The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15-25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland for a record sixth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989). These championships also saw the most event changes since the 1950s with the 5 km women and 10 km men's events being discontinued, the 10 km women and 15 km men's events return to their normal status for the first time since the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991, the debut of a combined pursuit as a separate category (5 km + 5 km for women, 10 km + 10 km for men), the addition of the individual sprint race for both genders, and the debut of the ski jumping team normal hill event. Extremely cold weather (-23^oC (-9^oF)) cancelled the women's 30 km event. The biggest controversy occurred when a doping scandal hit the host nation of Finland, resulting in six disqualifications, including Harri Kirvesniemi, and would serve as a prelude to what would occur in cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City the following year. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 100,049 inhabitants (2006), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place February 7-17, 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. ... Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ... Harri Kirvesniemi (born May 10, 1958, in Mikkeli, Finland) is a nordic skiing world champion and a six-time Olympic medalist. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ...

Men's cross country

1 km individual sprint

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Tor Arne Hetland, Norway
Silver	Cristian Zorzi, Italy
Bronze	Håvard Solbakken, Norway

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Tor Arne Hetland (born January 12, 1974) is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Cristian Zorzi (born August 14, 1972, Cavalese, province of Trento) is an Italian cross country skier who excels at sprint ski races. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ...

15 km classical

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Per Elofsson, Sweden	39:26.0
Silver	Mathias Fredriksson, Sweden	39:42.5
Bronze	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Norway	39:43.3

Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mathias Frederiksson (born February 11, 1973) is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 06, 1971 in Sandane) is a professional Norwegian cross country skier. ...

10 km + 10 km combined pursuit

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Per Elofsson, Sweden	47:15.5
Silver	Johann Mühlegg, Spain	47:42.0
Bronze	Vitaly Denisov, Russia	47:49.5

Finland's Jari Isometsä finished second, but was disqualified for blood doping. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Johann Mühlegg is a German-born top level cross-country skier who has competed in several international competitions representing Spain after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Jari Isometsã (born September 11, 1968 in Alatornio) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1990 to present. ... Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ...

30 km classical

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu, Estonia	1:14:17.9
Silver	Frode Estil, Norway	1:14:18.1
Bronze	Mikhail Ivanov, Russia	1:14:49.1

Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Andrus Veerpalu (born February 8, 1971 in Pärnumaa) is an Estonian cross-country skier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Frode Estil (born May 31, 1972 is a Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Mikhail Ivanov (born November 20, 1977 is a Russian cross country skier who competed since 1996. ...

50 km freestyle

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Johann Mühlegg, Spain	2:05:27.2
Silver	René Sommerfeldt, Germany	2:07:23.4
Bronze	Sergey Kriyanin, Russia	2:07:28.4

Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Johann Mühlegg is a German-born top level cross-country skier who has competed in several international competitions representing Spain after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...

4 x 10 km relay

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Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Norway (Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, Tor Arne Hetland)
Silver	Sweden (Urban Lindgren, Mathias Fredriksson, Magnus Ingesson, Per Elofsson)
Bronze	Germany (Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter, Ron Spanuth, René Sommerfeldt)

The Finnish team finished first, but was disqualified when Janne Immonen tested positive for doping. Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Frode Estil (born May 31, 1972 is a Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 06, 1971 in Sandane) is a professional Norwegian cross country skier. ... Thomas Alsgaard (born January 10, 1972 is a Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Tor Arne Hetland (born January 12, 1974) is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mathias Frederiksson (born February 11, 1973) is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jens Filbrich (born March 13, 1979 in Suhl, Thuringia) is a German cross-country skier who has been competing since 1998. ... Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ...

Women's cross country

1 km individual sprint

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Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Pirjo Manninen (born March 8, 1981) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Julija Tchepalova (Russian: гонки Лыжные) (born December 23, 1976 in Komsomolsk, Russia) is a Russian cross-country skier. ...

10 km classical

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Bente Skari, Norway	26:55.5
Silver	Olga Danilova, Russia	27:08.4
Bronze	Larisa Lazutina, Russia	27:27.0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Bente Skari nèe Martinsen (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo) is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Olga Danilova (born June 10, 1970) is an athlete who competes in nordic skiing events for Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Larisa Lazutina (born) as Larisa Ptistyna on 1 June 1965. ...

5 km + 5 km combined pursuit

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Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Virpi Kuitunen (born May 20, 1976 in Kangasniemi) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1995. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Larisa Lazutina (born) as Larisa Ptistyna on 1 June 1965. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Olga Danilova (born June 10, 1970) is an athlete who competes in nordic skiing events for Russia. ...

