FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 will take place in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen (Dates to be determined). This is the fifth time these championships have been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1966, and 1982. 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 will coincide with the Holmenkollen ski festival as they have previously in 1930, 1952, 1966, and 1982.

1 Ski jump controversy
2 Other facility modifications
- 2.1 Organizing committee
3 External links

[edit] Ski jump controversy

One of the biggest controversies as of 2007 is the Holmenkollen ski jump, the oldest in the world having been built in 1923 and expanded 18 times since then. It was reported on the event's official website on March 23, 2006 that the ski jump (per a vote by Oslo's city parliament) would be demolished and replaced in the spring of 2007. The new ski jump will have a less steep inrun, artificial refrigeration of the inrun, a reconstructed lower part of the jump to the end of the outrun, lights for evening jumps, a new elevator for the jumpers, and wind protection measures for the jumpers.

[edit] Other facility modifications

These modifications include new spectator grand stands, an improved loudspeaker system, and a new scoreboard.

[edit] Organizing committee

In the September 6, 2006 edition of the FIS Newsflash, the first orientation meeting of the local organization took place in Oslo on September 4, 2006. Included in the meeting were representatives from the Norwegian Ski Association, the FIS, Skiforneningen (The Holmenkollen organizing committee), NRK (Norwegian TV), and the European Broadcasting Union. Discussions involved were liasions 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.