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The competition

  1. What is ski flying?Ski flying is ski jumping on the biggest hills, of 200 m and more.

Scoring

  1. What happens if two ski jumpers have the same score?The total score adds the collective points from the scored rounds, and the highest wins.

The start and officials

  1. When is a ski jumping round restarted?When a jump reaches 95 per cent of the hill size, the jury meets to decide whether the round is safe to continue.
  2. What gets a ski jumper disqualified?An equipment breach, such as an illegal suit or fluor wax, disqualifies the jumper from every round.
  3. Who runs a ski jumping competition?The jury, made up of the technical delegate, the chief of competition and the TD's assistant, runs the event.
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