Word: holmenkollen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moment after the takeoff, soaring through the air at 50 m.p.h., Ski-Jumper Arne Hoel could hear nothing but the wind in his ears. Then he caught the roar of the crowd: 100,000 Norwegian heias (hurrahs) swelling up from the packed slopes of Holmenkollen jump, on the edge of Oslo Fjord. A Norwegian ski crowd can tell a fine leap long before the landing...
...Biggest. One after another, an international field of 130 of the world's best jumpers soared off Holmenkollen before the critical gaze of the style-conscious crowd. After the first jumps, Norway's George Thrane was only a point behind Arne Hoel in form, Austria's Joseph Bradl only 18 in. behind him in distance. But nobody, including World Champion Hans Bjornstad, matched Arne in both style and distance. Bjornstad, winner of the title at Lake Placid last winter, expressed the Norwegian feeling about Holmenkollen. "This is the biggest," he said. "This...
...Norwegians, who ski-jump in droves of thousands on winter Sundays, the Holmenkollen is the World Series, and stars such as Hoel and Bjornstad are Norway's DiMaggios and Musials. Even the arrival of King Haakon last week produced no such resounding heias as did a formful jump. Norwegians get no more chance to practice on the famous slope than anybody else. Tradition and Norwegian sportsmanship keep the hill closed except at championship time, so that local boys will get no undue advantage. This year's event carried more weight than usual. It was the last chance jumpers...