The Japanese hill jumper hit an unprecedented long jump – the Finnish coach was involved in the feat | Sport

Ryoyu Kobayashi flew as high as 291 meters in the conditions built by the energy drink giant Red Bull.

A Japanese jumper who is one of the biggest stars in men’s ski jumping Ryoyu Kobayashi unleashed a real terror on Wednesday. The energy drink giant Red Bull, which built a giant in Iceland, said on Instagram that Kobayashi’s jump carried an unimaginable 291 meters.

– Such a jump has been my dream for a long time, and I’ve always wanted to jump further than anyone else and stretch the limits of the possible, the record I tried for two days Kobayashi said.

The official world record result for hill jumping is 253.5 meters, to which the Austrian Stefan Kraft stretched on Vikersund’s flight hill in 2017. However, Kobayashi’s feat is not a new world record due to unofficial conditions, said the International Ski Federation FIS.

The Japanese jumper has the second longest jump of 252 meters.

Among other things, the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK reported that Kobayashi’s goal is to exceed 300 meters.

– Absolutely incredible. This came as a shock to the hill districts. On the one hand, it would have been great if he had reached more than 300 meters, but on the other hand, it would be a bit unfair if he broke that limit in a place where no one else has had the chance to try, top Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud reflected to NRK.

Served as Kobayashi’s coach for a long time Janne Väätäinen was involved in a jumping adventure.

– These couple of days have been crazy and I have a lot of thoughts going through my head now. It is wonderful and exciting to see this come to fruition. It was hard to know what to expect before the first jump. The end was a rollercoaster of emotions, Väätäinen said.