FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 explained

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
Host City:Val di Fiemme, Italy
Nations:56
Events:21
Opening:20 February 2013
Closing:3 March 2013
Stadium:Trampolino dal Ben
Website:Fiemme2013.com
Previous:2011

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took place between 20 February and 3 March 2013 in Val di Fiemme, Italy, for the third time, the event having been hosted there previously in 1991 and 2003.

Host selection

The 2013 championships had a submission deadline of 1 May 2007 to the International Ski Federation (FIS). The facility was chosen at the International Ski Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, on 29 May 2008.[1] Five cities submitted bids for this event.[2] This bid questionnaire used for the upcoming Nordic skiing championships was also used for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013.[3]

CityCountryPrevious championships hostedFIS delegation visit [4]
Falun1954, 1974, 199318–19 September 2007
Lahti1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 200117–18 September 2007
Oberstdorf1987, 200520–21 August 2007
Val di Fiemme1991, 200327–28 August 2007
Zakopane1929, 1939, 196222–23 August 2007

The finalist cities' deadline for the application was 15 August 2007. From 20 August to 19 September 2007, the FIS Inspection group, led by Secretary-General Sarah Lewis, visited each candidate city for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013. The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 (Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), Schladming (Austria), St. Moritz (Switzerland), and Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado (United States)) (The deadline for the alpine skiing championships was 31 August 2007) were visited in late 2007. This task force consisted of FIS officials and representatives of the European Broadcasting Union to review the proposed event and act as an advisory body on the feasibility of the implementation. A final report was presented to the FIS Council, FIS Technical Committee, and National Ski Associations in April 2008.[5]

On 12–13 October 2007, delegates for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (five total), FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (four total), FIS Ski-Flying World Championships (two total), and FIS Freestyle World Championships (two total) met in Cape Town to review the rules regarding the promotional activities during the Congress. The decision took place in Cape Town with the 17-member FIS Council in May 2008.

The finalist candidates were posted in the 14 May 2008 FIS Newsflash in an effort to show their candidacy prior to the 29 May 2008 selection.[6]

The winner was announced to be Val di Fiemme on the third ballot of exhaustive voting, who will host their third championships.[7]

Voting results[8]

CityFirst voteSecond voteFinal vote
Val di Fiemme678
Falun455
Zakopane332
Lahti21Out
Oberstdorf1OutOut

The four cities that lost the bid for the 2013 championships submitted their bids for the 2015 championships on 1 May 2009.[9]

Coordination group

2008

The coordination group for the event first took place on 24 September 2008.[10] Local organization has already taken place given the area has hosted numerous World Cup events in cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping, along with the Tour de Ski competitions. The focus in 2008 was to develop activities for festivals leading up to and at the championships. A young team called "Vision 2013" will work with the tourism association in the Trentino to develop destination packages with the championships.

2009

The organizing committee for the 2009 championships in Liberec met in Oslo with the organizing committee of the 2011 championships on 20 April 2009 to discuss lessons learned. In the presentation was a comprehensive and frank analysis of the critical areas of Liberec's organization. Key success factors were detailed and lessons learned were elaborated, including several recommendations to both the 2011 championships and the organizing committee for the 2013 championships. Besides the 2009, 2011, and 2013 organizing committees in attendance, other attendees included the Norwegian Ski Federation, the European Broadcasting Union television, FIS, and the APF marketing partners.[11] A second organizing committee meeting took place in Val di Fiemme on 3 June 2009 headed by Piero De Godenz and Angelo Corradini.[12] In discussion was great strides in facility upgrades in time for the 2012 test events, along with legacy usage after the championships. Also included were marketing campaigns with EBU and with support from the local area. At a meeting in Cavalese on 26 October 2009, the organizing committee presented a detailed chart where each person listed had specific responsibilities.[13] Most of coordinating group members also participated in the 1991 and 2003 championships. In January 2010, the city hosted the last two stages in the 2009–10 Tour de Ski, the 100th FIS World Cup staged by the Coordinating Group. Marketing and communications presented the event's mission and vision while the technical side involved sport structure, roads, and media broadcasting.

2010

At a 12 May 2010 meeting held in Cavalese, main issues dealt with were event marketing and communications.[14] Venue construction, most notably the Predazzo ski jump renovation, was also discussed. Host broadcaster RAI presented its proposed infrastructure for broadcasting the event, including the addition fibre-optic cable for coverage. FIS Secretary-General Sarah Lewis stated that 700 people, including many youth, had volunteered for the championships as of May 2010.

Schedule

All times are local.

