Lundby landed at a height of 212.5 meters, beating the record set by Ema Klinec a few minutes earlier. She later became the first Norwegian woman to run more than 200 meters.

Soon after, Alexandria Loutitt followed up with a huge jump of 222 meters, stealing the record from Lundby.

– At least it’s nice to have it for a while. It was another good jump and I flew even further. “I think it’s really ironic,” Lundby said.

– It’s magical. We’ll see how long it lasts. Maybe I’ll keep it today. It was quite spectacular, Loutitt told NRK, and was allowed to set records throughout the day.

No one has managed to reach a height of 222 meters. After decades of struggle, the women were finally able to take part in an official ski flight competition this weekend, and on Saturday they completed a practice round with three jumps.

– It has been a long struggle for us to get here. Groups that do this together are very happy, and we celebrate as a group when someone jumps well. When you get a moment like this, you never forget it. This is very important for the environment as a whole, said Loutitt, who became world champion on the big hill in Planica earlier this winter.

– I feel it means a lot for our sport, what we showed here today. That we handled that hill here really well. Her uterus didn’t even fall out either. “Simply put, it was a great day,” said Lundby referring to the fact that it was previously thought that ski jumping was harmful to the uterus.

– A little disappointing

After Loutitt’s record jump, the judges responded by slowing down just before Silje Opseth jumped. First from ledges 19 to 17, before they continued up to ledge 14, which led to a much shorter jump.

– It’s a little disappointing to see, Loutitt said.

– Is it too far down?

– Maybe, but they are here to protect us, he said of the jury.

Opseth didn’t want to disappoint the judges on such a historic day, but felt he had a bit of a checkmate on the final practice jump.

– Have you had a chance to fly?

– It doesn’t seem like it, but maybe it was a bad jump too. Then it will be like this.

Ema Klinec first made history when she set a new world record with a jump of 203 meters.

The previous record of exactly 200 meters was set by Daniela Iraschko-Stolz in 2003.

In the end, four women completed the 200 meters. Yuki Ito landed at 200 meters, in addition to the aforementioned Lundby, Loutitt and Klinec.

– That’s big

The struggle to jump the world’s largest ski jump has been a long one for women.

It has been almost two decades since Anette Sagen faced Torbjørn Yggeseth and the rest of the international jumping committee. He eventually tried himself as a trial jumper, and landed at 174 meters, but was never allowed to compete.

– As far as I know, this is one of the most historic days in modern jumping history. The final obstacle to equality of opportunity. Now girls can compete with boys for the longest ski jump in the world. This has never happened before, said show jumping manager Clas Brede Bråthen.

The fight to get an official ski flying competition had to be taken over from Sagen by Maren Lundby.

In 2021, he and other ski jumpers were pushed over a large hill to be part of the WC for the first time. In 2023, Lundby is one of the main characters most pushing to take a new step, and hold an official competition in ski flying.

– It is very cool. It’s really raw, it’s simple. It was an amazing experience. Now the first jump is complete, and it’s fun, Lundby said