Word: bischofshofen
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...tournaments and $31,269 on the 1963 pro tour. > Veikko Kankkonen: the international Four Hills ski-jumping tournament, a grueling nine-day test over four separate hills in West Germany and Austria, beating Austria's Baldur Preiml for the title with a leap of 320 ft. at Bischofshofen, Austria...
...Engan still went 292 ft.-16 ft. past the "critical point." or safety limit of the hill. After the first three hills, he had the championship sewed up. "All he needs," said a competitor, "is to toss his shoes over the edge." Yet on the fourth hill at Bischofshofen. he still jumped 320 ft., longest leap of the entire series...
...February, Recknagel flew off with the gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley with one jump of 306 ft. This season, showing the brand of toughness the Finns call sisu, Recknagel has won central Europe's toughest title with a gigantic jump of 323 ft. at Bischofshofen, Austria, in addition has taken a flock of warmup meets against the Austrians...
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