Lahti Ski Games is an annual international Nordic skiing tournament. The games last for three days, during which participants compete in cross-country...
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Lahti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlɑhti]; Swedish: Lahtis) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland...
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Lahti Ski Museum is a sports museum located in Lahti, Finland, specialising in skiing and other winter sports. It is situated in the city's main sports...
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Lahti Stadium (Finnish: Lahden stadion) is a multi-use stadium in Lahti, Finland. In Winter the stadium is used in cross-country skiing and biathlon....
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competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated...
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2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup (category 2024 in cross-country skiing)
will end on 23 March 2025 in Lahti, Finland. The season will take a break in February and March due to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2025 in Trondheim...
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World Games (Finnish: 1997 Maailman Pelit, Swedish: 1997 Världsspelen), the fifth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Lahti, Finland...
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2023–24 FIS Cross-Country World Cup (category 2023 in cross-country skiing)
Classic – Lahti" (PDF). FIS. 1 March 2024. "Men's Overall standing". FIS Ski. "Men's Distance standing". FIS Ski. "Men's Sprint standing". FIS Ski. "Men's...
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Axel Wikström (category Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing)
the first foreigner to win the 50 km race at the Lahti Ski Games. He was also known for preparing ski tracks for the local competitions, such as the 1946...
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Tapani Niku (category Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing)
also won the 50 km race at the Lahti Ski Games in 1923–25. He retired in 1926 and later worked as a forester and a ski manufacturer. After he had died...
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Benjamin Vanninen (category Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing)
Vanninen never won a Finnish title, but won the 50 km race at the Lahti Ski Games in 1946 and 1948 and at Ounasvaara in 1946 and 1947. After retiring...
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snow ski sports for the 2024–25 season. February 4 – 16: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 in Saalbach February 8 – 9: 2025 Asian Winter Games in...
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Lydia Wideman (category Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing)
cross-country skiing. In 1952 she competed in thirteen 10 km races and won all of them, including the 1952 Winter Olympics, national championships and Lahti Ski Games...
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Mirja Hietamies (category FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing)
this event at the Finnish championships in 1953 and 1956 and at the Lahti Ski Games in 1954 and 1955. In 1955 she was selected as Finland's female athlete...
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Eero Kolehmainen (category Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners)
Holmenkollen ski festival and Lahti Ski Games. The same year, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Kolehmainen's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...
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Sulo Nurmela (category FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing)
competitors and win his third world title. Nurmela won three races in the Lahti Ski Games: 17 km in 1934 and 1937 and 50 km in 1937. He retired after placing...
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Lorns Skjemstad (category Norwegian cross-country skiing coaches)
Nordic World Ski Championships 1966, he placed 8th at the 30 km. At the Lahti Ski Games 1966 he placed second in the 15 km, and third in the 50 kilometer....
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their best team. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland will also happen during the games (between February 22 and March 5) which...
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1980 Winter Olympics (redirect from XIII Olympic Winter Games)
candidates for the 1980 Winter Games: Vancouver—Garibaldi (Canada), Lahti (Finland) and Chamonix (France). The bids for Lahti and Chamonix were withdrawn...
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1972 Winter Olympics (redirect from 1972 Winter Olympic Games)
Sapporo and Cortina d'Ampezzo). Sapporo competed with Banff, Lahti, and Salt Lake City. The Games were awarded at the 64th IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on April...
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ski jumping. Both competed on the world cup circuit and in the Olympic Winter Games. Pictures and a chat with Mike Holland about his World Record Ski...
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and jujitsu made their debut in Lahti and have been contested at the Games ever since. Following the Games in Lahti, the IWGA and IOC agreed on a memorandum...
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inaugural Winter Olympic Games, FIS is responsible for the Olympic skiing disciplines, namely Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined...
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Inspired by Norwegian skiing events Holmennkollrennene (Holmenkollen Ski Festival) and finnish Lahti Ski Games, the Swedish Ski Games were created in 1947...
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Anne-Marie Comeau (category Canadian cross-country skiing biography stubs)
World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland. She is also a cross-country & Marathon runner. All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation...
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Johann Mühlegg (category FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing)
World Cup race for the first time. At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won two medals with a silver in the 10 km + 10 km combined...
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Kerttu Pehkonen (category Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs)
numerous prestigious Nordic cross country competitions such as the Lahti Ski Games. In 1947 Pehkonen won the first female Finnish Sports Personality of...
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1964 Winter Olympics (redirect from 1964 Winter Olympic Games)
unsuccessfully bidding to host the 1960 Games. Innsbruck won the 1964 Games bid, defeating the cities of Calgary in Canada and Lahti in Finland. The sports venues...
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2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup (category 2014 in cross-country skiing)
ITA". FIS. 2 February 2014. "Men's SP F Final – Lahti, FIN". FIS. 1 March 2014. "Men's 15 km F – Lahti, FIN". FIS. 2 March 2014. "Men's SP C – Drammen...
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2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup (category 2021 in cross-country skiing)
January 2022. "Women's 16th Tour de Ski Overall Standing" (PDF). FIS. 4 January 2022. "Women's Sprint Free – Lahti" (PDF). FIS. 26 February 2022. "Women's...
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