FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013

Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013.
Host city	Val di Fiemme, Italy
Nations participating	56
Events	21
Opening ceremony	20 February
Closing ceremony	3 March
Main venue	Trampolino dal Ben
Website	Fiemme2013.com

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy
Cross-country skiing
Individual
Sprint	men	women
Interval start	15 km men	10 km women
Pursuit	30 km men	15 km women
Mass start	50 km men	30 km women
Team
Team sprint	men	women
Relay	4×10 km men	4×5 km women
Nordic combined
Normal hill	Individual	Team
Large hill	Individual	Team sprint
Ski jumping
Men
Normal hill	Individual
Large hill	Individual	Team
Women
Normal hill	Individual
Mixed
Normal hill		Team

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]

City	Country	Previous championships hosted	FIS delegation visit [4]
Falun	Sweden	1954, 1974, 1993	18–19 September 2007
Lahti	Finland	1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001	17–18 September 2007
Oberstdorf	Germany	1987, 2005	20–21 August 2007
Val di Fiemme	Italy	1991, 2003	27–28 August 2007
Zakopane	Poland	1929, 1939, 1962	22–23 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.^[1]

The finalist candidates were posted in the 14 May 2008 FIS Newsflash in an effort to show their candidancy 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]

City	First vote	Second vote	Final vote
Val di Fiemme	6	7	8
Falun	4	5	5
Zakopane	3	3	2
Lahti	2	1	Out
Oberstdorf	1	Out	Out

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.^[10] The focus in 2008 was to develop activities for festivals leading up to and at the championships.^[10] A young team called "Vision 2013" will work with the tourism association in the Trentino to develop destination packages with the championships.^[10]

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.^[12] Also included were marketing campaigns with EBU and with support from the local area.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[13] Marketing and communications presented the event's mission and vision while the technical side involved sport structure, roads, and media broadcasting.^[13]

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.^[14] Host broadcaster RAI presented its proposed infrastructure for broadcasting the event, including the addition fibre-optic cable for coverage.^[14] FIS Secretary-General Sarah Lewis stated that 700 people, including many youth, had volunteered for the championships as of May 2010.^[14]

Schedule

All times are local.

Cross-country Date Time Event 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 Date Time Event 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 Date Time Event 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre freestyle interval start[15]	Petter Northug  Norway	34:37.1	Johan Olsson  Sweden	34:48.9	Tord Asle Gjerdalen  Norway	34:59.4
30 kilometre pursuit[16]	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	1:13:09.3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby  Norway	1:13:11.1	Sjur Røthe  Norway	1:13:11.3
50 kilometre classical mass start[17]	Johan Olsson  Sweden	2:10:41.4	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	2:10:54.3	Alexey Poltoranin  Kazakhstan	2:10:58.2
4 × 10 kilometre relay[18]	Norway Tord Asle Gjerdalen Eldar Rønning Sjur Røthe Petter Northug	1:41:37.2	Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner Calle Halfvarsson	1:41:38.4	Russia Evgeniy Belov Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Legkov Sergey Ustiugov	1:41:39.6
Sprint[19]	Nikita Kriukov  Russia	3:30.4	Petter Northug  Norway	3:30.7	Alex Harvey  Canada	3:31.2
Team sprint[20]	Russia Alexei Petukhov Nikita Kriukov	21:30.9	Sweden Marcus Hellner Emil Jönsson	21:31.3	Kazakhstan Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin	21:31.6

Women's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 kilometre freestyle interval start[21]	Therese Johaug  Norway	25:23.4	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	25:33.6	Yuliya Chekaleva  Russia	25:56.1
15 kilometre pursuit[22]	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	39:04.4	Therese Johaug  Norway	39:07.8	Heidi Weng  Norway	39:19.3
30 kilometre classical mass start[23]	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	1:27:19.9	Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland	1:27:23.6	Therese Johaug  Norway	1:27:28.6
4 × 5 kilometre relay[24]	Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	1:00:36.5	Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	1:01:02.7	Russia Julia Ivanova Alia Iksanova Mariya Guschina Yuliya Chekaleva	1:01:22.3
Sprint[25]	Marit Bjørgen  Norway	3:16.6	Ida Ingemarsdotter  Sweden	3:18.9	Maiken Caspersen Falla  Norway	3:20.3
Team sprint[26]	United States Jessica Diggins Kikkan Randall	20:24.4	Sweden Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter	20:32.2	Finland Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja Krista Lahteenmäki	20:35.3