15 km classical

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Bente Skari, Norway	43:54.8
Silver	Olga Danilova, Russia	44:02.5
Bronze	Kaisa Varis, Finland	44:57.5

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Bente Skari nèe Martinsen (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo) is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Olga Danilova (born June 10, 1970) is an athlete who competes in nordic skiing events for Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Kaisa Varis (born September 21, 1975) is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2006. ...

4 x 5 km relay

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Julija Tchepalova, Nina Gavrilyuk)	53:01.6
Silver	Norway (Anita Moen, Bente Skari, Elin Nilsen, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen)	54:01.9
Bronze	Italy (Gabriella Paruzzi, Sabina Valbusa, Stefania Belmondo, Cristina Paluselli)	54:23.3

The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Virpi Kuitunen tested positive for doping. Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Olga Danilova (born June 10, 1970) is an athlete who competes in nordic skiing events for Russia. ... Larisa Lazutina (born) as Larisa Ptistyna on 1 June 1965. ... Julija Tchepalova (Russian: гонки Лыжные) (born December 23, 1976 in Komsomolsk, Russia) is a Russian cross-country skier. ... Nina Vasilevna Gavrilyuk (Russian: ) (born April 13, 1965 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Anita Moen, sometimes shown as Anita Moen-Guidon (born August 31, 1967) is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. ... Bente Skari nèe Martinsen (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo) is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway. ... Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born August, 11, 1964), is a Norwegian cross-country skier. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Gabriella Paruzzi is an Italian cross-country skier. ... Sabina Valbusa (born January 21, 1972) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. ... Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969 in Vinadio, Cuneo) is a former Italian cross-country skier. ... Virpi Kuitunen (born May 20, 1976 in Kangasniemi) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1995. ... Doping is generally the practice of adding impurities to something. ...

Men's Nordic combined

7.5 km sprint

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Marco Baacke, Germany
Silver	Samppa Lajunen, Finland
Bronze	Ronny Ackermann, Germany

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Samppa Lajunen (born April 23, 1979, in Turku). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Ronny Ackermann (born May 16, 1977 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia) is a successful German nordic combined skier. ...

15 km Individual Gundersen

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Bjarte Engen Vik, Norway
Silver	Samppa Lajunen, Finland
Bronze	Felix Gottwald, Austria

Vik becomes the first repeat world champion in this event since Oddbjørn Hagen did it in 1934 and 1935. Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Bjarte Engen Vik (born March 3, 1971 is a former norwegian Nordic Combined athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Samppa Lajunen (born April 23, 1979, in Turku). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Felix Gottwald (b. ... Oddbjørn Hagen (February 3, 1908-July 26, 1982) was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country skiing. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

4 x 5 km team

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Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Norway (Kenneth Bråten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik, Kristian Hammer)
Silver	Austria (Christophe Eugen, Mario Stecher, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald)
Bronze	Finland (Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Sverre Rotevatn (born January 17, 1977) is a former Norwegian nordic combined who competed from 1998 to 2004. ... Bjarte Engen Vik (born March 3, 1971 is a former norwegian Nordic Combined athlete. ... Kristian Hammer (born March 20, 1976) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1995 while representing Eidsvoll IL. He grew up on Setermoen in Bardu. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Mario Stecher (born July 17, 1977) is a nordic combined athlete from Austria. ... Felix Gottwald (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Jari Mantila (born July 14, 1971 in Kotka) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete who competed from 1992 to 2003. ... Hannu Manninen, born (April 17, 1978). ... Jaako Tallus, born February 23, 1981, is a nordic combined athlete from Finland who won gold and silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. ... Samppa Lajunen (born April 23, 1979, in Turku). ...

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

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Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Adam Małysz, Poland	246.0
Silver	Martin Schmitt, Germany	233.0
Bronze	Martin Höllwarth, Austria	223.0

Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Adam Małysz (born December 3, 1977) is a Polish ski jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Martin Schmitt (29 January 1978, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany) is one Germanys most successful skijumpers. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Martin Höllwarth (born April 13, 1974 in Schwaz) is an Austrian ski jumper. ...

Individual large hill

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Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Martin Schmitt, Germany	276.3
Silver	Adam Małysz, Poland	273.5
Bronze	Janne Ahonen, Finland	267.4

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Martin Schmitt (29 January 1978, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany) is one Germanys most successful skijumpers. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Adam Małysz (born December 3, 1977) is a Polish ski jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Janne Ahonen Janne Ahonen (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...

