FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
The 47th Nordic World Ski Championships was held from 18 February to 1 March 2009 in the Czech town of Liberec instead. This was decided on 3 June 2004 during the FIS Congress in Miami (USA). Liberec sat down in a crucial vote with 11:4 votes against the Norwegian capital Oslo by.
This was the second time a Czech city hosted the Nordic World Ski Championships. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1925, the competitions were organized in Jánské Lázně.
At the 2009 World Championships Women's competitions were first held in ski jumping and a mass start competition, the combiner.
- 5.1 Sprint Freestyle
- Classic 5.2 Team Sprint
- 5.3 10 km classic
- 5.4 30 km freestyle
- 5.5 15 km pursuit race
- 5.6 4x5 km relay
- 6.1 Single ( large hill HS134/10 km )
- 6.2 Mass Start (10 km cross-country skiing / normal hill )
- 6.3 Single ( Normalschanze/10 km )
- 6.4 team ( Großschanze/4x5 km )
- 7.1 Normal Hill
- 7.2 Large Hill
- 7.3 jumping team large hill
- 8.1 Normal Hill
Competitions
In cross-country skiing were held single and two team events for men and women four. The discharged as double tracking Pursuit (15 km women, 30 km men) and the squadrons were gone part distances in both classic and free technique. In the other race, the technique from the previous World Cup in 2007 was, as usual Nordic World Ski Championships, varied. The sprint competitions and the long-distance mass start race (30 km women, 50 km men) were run in the freestyle, the team sprint and middle-distance individual start race (10 km women, 15 km men) in classical technique.
In the Nordic Combined carried out for the World Cup reforms of the discipline were also used in the World Championships. Instead of the previously usual Individual and Sprint competitions individual events, each with only a jump of large and normal hill and the following 10 km cross-country now took place. In addition, a mass start competition was held at the World Cup for the first time. This competition variant was abolished by the reform indeed, but the race remained in the World Cup program, as he was already terminated. For future World Championships, this competition is no longer occurring. In addition, a team competition was held.
In ski jumping for the first time a world champion was determined after women had previously participated in the Junior World Championships since 2006. The competition was held on the normal hill. On the men's individual competition of normal and large hill and a team competition on the large hill took place.
Participant
Including spare people who participated only at the training passages, 589 athletes from 61 countries were registered for the World Championships. Ultimately, participated in the competitions 549 athletes from 61 countries participated.
A detailed list can be found at Nordic World Ski Championships 2009/Teilnehmer.
- Algeria Algeria (1)
- Andorra Andorra ( 1)
- Argentina Argentina (1)
- Armenia Armenia ( 5)
- Australia (11 )
- Belgium Belgium (2)
- Bermuda Bermuda ( 1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 5)
- Brazil Brazil ( 4)
- Bulgaria Bulgaria ( 5)
- People's Republic of China People's Republic of China ( 6)
- Denmark Denmark ( 7)
- Germany Germany (27 )
- Estonia Estonia ( 20)
- Finland Finland ( 25)
- France (28 )
- Greece Greece (5 1 non-runner )
- India India ( 3)
- Iran Iran ( 3)
- Ireland Ireland ( 4)
- Israel Israel (1)
- Italy Italy ( 32)
- Japan Japan (20 )
- Canada Canada ( 17 1 non-runner )
- Kazakhstan (21 )
- Kenya ( 1)
- Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan ( 3)
- Croatia Croatia ( 3)
- Latvia Latvia ( 6)
- Lithuania Lithuania ( 4)
- Luxembourg Luxembourg ( 1)
- Macedonia Macedonia ( 8)
- Moldova Moldova ( 3)
- Mongolia Mongolia ( 4)
- Nepal Nepal ( 1)
- New Zealand New Zealand ( 4)
- Netherlands Netherlands (2)
- Norway Norway ( 32)
- Austria Austria (17 )
- Peru ( 1)
- Poland Poland ( 12)
- Portugal Portugal (1)
- Romania Romania (2 2 non- starters)
- Russia Russia ( 33)
- Sweden Sweden (20 )
- Switzerland Switzerland (16 )
- Serbia Serbia ( 4)
- Slovakia Slovakia (11 )
- Slovenia Slovenia ( 16)
- Spain ( 4)
- South Africa South Africa (1 )
- Flag of South Korea South Korea ( 2)
- Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago ( 1)
- Czech Republic Czech Republic (24 2 non-runner )
- Turkey Turkey (3)
- Ukraine Ukraine ( 16)
- Hungary Hungary ( 10)
- Venezuela Venezuela ( 1)
- United Kingdom United Kingdom (6 )
- United States United States ( 24)
- Belarus Belarus ( 10)
Venues
The cross-country competitions were in the south of Liberec, held in the district Vesec. There is a ski area was created specially for the World Championships. This was not completed until shortly before the World Cup, in previously discharged there test competitions had to be resorted to temporary routes. In the complex there is a ski stadium, which can hold 30,000 people. There are two routes for the Sprint competitions, with lengths of 1.2 and 1.5 kilometers. There are also two 3.75 km long distances, both of which can be reduced to 3.3 and 2.5 kilometers. By combining these routes that converge at the stadium, all necessary distances can be realized.
