The construction point ( ger, Konstruktionspunkt), also known as the K-point or K-spot and formerly critical point, is a line across a

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. It is used to calculate the number of points granted for a given jump. It is therefore also called calculation point or calculation line.

Classification

The distance between construction point and take-off table, measured in meters, was formerly used to classify the size of a ski jumping hill. Since mid-2004, the hills are instead categorized by the

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. Nearly all competitions in the

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use large hills with a construction point between 120 and 130. The largest is

Mühlenkopfschanze Mühlenkopfschanze is a ski jumping hill located in Willingen, Germany. The audience capacity is 35,000. With a K-point of , it is the largest ski jumping hill in the world, and holds World Cup events every year. The current hill record of was ...

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. In addition, there is a bi-annual FIS Ski-Flying World Championship, which is held in one of the world's five ski flying hills:

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in Norway, Letalnica Bratov Gorišek in Slovenia,

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in the Czech Republic, Heini Klopfer Ski Jump in Germany and Kulm in Austria. In the

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, and

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, both normal and large hills are used. In the

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, there is one competition on the normal hill, one on the large hill, and a team competition on the large hill.

Scoring

Ski jumping competitions are based on a point system which combines points for length and style. The distance points plus the judges marks result in the total score. For hills up to large, the scoring system grants 60 points to jumps which reach the K-point. For ski flying hills, 120 points are granted for the K-point length. Based on the hills length, distance points are calculated, which is added for each meter beyond the K-point and subtracted for each point shorter than the K-point. A meter has more distance points in smaller hills. For example: On a K120 hill (Calculation point 120 m) the meter value is 1.8 points. So a 122 m jump would be worth 63.6 points, a 118 m jump only 56.4 points.

References

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