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| | Norwegian Jumpers -- TIME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) |
 | | Birger Ruud who made the spectators gasp with his prodigious and perfect jump of 216 ft., a whizzing arc ending with the wood slapping evenly on the hard snow. |
 | | Since ski jumping is a matter of confidence and body control, Birger Ruud, like all Kongsberg children, supplemented winter jumping with summertime diving to keep in trim and help develop good technique. |
 | | The Ruuds have a younger brother, Asbjorn, 18. |
| www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,931097,00.html (672 words) |
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