The Raw Air 2017 was the first edition of

Raw Air Raw Air is the no break ten-day tournament in ski jumping and ski flying in four venues across Norway. Founded by Arne Åbråten, it is organized as part of the FIS World Cup. Competition Prize money Locations Men's competition will b ...

, a ten-day tournament for men in

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and

ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ra ...

held in

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between 10–19 March 2017. It was part of the

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season.

Fatih Arda İpcioğlu Fatih Arda İpçioğlu (born 28 September 1997) is a Turkish ski jumper and ex national record holder. Career In 2017, he became the first Turkish ski jumper, who scored Continental Cup points in Erzurum; he also became the first Turkish sk ...

represented his country in qualifications of

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as first Turkish ski jumper in history of the World Cup competitions. On 18 March 2017, the

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was improved twice at

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; firstly,

Robert Johansson Robert Høneren Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, having landed a jump of in Vikersund on 18 March 2017. Johansson has often been nicknamed the "Wing Commander" for his di ...

jumped 252 metres (827 ft), and about 30 minutes later

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landed at 253.5 metres (832 ft).

Competition

Prize money

The competition had a record high prize money of €100,000 in total for top 3 competitors in overall standings: €60,000 for the title, €30,000 for the second place and €10,000 for the third place.

Format

The competition was held on four different hills in

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, and

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. It lasted for ten consecutive days with total of 14 rounds from individual events, team events and qualifications (prologues).

Judges

Jury

Walter Hofer is the World Cup race director,

Borek Sedlák Borek Sedlák (born ''Vlástibor'', June 15, 1981) is a Czech former ski jumper and current Assistant Race Director of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. He competed from 2001 to 2014. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he finished ninth in the team large h ...

as his assistant and Arne Åbråten as main coordinator of

Nations

Schedule

Map of hosts

Individual

Team

Raw Air standings

Footnotes

References

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