The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011Tentative dates and programs for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011. — accessed 12 March 2008. in Oslo, Norway, at the Holmenkollen National Arena. It was the fifth time these championships had been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1966, and 1982. On 25 May 2006, the 45th FIS Congress in Vilamoura, Portugal, selected the Holmenkollen area over both Val di Fiemme, Italy, and Zakopane, Poland, with a vote of 12 to 4 to 0. These games coincided with the Holmenkollen Ski Festival as they have previously in 1930, 1952, 1966, and 1982.
Cross-country skiing was dominated by Norway; Marit Bjørgen won four gold and one silver, while Petter Northug won three gold and two silver. Canada, with Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey took its first-ever victory with gold in the men's team sprint. Austria dominated the ski jumping, winning all five events: Thomas Morgenstern took three golds and one silver, Gregor Schlierenzauer won three golds, and Daniela Iraschko won the women's event. In the Nordic combined, Germany took four of the six individual medals, but lost both relays to Austria.
Events
Cross-country skiing
Men 15 kilometre classic Matti Heikkinen 38:14.7 Eldar Rønning + 13.3 Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 31.9 30 kilometre skiathlon Petter Northug 1:14:10.4 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 0.7 Ilia Chernousov + 1.2 Petter Northug 2:08:09.0 Maxim Vylegzhanin + 1.7 Tord Asle Gjerdalen + 6.3 4 × 10 kilometre relay Martin Johnsrud SundbyEldar RønningTord Asle GjerdalenPetter Northug 1:40:10.2 Daniel RickardssonJohan OlssonAnders SödergrenMarcus Hellner + 1.3 Jens FilbrichAxel TeichmannFranz GöringTobias Angerer + 5.7 Sprint freestyle Marcus Hellner 2:57.4 Petter Northug + 0.6 Emil Jönsson + 1.1 Team sprint Devon KershawAlex Harvey 19:10.0 Petter NorthugOla Vigen Hattestad + 0.2 Alexander PanzhinskiyNikita Kriukov + 0.5
Women 10 kilometre classic Marit Bjørgen 27:39.3 Justyna Kowalczyk + 4.1 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen + 9.7 15 kilometre skiathlon Marit Bjørgen 38:08.6 Justyna Kowalczyk + 7.5 Therese Johaug + 8.8 Therese Johaug 1:23:45.1 Marit Bjørgen + 44.0 Justyna Kowalczyk + 1:34.0 4 × 5 kilometre relay Vibeke SkofterudTherese JohaugKristin Størmer SteiraMarit Bjørgen53:30.0 Ida IngemarsdotterAnna HaagBritta Johansson NorgrenCharlotte Kalla+36.1 Pirjo MuranenAino-Kaisa SaarinenRiitta-Liisa RoponenKrista Lähteenmäki+59.8 Sprint freestyle Marit Bjørgen 3:03.9 Arianna Follis + 0.2 Petra Majdič + 0.5 Team sprint Ida IngemarsdotterCharlotte Kalla 19:25.0 Aino-Kaisa SaarinenKrista Lähteenmäki + 3.3 Maiken Caspersen FallaAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen + 4.1
Nordic combined Individual large hill/10 km Jason Lamy Chappuis 25:31.6 Johannes Rydzek +6.7 Eric Frenzel +7.0 Eric Frenzel25:19.2 Tino Edelmann+11.9 Felix Gottwald+18.4 Team normal hill/4 × 5 km David KreinerBernhard GruberFelix GottwaldMario Stecher 48:07.8 Johannes RydzekBjörn KircheisenTino EdelmannEric Frenzel +0.4 Jan SchmidMagnus MoanMikko KokslienHåvard Klemetsen +40.6 Team large hill/4 × 5 km Bernhard GruberDavid KreinerFelix GottwaldMario Stecher 47:12.3 Johannes RydzekBjörn KircheisenEric FrenzelTino Edelmann +0.1 Mikko KokslienHåvard KlemetsenJan SchmidMagnus Moan +40.6
Ski jumping
Men Men's individual normal hill (HS106)Thomas Morgenstern269.2Andreas Kofler260.1Adam Małysz252.2Men's individual large hill (HS134) Gregor Schlierenzauer 277.5 Thomas Morgenstern 277.2 Simon Ammann 274.3Men's team normal hill (HS106)Gregor SchlierenzauerMartin KochAndreas KoflerThomas Morgenstern 1025.5 Anders JacobsenBjørn Einar RomørenAnders BardalTom Hilde1000.5Martin SchmittMichael NeumayerMichael UhrmannSeverin Freund968.2Men's team large hill (HS134)Gregor SchlierenzauerMartin KochAndreas KoflerThomas Morgenstern500.0 Anders JacobsenJohan Remen EvensenAnders BardalTom Hilde456.4Peter PrevcJurij TepešJernej DamjanRobert Kranjec452.6
Women Women's individual normal hill (HS106)Daniela Iraschko231.7Elena Runggaldier218.9Coline Mattel211.5
Organization In 2002, the Association for the Promotion of Skiing and Oslo Municipality started the process of applying for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009. The city council decided to grant NOK 52.8 million to upgrade Holmenkollen, including Holmenkollbakken, for the 2009 World Championships. Oslo lost the vote in the International Ski Federation (FIS) against Liberec, Czech Republic, on 4 June 2004. The Norwegian Ski Federation subsequently stated that they would apply for the 2011 World Championships. The Association for the Promotion of Skiing stated that they wanted a new hill in Rødkleiva instead of expanding the existing ski flying hill in Vikersund, Vikersundbakken. Holmenkollbakken would then be used for the last time as a large hill during the 2011 World Championships, and would then be converted to a normal hill. In May 2005, the general assembly of the Norwegian Ski Federation voted to build a new ski flying and normal hill in Rødkleiva ahead of the 2011 World Championships. Following Vikersundbakken being awarded the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2012 in 2008, the general assembly of the Norwegian Ski Federation that year decided to terminate the plans for a ski flying hill in Rødkleiva.
