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Rukatunturi ski jumping hill
Ski jumping venue in Kuusamo, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rukatunturi ski jumping hill is a complex of Finnish ski jumping hills located in Ruka – a town located north of Kuusamo – and is the largest ski jumping hill in Finland.[1] It regularly hosts the opening events of the ski jumping World Cup and nordic combined World Cup. It includes the K120 large hill and smaller facilities K64.[2]
Since the 2002–2003 season, Ruka has regularly hosted World Cup competitions, and sometimes also hosts the Continental Cup.
Before the 2016–2017 season, ice tracks were installed on the hill.[3] The large hill and two smaller hills have a plastic matting. The official record is 150.5 metres, jumped by Halvor Egner Granerud, in the Ski Jumping competition in 2022.[4]
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Hill parameters
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- Construction point: 120 m
- Hill size (HS): 142 m
- Official hill record: 150.5 m –
Halvor Egner Granerud (27 November 2022) - Hill record: 153.5 m – Jarl Magnus Riiber (26 November 2023)
- Inrun length: 100.5 m
- Inrun angle: 35°
- Take-off length: 6.75 m
- Take-off angle: 11.3°
- Take-off height: 3.5 m
- Landing angle: 36.9°
- Average speed: 94.7 km/h
The facility is equipped with plastic mattings and has got a porcelain trail in the inrun, a ski lift, an elevator, a heated waiting room and artificial lighting.[5]
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