The jump competitions were held on the ski jumps at Ještěd. These already exist since 1966 and were repeatedly venue for World Cup competitions. For the World Cup infrastructure in the environment of the hills was extensively rebuilt and modernized. So a five million euro expensive multi-purpose building was constructed in the outlet, expanded the grandstand installations and installed a powerful floodlights. The jumps were equipped with mats for summer training, hill profiles were thereby not changed. Had the large hill to the World Cup a hill size of 134 meters and a construction point of 120 meters. The official hill record held the Finn Janne Ahonen with 139.0 meters, situated at the World Cup in 2004, the unofficial record kept of the Czech Roman Koudelka 143.0 meters, situated at the Czech Championships 2008. Normal Hill had a hill size of 100 meters and a costing point of 90 meters. An official hill record existed before the World Cup on the normal hill not because there the last World Cup competition was held in 1994 and thus before the introduction of the system of official hill records. The unofficial hill record held before the World Cup Austrian Thomas Egger Riedmüller, situated in the Alpine Cup 2009. During the World Cup the Finn Harri Olli presented with 104.5 meters, an official hill record. The jump of his compatriot Anssi Koivuranta to 106.5 meters mass start competition in nordic combined was seen only as an unofficial record because it was standing in a broken, unscored passage. The ladies record on the hill held together Ulrike Gräßler and Nata De Leeuw 103.5 meters, situated at the WM test competitions in October 2008.
In addition, the Tipsport Arena, a multi -purpose arena for the opening ceremony was used. It also served during the World Cup as an office of the organizing committee and as a press center.
The market square in the center of Liberec was used as a Medal Plaza. While following the event, the winners were honored only in the context of a flower ceremony, the actual ceremony took place there every night, in conjunction with concerts and fireworks.
Tipsport Arena
Square of Liberec
Cross-country men
Sprint Freestyle
Date: February 24, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Classic team sprint
Date: February 25, 2009
See also: Detailed final
15 km classic
Date: February 20, 2009
See also: Detailed final
50 km free
Date: March 1, 2009
See also: Detailed final
30 km pursuit race
Date: February 22, 2009
See also: Detailed final
4x10 km relay
Date: February 27, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Cross country women
Sprint Freestyle
Date: February 24, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Classic team sprint
Date: February 25, 2009
See also: Detailed final
10 km classic
Date: February 19, 2009
See also: Detailed final
30 km freestyle
Date: February 28, 2009
See also: Detailed final
15 km pursuit race
Date: February 21, 2009
See also: Detailed final
4x5 km relay
Date: February 26, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Nordic Combined Men
Single ( large hill HS134/10 km )
Date: February 28, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Mass start (10 km cross-country skiing / normal hill )
Date: 19 February 2009 ( Cross Country) February 20, 2009 (Ski Jumping )
See also: Detailed final
Single ( Normalschanze/10 km )
Date: February 22, 2009
Team ( Großschanze/4x5 km )
Date: February 26, 2009
The American Bill Demong was disqualified when jumping because he had lost his starting number and instead with the start number bibs a Vorspringers went to the start.
Ski jumping men
Normal hill
Date: February 21, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Large Hill
Date: February 27, 2009
The second competitive round was stopped after 23 jumpers due to snow and wind and restarted. The newly launched passage also had to be canceled after 16 jumpers, however. The result of the first passage was interpreted by a unanimous jury decision as a final result.
See also: Detailed final
Jumping team large hill
Date: February 28, 2009
See also: Detailed final
Ski Jumping women
Normal hill
Date: February 20, 2009
See also: Detailed final