Cross-country
DateTimeEvent
21 February 12:45 Men's & women's sprint
23 February 12:45 Women's 2x7.5 km skiathlon
14:15 Men's 2x15 km skiathlon
24 February 12:00 Men's & women's team sprint
26 February 12:45 Women's 10 km freestyle
27 February 12:45 Men's 15 km freestyle
28 February 12:45 Women's 4 x 5 km relay
1 March 13:30 Men's 4 x 10 km relay
2 March 12:15 Women's 30 km classic
3 March 12:30 Men's 50 km classic
Nordic combined
DateTimeEvent
22 February 10:00
15:00
HS106 / 10 km
24 February 10:00
15:00
Team HS106 / 4x5 km
28 February 10:00
15:30
HS134 / 10 km
2 March 10:00
15:00
Team sprint HS134 / 2x7.5 km
Ski jumping
DateTimeEvent
22 February 16:00 Women's HS106
23 February 17:00 Men's HS106
24 February 17:00 Team mix HS106
28 February 17:00 Men's HS134
2 March 16:30 Men's team HS134

Events

Cross-country skiing

Men's

15 kilometre freestyle interval start[15]
Petter Northug
34:37.1Johan Olsson
34:48.9Tord Asle Gjerdalen
34:59.4
30 kilometre pursuit[16]
Dario Cologna
1:13:09.3Martin Johnsrud Sundby
1:13:11.1Sjur Røthe
1:13:11.3
50 kilometre classical mass start[17]
Johan Olsson
2:10:41.4Dario Cologna
2:10:54.3Alexey Poltoranin
2:10:58.2
4 × 10 kilometre relay[18]

Tord Asle Gjerdalen
Eldar Rønning
Sjur Røthe
Petter Northug
1:41:37.2
Daniel Richardsson
Johan Olsson
Marcus Hellner
Calle Halfvarsson
1:41:38.4
Evgeniy Belov
Maxim Vylegzhanin
Alexander Legkov
Sergey Ustiugov
1:41:39.6
Sprint[19]
Nikita Kriukov
3:30.4Petter Northug
3:30.8Alex Harvey
3:31.2
Team sprint[20]

Alexei Petukhov
Nikita Kriukov
21:30.98
Marcus Hellner
Emil Jönsson
21:31.44
Nikolay Chebotko
Alexey Poltoranin
21:31.71

Women's

10 kilometre freestyle interval start[21]
Therese Johaug
25:23.4Marit Bjørgen
25:33.6Yuliya Chekaleva
25:56.1
15 kilometre pursuit[22]
Marit Bjørgen
39:04.4Therese Johaug
39:07.8Heidi Weng
39:19.3
30 kilometre classical mass start[23]
Marit Bjørgen
1:27:19.9Justyna Kowalczyk
1:27:23.6Therese Johaug
1:27:28.6
4 × 5 kilometre relay[24]

Heidi Weng
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
1:00:36.5
Ida Ingemarsdotter
Emma Wikén
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
1:01:02.7
Julia Ivanova
Alia Iksanova
Mariya Guschina
Yuliya Chekaleva
1:01:22.3
Sprint[25]
Marit Bjørgen
3:16.6Ida Ingemarsdotter
3:18.9Maiken Caspersen Falla
3:20.4
Team sprint[26]

Jessie Diggins
Kikkan Randall
20:24.44
Charlotte Kalla
Ida Ingemarsdotter
20:32.24
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja
Krista Lahteenmäki
20:35.59

Nordic combined

Individual large hill/10 km[27]
Eric Frenzel
27:22.8Bernhard Gruber
27:59.5Jason Lamy-Chappuis
28:00.0
Individual normal hill/10 km[28]
Jason Lamy-Chappuis
29:13.2Mario Stecher
29:13.4Björn Kircheisen
29:13.5
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[29]

François Braud
Maxime Laheurte
Sébastien Lacroix
Jason Lamy-Chappuis
57:34.0
Jørgen Gråbak
Håvard Klemetsen
Magnus Krog
Magnus Moan
57:34.4
Taylor Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Todd Lodwick
Bill Demong
57:38.2
Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km[30]

Sébastien Lacroix
Jason Lamy-Chappuis
35:37.9
Wilhelm Denifl
Bernhard Gruber
35:54.5
Tino Edelmann
Eric Frenzel
36:21.8

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013.

