69 competitors from 19 countries. That is how many were registered as at the competitors meeting this afternoon. There were 57 competitors in Sydney at the World Cup last year.
The 2 Ukrainians were delayed due to an Air France strike and have done no training jumps. They get to do a practise jump in the morning before round 1 begins, that is the drifter load.
This is going to be a very exciting competition. The unnoficial speed world record is 2.44 seconds, Marat Leiras did a blistering 2.1 yesterday in training. The distance world record is 155m and so far there are about 6 or 7 competitors having gone beyond the 160m mark in training.
Bring on round 1!
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