Stefan Kraft wins Raw Air 2024

Stefan Kraft from Austria won Raw Air overall for the third time. He has shown an impressively high level throughout Raw Air. Kraft started by winning the first competition in Holmenkollen and took third place in Sunday's competition in Holmenkollen. This gave him a good position in the overall Raw Air standings. 

In Trondheim, where the World Championships will be held next year, Kraft took the victory in the large hill, which meant that Kraft led with 26 points before the final weekend in Vikersund. 

In Vikersund, the men did the qualification on Friday, which was won by Peter Prevc in what was his last ski flying weekend in Vikersund. In Sunday's first competition, Kraft jumped 244.5 metres and won the first of two competitions on Sunday. In the second competition, Kraft continued to fly far, finishing second behind teammate Daniel Huber and securing the overall victory in Raw Air. Huber climbed up to third place overall with several long flights in Vikersund. Peter Prevc took second place overall in his final Raw Air. 

Top 3
1. Stefan Kraft 2494.7
2. Peter Prevc 2369.1
3. Daniel Huber 2326.7

RESULTS

Eirin Maria Kvandal wins Raw Air 2024

Eirin Maria Kvandal started by winning Friday's qualification in Holmenkollen before continuing her good jumping in Saturday's competition with a third place and finishing the weekend in Holmenkollen by winning both the qualification and the competition on Sunday.

Raw Air continued in Trondheim and Granåsen, Kvandal's home venue. There, the 22-year-old strengthened her grip on the overall Raw Air lead with victory in Tuesday's normal hill competition and second place in Wednesday's large hill. Kvandal thus entered the final weekend in Vikersund as the leader of Raw Air with 53.5 points before Raw Air was decided by ski flying. 

Raw Air finished with ski flying, and Sunday's competition was a day of celebration for the Norwegian women. Eirin Maria Kvandal won the first World Cup competition in women's ski flying and secured the overall Raw Air title. In addition, Silje Opseth flew far down the hill and set a new world record with 230.5 metres and the record jump made her climb all the way up to second place in Raw Air overall.

Top 3
1. Eirin Maria Kvandal 1790,4
2. Silje Opseth 1638,4
3. Eva Pinkelnig 1634,9

RESULts

Trial jumpers in Vikersund

Sølve Jokerud Strand
Oscar Westerheim
Ole Guldbrand Gravermoen
Marcus Grønvold
Sander Modalen Bakken
Tobias Haugelien
Benjamin Pettersen
Torje Seljeset
Nicolai Sundal Eriksen
Adrian Thoen Gundersrud
Martin Tonby Opsahl
Jørgen Oliver Strøm
Lojze Petek
Simen Meen Haugeng
Fredrik Gran
Decker Dean
Casey Larson
Richard Selbekk-Hansen
Andrew Urlaub
Iver Myhre
Christian Røste Solberg
Jo Rømme Mellingsæter
Jesper Ingebrigtsvoll
Anders Håre 
Iver Olaussen
Bendik Heggli 
Kevin Bickner
Sindre Ulven Jørgensen

RAW AIR 2024 is approaching

Soon it's time for RAW AIR 2024 and with a new format for this year's RAW AIR, it will increase the excitement of this year's competition. RAW AIR 2024 starts with Holmenkollen before Granåsen is next and then RAW AIR ends with ski flying in Vikersund. In this year's RAW AIR, the jumpers must master the small, large and ski flying hill to become the winner of RAW AIR 2024.

– Last year we saw the anticipation connected to which of the women who got to jump in Vikersund, now we are adjusting to increase the excitement for the men’s RAW AIR as well. This will heighten the drama and interest around the athletes having to master three different sizes of hills in RAW AIR 2024. This has never happened before, says project leader of the tournament, Ståle Villumstad.

This year's RAW AIR will be the first time a women's ski flying World Cup has been held. The women will jump two World Cup competitions in Vikersund and will finally have the opportunity to compete for the overall World Cup in ski flying.

In just a couple of weeks, the world's most extreme and intense ski jumping tournament will begin. It is once again a tough programme with 16 counting jumps in total for women and men to be completed in just 10 days. This year, there will be more excitement about who will be allowed to jump the last round in Vikersund for both women and men.

The women who will be permitted to start in the ski flying competitions in Vikersund, will be the top 15 from the World Cup-overall, and a possible addition of 5 athletes from the top 15 of RAW AIR after the competitions in Granåsen. The 50 best men in RAW AIR after the competitions in Granåsen will participate in a qualification in Vikersund on the Friday, where 40 will qualify for the competition on Saturday. For the finale on the Sunday, it will only be the 30 best men starting. The 20 best will be jumping in the 2nd round and the top 10 will proceed to a final 3rd round to fight for the RAW AIR overall title.