Men's

Men's individual normal hill (HS106)[31]
Anders Bardal
252.6Gregor Schlierenzauer
248.4Peter Prevc
244.3
Men's individual large hill (HS134)[32]
Kamil Stoch
295.8Peter Prevc
289.7Anders Jacobsen
289.1
Men's team large hill (HS134)[33]

Wolfgang Loitzl
Manuel Fettner
Thomas Morgenstern
Gregor Schlierenzauer
1135.9
Andreas Wank
Severin Freund
Michael Neumayer
Richard Freitag
1121.8
Maciej Kot
Piotr Żyła
Dawid Kubacki
Kamil Stoch
1121.0

Women's

Women's individual normal hill (HS106)[34]
Sarah Hendrickson
253.7Sara Takanashi
251.0Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
237.2

Mixed

Mixed team normal hill (HS106)[35]

Yuki Ito
Daiki Ito
Sara Takanashi
Taku Takeuchi
1011.0
Chiara Hölzl
Thomas Morgenstern
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
Gregor Schlierenzauer
986.7
Ulrike Gräßler
Richard Freitag
Carina Vogt
Severin Freund
984.9

Participating nations

700 athletes 56 countries are scheduled to compete, an increase of 6 from 2011.[36] Togo is scheduled to make its debut appearance.

External links

Notes and References

  1. FIS Newsflash 148. 10 October 2007.
  2. FIS Newsflash 125. 2 May 2007.
  3. http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/questionnaire-fis-wsc-2013-al-no.pdf FIS-Ski.com questionnaire for the FIS World Ski Championships 2013 (Alpine and Nordic)
  4. FIS Newsflash 146. 26 September 2007.
  5. FIS Newsflash 140. 15 August 2007.
  6. FIS Newsflash 179. 14 May 2008.
  7. http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/29052008/30/nordische-ski-wm-2013-val-di-fiemme.html Eurosport.com Germany announcement of Val di Fiemme's awarding of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
  8. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/home-page/home-page-2.html?actu_id_1127=887&actu_page_1127=1 FIS announces winners of the 2012 and 2013 championships (Nordic shown for report).
  9. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/news/fisnews/fisnews.html?actu_id_444=1883&actu_page_444=1 FIS-Ski.com 5 May 2009 announcement on the applicants for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.
  10. FIS NewsFlash 198. 24 September 2008.
  11. FIS Newsflash 228. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  12. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/home-page/home-page-222.html?actu_id_1475=1926&actu_page_1475=1 FIS-Ski.com 4 June 2009 on the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013.
  13. http://www.fis-ski.com/?actu_id_1335=2273&actu_page_1335=1 28 October 2009 FIS-Ski.com article on Coordination Group meeting going ahead of schedule.
  14. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/news/fisnews/fisnews.html?actu_id_444=3196&actu_page_444=1 "Val di Fiemme 2013 on track."
  15. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2688/2013CC2688RL.pdf Men's 15 kilometre freestyle interval start Results
  16. Web site: Men's 30 kilometre pursuit Results . 23 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228025407/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2684/2013CC2684RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  17. Web site: Men's 50 kilometre classical mass start Results . 3 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130319115639/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2692/2013CC2692RL.pdf . 19 March 2013 . dead .
  18. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2690/2013CC2690RL.pdf Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay Results
  19. Web site: Men's Sprint Results . 21 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228003902/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2682/2013CC2682RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  20. Web site: Men's team sprint Results . 24 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228150519/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2686/2013CC2686RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  21. Web site: Women's 10 kilometre freestyle Results . 26 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130319051147/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2687/2013CC2687RL.pdf . 19 March 2013 . dead .
  22. Web site: Women's 15 kilometre pursuit Results . 23 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228025405/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2683/2013CC2683RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  23. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2691/2013CC2691RL.pdf Women's 30 kilometre classical mass start Results
  24. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2689/2013CC2689RL.pdf Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Results
  25. Web site: Women's Sprint Results . 21 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228014435/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2680/2013CC2680RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  26. Web site: Women's team sprint Results . 24 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228014441/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2685/2013CC2685RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  27. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/NK/4141/2013NK4141ROF.pdf Individual large hill/10km Results
  28. Web site: Individual normal hill/10km Results . 22 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228004152/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/NK/4139/2013NK4139ROF.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  29. Web site: Team normal hill/4 × 5 km Results . 24 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228084150/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/NK/4140/2013NK4140ROF.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  30. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/NK/4142/2013NK4142ROF.pdf Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km Results
  31. Web site: Men's individual normal hill Results . 23 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228004138/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/JP/3801/2013JP3801RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  32. http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/JP/3804/2013JP3804RL.pdf Men's individual large hill Results
  33. Web site: Men's team large hill Results . 2 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130319051258/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/JP/3805/2013JP3805RL.pdf . 19 March 2013 . dead .
  34. Web site: Women's individual normal hill Results . 23 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228014458/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/JP/3799/2013JP3799RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  35. Web site: Mixed team normal hill Results . 24 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228014501/http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/JP/3802/2013JP3802RL.pdf . 28 February 2013 . dead .
  36. http://www.fiemme2013.com/en/teams_nations_signed_up.php Teams Enrolled