On 22 September 2005, FIS stated that an all-new Holmenkollbakken would have to be built if Oslo was to host the world championships and World Cup tournaments. FIS stated that similar reconstructions had been done with Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf, Germany, and Bergiselschanze in Innsbrück, Austria. In December 2005, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage gave permission for the tower to be demolished, on the condition it was replaced by a new in-run with a similar architectural quality and retain its function as a landmark. They stated that it was the activity itself that is worthy of preservation, not the structure itself. The city council made the final decision to apply for the world championships and build a new hill on 1 March 2006. A new hill was at the time estimated to cost NOK 310 million, and the state was willing to finance NOK 70 million of those. Oslo was awarded the 2011 World Championships in May 2006.
The municipality issued an architectural design competition to rebuild the hill; Julien De Smedt's proposal was selected among 104 entrants. At the time, it was estimated that the new national arena would cost NOK 653 million. Demolition of Holmenkollbakken started on 16 October 2008. The World Cup tournament in 2009 was held at Vikersundbakken instead of Holmenkollen because of the reconstruction. When the decision to reconstruct the national arena was made by the city council in 2007, it was estimated to cost NOK 653 million. By 2008, the cost had accelerated to NOK 1.2 billion, and by the following year it had reached NOK 1.8 billion. City Commissioner For Business and Culture, Anette Wiig Bryn of the Progress Party, had to leave her position because of the cost overruns. A consultant report ordered by the municipality concluded that the pressure to find cost savings to stay within the budget, which was underestimated to start with, resulted in slower progress, which again resulted in higher costs. The costs of the new large hill were NOK 715 million, while total costs for the upgrade of the national arena and infrastructure ended at NOK 2,426 million. This included the construction of a new ski stadium next to Holmenkollbakken, and Midtstubakken, and upgrades to the Holmenkollen Line.
Venue
Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill with a hill size of 134 and a construction point (K-spot) of 120. It has a spectator capacity for 30,000. The current structure dates from 2010 and consists of a tall superstructure. The top of the structure is above mean sea level. It is the first hill in the world with a permanent wind screen, which is able to restrain 45 to 50 percent of the wind. Midtstubakken is a normal hill with a hill size of 106 and a K-point of 95. It has a capacity for 16,000 spectators and was completed in 2010.
Medal ceremonies were held at Universitetsplassen, a square in the city center.
Transport is based on that no spectators will use private cars to the venue. Instead, all spectators must use the Holmenkollen Line of the Oslo Metro. Holmenkollen Station is located within walking distance of the large hill and cross-country stadium, while Midtstuen Station is closest to Midtstubakken. Holmenkollen Station is the only one on the line with platforms long enough for six cars, which allows a capacity of 9,000 per hour. "Chaotic" and "spectators stood in line for many hours to get into the arena" and "sheep are treated better", were some of the claims by Verdens Gang, in regards to the treatment of spectators on 26 February.Ski-VM betaler tilbake etter kø-skandalen – VG Nett om Ski-VM 2011 A number of people were not admitted into the arena (in time to see Marit Bjørgen win) on 26 February. The director of the event, promised that the organizers would refund some tickets, after reviewing individual claims.
Organizing committee (VM 2006–2011 AS)
2006 In the 6 September 2006 edition of the FIS Newsflash, the first orientation meeting of the local organization took place in Oslo on 4 September 2006. Included in the meeting were representatives from the Norwegian Ski Association, the FIS, Skiforeningen (The Holmenkollen organizing committee), NRK (Norwegian TV), and the European Broadcasting Union. Discussions involved were liaisons among the various groups, marketing of the event, arena and ski jump reconstruction, and testing of the new constructed sports arena that is scheduled for completion in 2010. Åsne Havnelid was appointed as chief executive officer of the event during the week of 2 July 2007, starting on 1 September 2007.FIS Newsflash 135. 11 July 2007. The first official coordination group of Havnelid, Adelheid Sæther as Chief Operations Officer, and Stein Opsal as chief financial officer officially met on 13 November 2007. One of the key items discussed was the updated plans for the Holemkollen ski jump and the FIS requirements for the future of the ski jump. Construction of the ski jump has not started with the Oslo City Government and the City Council having review the project in more detail, especially the costs involved.FIS Newsflash 153. 14 November 2007. In an August 2008 interview, Hanevild stated that the attendance goal for the championships was 400,000.FIS NewsFlash 192. 13 August 2008. During the week of 15 September 2008, it was reported that team is developing working practices and responsibilities of the different committee roles.FIS Newsflash 197. 17 September 2008.
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