Nordic combined

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual large hill/10 km[27]	Eric Frenzel  Germany	27:22.8	Bernhard Gruber  Austria	27:59.5	Jason Lamy-Chappuis  France	28:00.0
Individual normal hill/10 km[28]	Jason Lamy-Chappuis  France	29:13.2	Mario Stecher  Austria	29:13.4	Björn Kircheisen  Germany	29:13.5
Team normal hill/4 × 5 km[29]	France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	57:34.0	Norway Jørgen Gråbak Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Krog Magnus Moan	57:34.4	United States Taylor Fletcher Bryan Fletcher Todd Lodwick Bill Demong	57:38.2
Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km[30]	France Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis	35:37.9	Austria Wilhelm Denifl Bernhard Gruber	35:54.5	Germany Tino Edelmann Eric Frenzel	36:21.8

Ski jumping

Men's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's individual normal hill (HS106)[31]	Anders Bardal  Norway	252.6	Gregor Schlierenzauer  Austria	248.4	Peter Prevc  Slovenia	244.3
Men's individual large hill (HS134)[32]	Kamil Stoch  Poland	295.8	Peter Prevc  Slovenia	289.7	Anders Jacobsen  Norway	289.1
Men's team large hill (HS134)[33]	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Manuel Fettner Thomas Morgenstern Gregor Schlierenzauer	1135.9	Germany Andreas Wank Severin Freund Michael Neumayer Richard Freitag	1121.8	Poland Maciej Kot Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch	1121.0

Women's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's individual normal hill (HS106)[34]	Sarah Hendrickson  United States	253.7	Sara Takanashi  Japan	251.0	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger  Austria	237.2

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed team normal hill (HS106)[35]	Japan Yuki Ito Daiki Ito Sara Takanashi Taku Takeuchi	1011.0	Austria Chiara Hölzl Thomas Morgenstern Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Gregor Schlierenzauer	986.7	Germany Ulrike Gräßler Richard Freitag Carina Vogt Severin Freund	984.9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	8	5	6	19
2	France	3	0	1	4
3	Russia	2	0	3	5
4	United States	2	0	1	3
5	Sweden	1	6	0	7
6	Austria	1	5	1	7
7	Germany	1	1	3	5
8	Poland	1	1	1	3
9	Japan	1	1	0	2
	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
11	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
12	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
13	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
Total		21	21	21	63

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.

Algeria  Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Austria  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brazil  Bulgaria  Canada  Chile  China  Croatia

Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Great Britain  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  India  Iran  Ireland  Italy

Japan  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macedonia  Moldova  Mongolia    Nepal  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  Peru

Poland  Romania  Russia  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Togo  Ukraine  United States  Venezuela

References

1. FIS Newsflash 148. 10 October 2007.
2. FIS Newsflash 125. 2 May 2007.
3. FIS-Ski.com questionnaire for the FIS World Ski Championships 2013 (Alpine and Nordic) – Accessed 24 January 2008.
4. FIS Newsflash 146. 26 September 2007.
5. FIS Newsflash 140. 15 August 2007.
6. FIS Newsflash 179. 14 May 2008.
7. Eurosport.com Germany announcement of Val di Fiemme's awarding of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013. (German) – accessed 29 May 2008.
8. FIS announces winners of the 2012 and 2013 championships (Nordic shown for report). – accessed 31 May 2008.
9. FIS-Ski.com 5 May 2009 announcement on the applicants for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015. – accessed 8 May 2009.
10. FIS NewsFlash 198. 24 September 2008.
11. FIS Newsflash 228. 22 April 2009. Accessed 23 April 2009.
12. FIS-Ski.com 4 June 2009 on the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013. – accessed 6 June 2009.
13. 28 October 2009 FIS-Ski.com article on Coordination Group meeting going ahead of schedule. – accessed 1 November 2009.
14. "Val di Fiemme 2013 on track." – 12 May 2010 FIS article accessed 14 May 2010.
15. Men's 15 kilometre freestyle interval start Results
16. Men's 30 kilometre pursuit Results
17. Men's 50 kilometre classical mass start Results
18. Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay Results
19. Men's Sprint Results
20. Men's team sprint Results
21. Women's 10 kilometre freestyle Results
22. Women's 15 kilometre pursuit Results
23. Women's 30 kilometre classical mass start Results
24. Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Results
25. Women's Sprint Results
26. Women's team sprint Results
27. Individual large hill/10km Results
28. Individual normal hill/10km Results
29. Team normal hill/4 × 5 km Results
30. Team sprint large hill/2 × 7,5 km Results
31. Men's individual normal hill Results
32. Men's individual large hill Results
33. Men's team large hill Results
34. Women's individual normal hill Results
35. Mixed team normal hill Results
36. Teams Enrolled

External links

• Official website (English), (Italian) & (German)
• Record number of applicants for FIS World Championships 2012–2013. – Accessed 3 May 2007.