WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL START TOMORROW - SEEFELD IS READY

The 41st FIS Nordic World Championships will be held in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, from tomorrow, Wednesday, February 20, to Sunday, March 3. The opening ceremony and some qualifying races will take place on the first day tomorrow. This is the second time Seefeld hosts the world championships, the first time being in 1985. The championship games were awarded to Seefeld during the FIS conference in Barcelona, Spain, in 2014.

Some of regular Visma Ski Classics faces will compete in the championships, among them Justyna Kowalczyk and Masako Ishida. The race schedule in Nordic skiing is as follows:

Cross-country ski races in Seefeld:

Date	Time	Event
20 February	12:30	Women’s 5km classical qualification
20 February	14:00	Men’s 10km classical qualification
21 February	14:30	Men’s & women’s sprint
23 February	11:00	Women’s 2×7.5 km skiathlon
23 February	12:30	Men’s 2×15 km skiathlon
24 February	09:15	Men’s & women’s team sprint
26 February	13:30	Women’s 10 km classical
27 February	14:00	Men’s 15 km classical
28 February	13:00	Women’s 4 x 5 km relay
1 March	13:15	Men’s 4 x 10 km relay
2 March	12:15	Women’s 30 km freestyle
3 March	15:30	Men’s 50 km freestyle

Ski Classics

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL START TOMORROW – SEEFELD IS READY

SKI CLASSICS GRAND FINALE SEASON XVIII

TIERA TAIVALKOSKI–SYöTE CHALLENGER SET FOR JULY IN FINLAND