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29.11.2009
Audience record in Ruka Nordic Opening
There was over 21 500 people in Ruka Nordic Opening during the weekend. Games collected 6500 spectators on Friday, 10 000 on Saturday and 5000 on Sunday.Read->
29.11.2009
NORTHUG WINS MEN'S 15 KILOMETERS BEFORE TWO RUSSIANS
Men's 15 km classic race turned out to be an exciting battle of seconds. Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin led the competition from the start, but Norway's Petter Northug's pace in the last two kilometers was too much for the Russian. Northug beat Vylegzhanin by 1,2 seconds. Alexander Legkov reinforced Russia's strong performance by finishing third.Read->
29.11.2009
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen won women´s ten kilometres
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen was the best second year running at the women’s 10 kilometres cross-country competition in Ruka. Russian Irina Khazova was second 13,1 seconds behind and third was Vibeke Skofterud from Norway.Read->
28.11.2009
Romoeren wins the first Ski Jumping World Cup competition
Consistant performance cleared the way to Norway's Bjoern Einar Romoeren to win. Germany's Pascal Bodner was second and Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl was third.Read->
28.11.2009
Historical sprint victory for Kowalczyk
Women's sprint race was Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk's domination from beginning to the end. She was the fastest one in the semi-finals and kept her speed in the finals, finishing 0,9 seconds before Petra Majdic of Slovenia. Majdic had won the sprint in Ruka three times in row, but today her winning streak was broken. Alena Prochazkova (SVK) came third before Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN).Read->
28.11.2009
Norway celebrates in men's sprint
Men's sprint competition didn't offer a lot of surprises for the cheering crowd. Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad was the fastest and his fellow Norwegian Öystein Pettersen came second. Russian Nikita Kriukov prevented Norway's triple victory by finishing third ahead of John Kristian Dahl.Read->
28.11.2009
Romoeren leads after first round in Ski Jumping
Norway's Bjoern Einar Romoeren made139,5 meters jump and leads after first round in Kuusamo. Second is Germany's Michael Uhrman before other Norwegian Johan Remen Evensen.Read->
28.11.2009
Jacobsen had best form on Ski Jumping trial round
Norway's Andreas Jacobsen and Austria's Andreas Kofler both had 143 meters jumps on individual competitions trial round. Jacobsen's jump was made one starting gate lower then Kofler's, on the uphill speed Kofler was 1.2 kilomerers per hour faster.Read->
28.11.2009
Hannu Manninen’s goal in the top ten
Quadruple World Cup winner Hannu Manninen is back at Ruka after a year break. Read->
28.11.2009
Ruka expands and develops
Ruka has nearly 250 downhill skiing days every year! Ruka’s favourable location far from the ocean combined with its state-of-the-art snowmaking system facilitates the snowy season to extend from October to June. Read->
28.11.2009
Pre-Competition Facts Ruka Nordic Opening Sprint
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27.11.2009
Austria won the Ski Jumping Team competition
Austria took seasons first Team Competition. It was up to the last jumpers. German's Martin Schmitt's 123 meters jump was not enough when Thomas Morgenstern made 139 meters. On the final results just 14 points separated top two teams. Finland was third 55 points behind Austria. Read->
27.11.2009
No surprises in the Qualification for individual Ski Jumping competition
The weather co-operated on Friday for the 68 jumpers to come down. Last to qualify was Takeuchi Taku with an 107,5 meter jump.Read->
27.11.2009
World Cup Ski Jump and Nordic Combined are rescheduled from Trondheim to Lillehammer
The FIS Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined World Cup competitions in Trondheim, Norway are cancelled due to technical problems and have been rescheduled in Lillehammer. Two competitions take place fifth and sixth December 2009.
27.11.2009
Did you know these facts about Ruka Nordic Opening?
There are several details concerning the organizing of Ruka Nordic Opening and we would like to share some of them with you! Ruka wishes you all warmly welcome to Nordic Opening! Read->
27.11.2009
FIS and Halti extend partnership
The International Ski Federation (FIS) and Halti, the leading Finnish sports outdoor brand, announced today that they have agreed a prolongation of their cooperation and partnership under which Halti serves as the “FIS Official Clothing Supplier.” Read-> | 
