefan Hula 151.5 170.5 DNS 8 Antonin Hajek 169.0 180.5 DNS 19 Dejan Judež 159.0 170.5 DNS 20 Alexander Sardyko 122.0 138.0 DNS 37 Tom Hilde 156.5187.0 DNS 39 David Zauner 197.5 207.0 DNS 42 Michael Neumayer 190.5 193.5 DNS
Individual
Day 1 of individual competition, at Feb 24 event was cancelled due to strong wind. At first trial round was cancelled, then after 35 jumpers 1st round was cancelled and second round also. Day 2, at Feb 25 trial round was also cancelled, but manage to finish the 3rd and final round. That was the official result with two series in competition only instead of four series. 24–25 February 2012FIS Ski flying World Championships 2012 - Individual official four rounds results - Feb 25, 2012. - accessed 25 February 2012. Rank Bib Name Distance (meters)Total PointsDay One (Feb 24)Day Two (Feb 25) 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Final Round 39 Robert Kranjec 217.5 244.0 408.7 30 Rune Velta 217.5 234.5 405.7 36 Martin Koch 218.0 243.0 386.2 32 Severin Freund 210.5 208.5 372.6 40 Daiki Ito 206.0 219.0 365.2 27 Andreas Kofler 228.0 216.0 364.2 38 Anders Bardal 212.0 203.5 360.3 37 Thomas Morgenstern 199.5 212.5 360.2 28 Richard Freitag 210.0 212.0 356.3 35 Kamil Stoch 191.0 211.5 353.9 33 Roman Koudelka 189.5 210.0 342.4 17 Jurij Tepeš 235.5 198.0 342.0 22 Anders Fannemel 244.5 179.5 329.5 34 Simon Ammann 203.0 180.0 328.8 23 Janne Happonen 215.0 194.5 328.2 25 Lukas Hlava 204.0 194.5 325.0 26 Andreas Wank 189.5 197.5 320.0 31 Gregor Schlierenzauer 206.5 174.5 317.5 11 Andrea Morassi 205.5 200.5 307.2 14 Vincent Descombes Sevoie 212.5 184.5 305.3 15 Jakub Janda 218.0 173.5 303.7 16 Denis Kornilov 212.5 190.5 301.6 21 Maximilian Mechler 204.5 191.5 301.4 12 Anssi Koivuranta 209.0 194.5 300.7 1 Yuta Watase 216.5 177.5 299.8 20 Jure Šinkovec 215.0 169.5 280.5 3 Matti Hautamäki 212.5 166.0 280.5 5 Jan Matura 208.0 157.0 276.2 18 Bjørn Einar Romøren 199.5 158.5 271.2 19 Olli Muotka 200.0 136.5 227.1 29 Taku Takeuchi 171.5 DNQ 148.2 2 Sebastian Colloredo 191.5 DNQ 147.3 24 Piotr Żyła 168.0 DNQ 133.8 9 Dimitry Vassiliev 186.0 DNQ 130.4 13 Krzysztof Miętus 174.5 DNQ 110.9 6 Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes 160.5 DNQ 107.7 7 Kaarel Nurmsalu 142.5 DNQ 92.6 10 Maciej Kot 159.5 DNQ 90.1 8 Shohei Tochimoto 126.0 DNQ 68.8 4 Anton Kalinitschenko 132.0 DNQ 68.5
Team
26 February 2012FIS Ski flying World Championships 2012 - Team trial round results - Feb 26, 2012. - accessed 26 February 2012.FIS Ski flying World Championships 2012 - Team official results - Feb 26, 2012. - accessed 26 February 2012. Rank Team Distance (meters)Points Trial Round 1st Round Final Round 10-1 Thomas Morgenstern10-2 Andreas Kofler10-3 Gregor Schlierenzauer10-4 Martin Koch 207.5233.0192.0214.0 224.5212.5217.0217.5 225.5210.5190.5218.0 1648.4 8-1 Andreas Wank8-2 Richard Freitag8-3 Maximilian Mechler8-4 Severin Freund 193.0218.5167.5224.5 211.0223.5199.5212.5 214.0230.0208.0213.5 1625.2 7-1 Jernej Damjan7-2 Jurij Tepeš7-3 Jure Šinkovec7-4 Robert Kranjec 194.5222.0201.0233.5 202.0202.0199.5235.5 211.0217.5208.0205.0 1580.4 9-1 Bjørn Einar Romøren9-2 Anders Fannemel9-3 Rune Velta9-4 Anders Bardal 187.5204.0199.0202.0 196.0206.5229.0194.5 172.5199.0243.0211.0 1542.2 6-1 Yuta Watase6-2 Shōhei Tochimoto6-3 Taku Takeuchi6-4 Daiki Ito 161.5186.5194.0236.5 212.0173.0200.5240.0 197.0181.0182.5215.5 1472.9 5-1 Jakub Janda5-2 Jan Matura5-3 Roman Koudelka5-4 Lukas Hlava 198.0170.5165.5197.0 208.0168.0224.5201.0 202.0192.5226.5164.5 1452.1 4-1 Maciej Kot4-2 Piotr Żyła4-3 Krzysztof Miętus4-4 Kamil Stoch 162.5213.5122.0179.5 174.0223.0190.5208.0 178.5232.5202.0196.5 1444.5 2-1 Janne Happonen 2-2 Olli Muotka2-3 Matti Hautamäki2-4 Anssi Koivuranta 221.5213.0202.5200.0 208.0220.5207.5185.0 202.5219.5176.5168.5 1421.7 3-1 Denis Kornilov3-2 Dimitry Ipatov3-3 Anton Kalinitschenko3-4 Dimitry Vassiliev 215.5143.5139.0197.5 207.0DSQ151.5179.5 DNQDNQDNQDNQ 459.0 1-1 Alexey Korolev1-2 Alexey Pchelintsev1-3 Yevgeniy Levkin1-4 Radik Zhaparov 132.0141.0123.0109.0 136.0150.0115.0113.5 DNQDNQDNQDNQ 342.9
Medal table
References
External links
Official website