Team normal hill

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Medal	Team	Points
Gold	Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Goldberger, Stefan Horngacher, Martin Höllwarth)	953.5
Silver	Finland (Matti Hautamäki, Risto Jussilainen, Ville Kantee, Janne Ahonen)	951.5
Bronze	Germany (Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr, Martin Schmitt)	911.5

Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Wolfgang Loitzl (born January 13, 1980) is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. ... Andreas Goldberger (born November 29, 1972 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is a former ski jumper. ... Martin Höllwarth (born April 13, 1974 in Schwaz) is an Austrian ski jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Matti Antero Hautamäki (born 14 July 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish ski jumper. ... Risto Jussilainen (born June 10, 1975 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish ski jumper. ... Janne Ahonen Janne Ahonen (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Sven Hannawald (born 9 November 1974 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a former German ski jumper. ... Michael Uhrmann (born September 16, 1978) is a German ski jumper who competed from 1995 to 2006. ... Alexander Herr (born October 4, 1978) is a German ski jumper who have competed since 1993 . ... Martin Schmitt (29 January 1978, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany) is one Germanys most successful skijumpers. ...

Team large hill

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Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Germany (Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr, Martin Schmitt)	939.8
Silver	Finland (Risto Jussilainen, Jani Soininen, Ville Kantee, Janne Ahonen)	900.2
Bronze	Austria (Andreas Goldberger, Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Höllwarth, Stefan Horngacher)	880.2

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Sven Hannawald (born 9 November 1974 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a former German ski jumper. ... Michael Uhrmann (born September 16, 1978) is a German ski jumper who competed from 1995 to 2006. ... Alexander Herr (born October 4, 1978) is a German ski jumper who have competed since 1993 . ... Martin Schmitt (29 January 1978, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany) is one Germanys most successful skijumpers. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Risto Jussilainen (born June 10, 1975 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish ski jumper. ... Jani Soininen (born November 12, 1972). ... Janne Ahonen Janne Ahonen (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Andreas Goldberger (born November 29, 1972 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is a former ski jumper. ... Wolfgang Loitzl (born January 13, 1980) is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. ... Martin Höllwarth (born April 13, 1974 in Schwaz) is an Austrian ski jumper. ...

Doping controversy

The six Finnish skiers affected, referred to in several cross country skiing publications ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} as the "Lahti Six" were four men (Janne Immonen, Jari Isometsä, Kirvesniemi, and Mika Myllylä) and two women (Milla Jauho and Virpi Kuitunen). All six tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch, a banned blood plasma expander. Kirvesniemi retired while the others served two year suspensions. Kuitunen is the only one of the "Lahti Six" that is still competitive as of 2007, earning a bronze in the women's team sprint at the Winter Olympics in Turin. Jari Isometsã (born September 11, 1968 in Alatornio) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1990 to present. ... Mika Myllylã (born September 12, 1969 in Haapajärvi). ... Virpi Kuitunen (born May 20, 1976 in Kangasniemi) is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1995. ... Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are suspended. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city as well as a business and cultural center in northwest Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ...

This incident, along with the doping disqualifications of Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, and Johann Mühlegg at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and Kaisa Varis at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme, would force the International Olympic Committee and the International Ski Federation to tighten up their drug testing procedures. Doping concerns were also strongly mentioned at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Olga Danilova (born June 10, 1970) is an athlete who competes in nordic skiing events for Russia. ... Larisa Lazutina (born) as Larisa Ptistyna on 1 June 1965. ... Johann Mühlegg is a German-born top level cross-country skier who has competed in several international competitions representing Spain after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. ... The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Kaisa Varis (born September 21, 1975) is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2006. ... Val di Fiemme is a city in the Trentino-South Tyrol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region. ... Bold textralf is gay IOC redirects here. ... The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ... Drug testing is a subject of a lot of controversy. ... Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.xcskiworld.com/news/OpEd/doping.htm
2. ^ http://www.xcskiworld.com/news/OpEd/brenna.htm
3. ^ http://www.cirkus.ee/portfolio/lahti.htm
4. ^ http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0101/ss.htm
5. ^ http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20031121IE6
6. ^ http://www.fasterskier.com/news/0211News.html
7. ^ http://www.skicountyusa.org/oldsite/Articles/2004_11/110504.htm
8. ^ http://www.xcskiworld.com/news/Editor/editor_gold.htm

External links

• FIS 2001 Cross country results
• FIS 2001 Nordic combined results
• FIS 2001 Ski jumping results
• March 14, 2003 announcement of Finnish skier Kario Varis's drug test failure. Details on 2001 skiers.