30.11.2008
Double Victory for the Finns in Nordic Combined
Anssi Koivuranta and Janne Ryynänen finished the successful weekend in Ruka with a double victory. The room mates during the Nordic Opening weekend hugged each other at the finish line as if to crown the drama of the race. Read>
30.11.2008
Sundby - surprise winner in 15 km skiing
Martin Sundby did his debut in team Norway on Sunday at the Nordic Opening. His goal was to be in the top ten. The race ended with the first place and a yellow vest. Read>
30.11.2008
Sami Jauhojärvi Reached the Podium in Ruka
Finnish home crowd’s favourite Sami Jauhojärvi fought his way to the podium in men’s 15 kilometres World Cup Race in Ruka. Read>
30.11.2008
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Wants to Stay on the Podium
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen won women’s 10 kilometres race in the World Cup Event in Ruka. The race was skied in a classic style. The classic style has always been good for Saarinen and she won impressively. Saarinen leads now the overall competition in the women’s Cross Country Skiing World Cup, so she had a good reason to be satisfied. Read>
30.11.2008
A Record Weekend in World Cup Ruka
Renewed programm, good winterly weather and the succes of the Finnish athletes were the reasons for the new audience record of Ruka Nordic Opening, which was now held for the seventh time. During the weekend 18000 spectators visited the Ruka skiing stadium. Read>
30.11.2008
Finnish Women Skiers Got Two First Places in the 10 Kilometres Race
Finnish women skiers Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen took the first two places in the Cross Country Skiing World Cup Event on Sunday in Ruka. The race was 10 kilometres in classic. Saarinen’s winning time was 28.16,4. Read>
30.11.2008
Nordic Combined Provisional Round is postponed to 12.30.
29.11.2008
Nordic Combined Provisional Round is on Sunday at 9 a.m.
29.11.2008
Finland won the Ski Jumping Team Competition
The Team Competition in Ski Jumping was held on Saturday after the individual Large Hill competition. The winner of the one round competition was Finland, followed by Austria and Germany. Read>
29.11.2008
Amman the Champion of Ruka Large Hill
Simon Amman from Swizerland took the lead after the first round in the individual competition. In the second round he kept his position ond took the victory before the Austrian trio Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Thomas Morgenstern. Read>
29.11.2008
Norwegian sprint winner Hattestad: “We have a really good team”
Norwegian skiers dominated men’s sprint race in the World Cup Event in Ruka. They took all three podium places. The win was taken by Ola Vigen Hattestad who was very convincing in the final race. He was grateful and wanted to give credit to everyone in the Norwegian team in the press conference after the race. Read>
29.11.2008
Petra Majdic celebrated in the sprint race
“It wasn’t an easy race. I must say that after each heat I was more self-confident. In the final I was able to make a big distance between me and the others. Heat by heat I ran better and better. We started this season very well”, Majdic said happily. Read>
29.11.2008
Norway took all podium places in sprint race
Ola Vigen Hattestad from Norway took a great win in the sprint race in the World Cup event in Ruka. The win wasn’t the only positive thing for Norway at Saturday because Tor Arne Hetland from Norway was second right behind Hattstad and John Kristian Dahl took a third place. Read>
29.11.2008
Ackermann got a great start to the season
Ronny Ackermann (GER) who was fourth after ski jumping won the first Nordic Combined World Cup Competition at Ruka. The second was Janne Ryynänen (FIN) and third Anssi Koivuranta (FIN). Read>
29.11.2008
Petra Majdic got an impressive win in the sprint event
Slovenian skier Petra Majdic was outstanding in the sprint competition in Ruka. Majdic who won in Ruka also last year dominated the whole race from start to finish. Read>
29.11.2008
One Round Team Competition after the Individual Hill
Team captain's meeting decided that the Ski Jumping Team competition that was cancelled yesterday will be held today after the individual competition. Team competition will start at 6 pm. Price giving ceremonies for both individual and team competitions will be held after the team competition. Read>
28.11.2008
Norwegian skiers concentrate to win
The Norwegians want to practice in peace. Because of that they held their only press-conference in Ruka on Friday. Season’s first sprint competition will be held tomorrow and there is a lot of excitement in the air. Not only the race itself but also because there are quite many new members in the Norwegian team, such like the juniors Maiken Caspersen Falla and Ingvild Flugstad Östberg. Read>
28.11.2008
Caspersen Falla - First timer at the World Cup
Maiken Caspersen Falla (18) from Norway aims to win the junior World Cup. And she practices at the World Cup. Read>
28.11.2008
Strong Gusty Wind the Reason for Cancellation of Ski Jumping Team Competition
Race Director Pekka Hyvärinen told that the Ski Jumping Team Competition was interrupted because of strong and gusty wind. Wind speed at the take-off was 7-8 m/s. Also heavy snowfall caused problems. Read>
28.11.2008
FIS wants the younger generations attention towards discplines
Sarah Lewis`s press conference at Ruka was a briefing about FIS´s autumn meeting. Meeting was held two weeks ago at Levi. Read>
28.11.2008
Ski Jumping Team Competition is cancelled
Jury decided to cancell Ski Jumping Team Competition HS 142 because of snowy and windy weather.
28.11.2008
Nordic Combined starts earlier at Saturday
Team Captains meeting decide to start Saturdays Nordic Combined HS 142 at 10 am with training. At 11 am is trial round and the competition is held at 12 am.
Fridays provisional round was cancelled because of the bad weather. Some of the athletes did not jump at all and jury wants to give everybody change to have at least one jump before the actual competition.
28.11.2008
Egon Theiner is the New Media Coordinator for Nordic Combined at FIS
Former sports journalist, Italian born Theiner, joined FIS in the summer of 2008. He already feels that he is integrated to the big FIS family. Read>
28.11.2008
Finnish skiers are in shape and excited
A member of the Finland Cross Country Skiing team coaching group Vesa Mäkipää is satisfied with the team after last practice. He says that the feeling is good and expecting before the beginning of the races. Read>
28.11.2008
Nordic Tournament Is One of the Highlights of the Ski Jumping Season
The chief of the organizing committee of the Lahti Ski Games, Ilkka Tiilikainen tells, that Nordic Tournament has been organized as cooperation of the Finnish and Norvegian Ski Assosiation since 1997. Tournament consists of four competitions and it is one of the highlights of the season in the spring. Read>
28.11.2008
Nordic Combined Provisional round is cancelled
Because of the blizzard at Ruka Nordic Combined Provisional round HS 142 is cancelled. There was only one official trial round at Friday.
27.11.2008
A new Cross Country event gets introduced in Ruka
Tour de Barents is a new international Cross Country event, that takes place in the Northern Arctic Ocean landscapes. Read>
27.11.2008
FIS plans to make Cross Country Skiing even more interesting
FIS Race Director for Cross Country Skiing events Jürg Capol held a press conference in Ruka at Thursday. In the conference he stated that FIS wants to get Cross Country a higher profile in the future. Read>
27.11.2008
Kuitunen wants it all from success
Virpi Kuitunen’s goals are clear for the season. “I want it all”, she says. Kuitunen is trying to achieve the euphoric atmosphere from the 06/07 season. She is ready to fight over victory on both competition days. Read>
During the competition the competition office will function as information and service point for the teams.
