Kobayashi with the longest jump ever
Updated 20.03 | Published 19.07
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A monster hill has been built in Iceland under great secrecy.
Under the mysterious circumstances, Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi jumped 291 meters.
Longer than anyone else has jumped – but he is denied the world record.
Information has been scarce.
The company Red Bull has, under great secrecy, built a monster hill on Hlíðarfjall in Iceland.
– Everyone I know has been incredibly committed to finding out more about this. It has been bubbling along pretty well for the past 24 hours, says the Norwegian star Halvor Egner Granerud to NRK.
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“Shockwaves”
This week there was hope on the slopes and Icelandic RUV revealed that it was the Japanese ski jumping star Ryoyu Kobayashi, who took Olympic gold in 2022, who jumped.
Kobayashi is said to have jumped 256 meters on Tuesday, but on Wednesday it narrowed considerably. The Japanese should then have jumped a full 291 meters with the goal of jumping 300 meters.
– It is absolutely incredible. There has been a lot of information to take in, while so little has come out. It sent shock waves in the jumping world, says Egner Granerud.
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Does not count
But it does not count as a world record. After the jump, the International Skiing Federation (FIS) issued a statement that Kobayashi’s 291 meters did not count officially.
Thus, the Austrian Stefan Kraft’s record of 253.5 from 2017 stands.
“Kobayashi’s jump in Iceland was not performed under proper competition conditions or in line with Fi regulations. They were an extraordinary display by an athlete in very special conditions but it cannot be compared to a World Cup competition,” writes Fis.
Norwegian ski jumper Johann André Forfang doesn’t care about that.
– I don’t care about that, I feel. For me, it’s the world record,” he tells NRK and continues:
– I think everyone who watches and cares about ski jumping thinks so. You have to take a stand somehow. Should you be loyal to Fis, or should you be loyal to our sport? For me, sport always comes first.”
