FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
fis nordic world ski championship took place february – march sapporo japan second time city hosted championship previously done winter olympics sapporo selected venue vote rd fis world congress portorož slovenia june also marked third time championship hosted outside europe year coincide winter olympics first championship held asia ski jumping team normal hill event held successful competitor finland virpi kuitunen three gold team sprint km x km one bronze individual sprint yearold astrid jacobsen norway three medal womens crosscountry gold individual sprint bronze team sprint x km lars berger norway became first person win medal biathlon nordic skiing world championship year nordic skiing gold km x km event silver x km biathlon relay rasenantholz italy february indoor skiing held first time sapporo dome crosscountry sprint nordic combined sprint event germany ronny ackermann became first person win nordic combined km individual gundersen event three straight championship hannu pirjo manninen finland became first brotherandsister combination win gold medal championship hannus win nordic combined km sprint x km team event pirjos win womens x km crosscountry relay belarus earned first championship medal leanid karneyenkas surprise silver km event petra majdič slovenia earned first championship medal first nation woman crosscountry skiing switzerland simon ammann medal individual hill competition silver normal gold large longest jump team large hill event adam małysz poland fourth world championship gold medal largest victory history individual normal hill event third win event last four championship despite well run wellorganized championship attendance mostly sapporo dome ski jumping hill miyanomori okurayama amount third previous game oberstdorf record doping test administered event one largest international major sport outside winter olympics including urine epo urine blood blood transfusion human growth hormone testing one positive epo urine control found sergey shiryayev whose case resulted twoyear suspension fis council meeting portorož slovenia may two coach received sanction russian ski federation nine start prohibition issued following precompetition blood control cost fis control total chf million – season skiing discipline championship mascot championship norkey ezo deer ezo former name hokkaidō island japan named combining word nordic ski wear scarf symbol color around neck february top three world cup position follows crosscountry skiing tour de ski winner kuitunen woman angerer men got world cup point respective tds victory jacobsen ski jumping four hill tournament manninen nordic combineds tour germany last officially published entry list included athlete country included woman nation men nation crosscountry skiing men nation nordic combined men nation ski jumping threetime olympic sixtime world championship medalist masahiko harada ski jumping appointed ambassador championship july medium accreditation closed september event hiroshi takeuchi kyodo news japan served chief national press head press center kurt henauer fis served international press chief january least international medium earned accreditation member organizing committee attended technical director seminar crosscountry skiing tokyo – october effort expand crosscountry japan south korea china fis vice president yoshiro ito japan also event organizing committee stated interview fis see growth develop among asian nation following event since skiing general weak asia sapporo mayor event organizing committee chair fumio ueda fis interview stated convinced championship – held asia first time – provide many child young people future leader lofty dream great hope enable everyone around globe share emotion event thus contributing pursuit world peace precompetition doping test occurred crosscountry skier nordic combined skier coordinated japan antidoping agency jada support fis doping control coordinator fisappointed specialist agency idtm postcompetition doping result conducted jada urine sample taken press conference testing sample conducted world antidoping agency wada testing facility tokyo top four athlete plus two randomly chosen athlete event subjected outofcompetition testing also conducted well program began aftermath fis nordic world ski championship doping scandal lahti finland successful winter olympics salt lake city turin world championship val di fiemme oberstdorf nation listed preliminary entry list ski jumping individual normal hill competition km individual gundersen took place miyanomori hill size h h individual normal hill competition ski jumping competition nordic combined winter olympics took place ski jumping individual large hill competition km sprint x km team took place okurayama h h individual large hill competition winter olympics also took place sapporo dome hosted opening ceremony individual team crosscountry sprint event crosscountry portion km nordic combined sprint event closing ceremony championship marked first time championship history skiing event held indoors evening remaining crosscountry skiing event took place shirahatayama crosscountry course opening ceremony took place february japan standard time jst utc sapporo dome spectator speech made fumio ueda sapporo mayor organizing committee president m yasuko ikenobo deputy minister education culture sport science technology m harumi takahashi governor hokkaido prince akishino men womens individual sprint crosscountry skiing competition took place though attendance first day championship included opening ceremony nearly total attendance eleven day championship numbered around organizing committee president fumio ueda admitted lack good japanese athlete – japan one medal bronze ski jumping team large hill event best individual finish came womens individual sprint madoka natsumis fifthplace finish – meant interest low fis president gianfranco kasper also said expected higher crowd particularly crosscountry skiing race shirahatayama course several newspaper slated low turnout headline norwegian dagbladet called scandal swedish aftonbladet described fiasco detailed information please see article crosscountry skiing fis nordic world ski championship medal table – men crosscountry skiing medal table – womens crosscountry skiing detailed information please see article nordic combined fis nordic world ski championship medal table detailed information please see article ski jumping fis nordic world ski championship medal table february sergey shiryayev russia involved precompetition testing doping blood urine sample blood sample atest turned high hemoglobin btest evaluated confirmed contain epo shiryayev best finish th km event championship subsequently disqualified march fis president gian franco kasper expressed disappointment shiriaevs doping action happiness efficiency fiss doping control fis council meeting may portorož slovenia shiryayev received twoyear ban fis competition two russian coach also sanctioned russian ski federation fis president gian franco kasper expressed thanks careful attention paid fis vicepresident organizing committee chair yoshiro ito detailed planning arrangement execution championship including television internet coverage kasper also expressed displeasure poor attendance event medal winner nation host nation japan fis cross country result fis nordic combined result fis ski jumping result