The 41st

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...

were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in

Seefeld in Tirol Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of Innsbruck on a pl ...

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, Austria. It was the second time Seefeld in Tirol hosted the world championships, the event having been hosted there previously in 1985.

Host selection

Championships was awarded to

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during the

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Congress from 1–6 June 2014 in

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. Finalist applicants were

(

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

(

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Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking d ...

(

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) and

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(

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). Oberstdorf had already applied for 2013, 2015 and 2017, Planica for 2017. Seefeld submitted its candidacy shortly before the deadline. The Austrian

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had hosted the Championships in 1985, the German resort of Oberstdorf in 1987 and

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. Detailed application concepts were to be submitted by 1 September 2013.

Schedule

''All times are local (

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).'' ;Cross-country ;Nordic combined ;Ski jumping

Medal summary

Medal table

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Men

Women

Mixed

Venues

The cross-country skiing events took place at the Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre. The ski jumping large hill events were held in the

Bergisel Ski Jump The Bergisel Ski Jump (german: Bergiselschanze), whose stadium has a capacity of 26,000, is a ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, annually hosting the ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. The Bergisel Ski Jump is a large ski jumping hill with a

hill size The hill size (HS) is the most important measurement for the size of a ski jumping hill. It is defined as the distance between the takeoff table and the end of the landing area, which is called hill size point. It is not measured as a straight l ...

of 130 and a

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(K-spot) of 120. It has a spectator capacity of 26,000. The current structure dates from 2003. The normal hill competitions were held in the

Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze is a ski jumping hill in Seefeld, Tirol, Seefeld outside of Innsbruck, Austria. It is a part of the Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre consists of two hills, a normal hill with a hill size of HS109 (construction point, K- ...

normal hill with a hill size of 109 and a K-point of 99. Medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza, a square in the town center.

Doping

Five cross-country skiers ( Max Hauke and Dominik Baldauf from Austria,

Andreas Veerpalu Andreas Veerpalu (born 24 May 1994) is an Estonian cross-country skier who competes internationally. He represented Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. On 27 February 2019, during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019, Veerpalu was a ...

and

Karel Tammjärv Karel Tammjärv (born 25 May 1989 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 46th in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 67th in the 15 ...

from Estonia, as well as

Alexey Poltoranin Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin ( kk, Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three World Cup wins, one in 2010 an ...

from Kazakhstan.) were caught during Operation Aderlass.

References

External links

Official website
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