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On Sunday, USA ski jumper Annika Belshaw was disqualified from the women's large hill individual event because her skis were more than one centimetre too long.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

"Every extra centimetre on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5% bigger surface area, you fly further," said FIS ski jumping men's race director Sandro Pertile.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

The two-time Olympic champion sealed gold with a first-time clearance at 6.15m to end Emmanouil Karalis' admirable challenge then raised the bar to one centimetre higher than he had ever gone before.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

In February 2020, a 20-year-old Armand Duplantis - ‘Mondo’ as he’s more commonly known - broke Lavillenie’s record by one centimetre.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl