Salpausselän Kisat 6.-8.3.2009

Decisions made at FIS Calendar Conference in Cavtat-Dubrovnik.
Lahti will host diffenrent diciplines in cross country next year as cross country diciplines are pursuit and relays.
This way Lahti is now able to test new cross country tracks that have been renewed during the past few years.

Programme in Lahti Ski Games 2010:

2 Nordic Combined competitions (individual)
3 Ski Jumping competitions ( individual, team and Youth)
4 cross country competitions ( ladies and men, pursuit and relays)

Lahti Ski Games  will be held for the 85th time next year. Competition dates are 5.-7.3.2010.

This time Lahti Ski Games welcomes all new Olympic champions. Lahti will host first World Cup events after Vancouver Olympic Games 12.-28.2.2010.

Pictures and feelings from 2009 Lahti Ski Games in our picture gallery. See pictures here

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Lahti Ski Games wants to thank everyone for participating and wishes everyone welcome also the next year!

Gregor flying to the victory

On Sundays individual Ski Jumping competition Gregor Schlierenzauer  took the victory before Simon Ammann and Dimitri Vassilijev.  Schlierenzauer jumped 92,5 meters on both rounds totaling 242,0 points. Read More »

Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer has won leg 1 of Nordic Tournament in HS 97 hill.
Best Finn was Harri Olli who was fourth.

29 000 people visited the Games on Saturday evening.

Lahti Ski Games had a great amount of ski enthusiasts during the whole weekend. Read More »

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Alexander Legkov

Russia’s Alexander Legkov beat Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer today at mens 15km competition Read More »

Today’s ski jumping has been moved to HS97 hill. Trial round begins at 14.15 HRS after which the competition starts.

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Queen of Ladies 10km

Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk took the win at Lahti Ski Games on Sunday by over 22 seconds. Second was Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla and third Norway’s Marthe Kristofferson. Read More »

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Lahti Ski Games  thanks everyone for participating the events on Saturday and welcomes everyone to the stadium also on Sunday!

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Ladies and Mens Sprint finals gathered 17 000 spectators to Lahti Ski Games on Saturday. Even more people are expected to come and follow the ski jumping and fireworks in the evening.

Anssi Koivuranta flew astonishing 128,5 meters and is on the lead after ski jumping. Second is Czech Republic’s Pavel Churavy. Read More »

Petter Northug

Mens sprint was dominated by Norway, only Russia’s Nikolai Morilov was able to cut in between the three Norwegians.
Petter Northug was best of three just barely before Sprint World Champion Ola Viggen Hattestad. Read More »

Petra Majdic

Today’s ladies sprint offered spectators some fast skiing and great battle between today’s best women sprinters. The final corner had its share of crashes when Petra Majdic of Slovenia crashed with Finlands Pirjo Muranen. Majdic went on and finally won the final. Read More »

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Nordic Combined cross country starts at 16.25.

Finland’s Sami Saapunki won the HS70  competition on Saturday morning. The competition had some of the best junior ski jumpers from Finland, Germany and Norway as participants. All together 21 jumpers took part in the competition. Read More »

Noriaki Kasai won the HS130 qualification

Friday’s HS 130 qualification was cancelled on Friday due to wind circumstances and was moved to Saturday morning. Japan’s Noriaki Kasai won the qualification while Norway’s Johan Remen Evensen was second. Adam Malysz from Poland came in third. Read More »

Finland's Virpi Kuitunen.

Pirjo Muranen won women’s sprint qualification. Her time was 2.40,55 while second fastest was Slovenian Petra Majdic 2,12 seconds behind Muranen with time 2.42,67.  Finland’s Virpi Kuitunen was third and timed 2.43,40.

Semifinals begin at 13.00 HRS.

Cancelled HS 130 qualification has been re-scheduled to Saturday morning.

Timetable concerning ski jumping on Saturday:

9.00 Training round HS 130
9.15 FIS Youth ski jumping, trial round
9.45 FIS Youth ski jumping, first round
10.00 Ski jumping HS 130, qualification
10.45 FIS Youth ski jumping, second round

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Ski Jumping qualification cancelled. Qualification HS130 in Saturday morning. More information later today.

Sunny and warm winter weather lured 6 000 Ski Games enthusiasts to Lahti Ski Games. Weather reports forecast that the weather stays warm also on Saturday so Lahti Ski Games welcomes everyone to join the Games and enjoy great atmosphere which only Lahti can offer!

84th Lahti Ski Games starts today.

Nordic Combined Ski jumping will start at 14.30. Trial round starts at 13.30.

In the evening special ski jumping  qualification will start at 19.00. Two rounds of training will be completed before the qualification round.

Nordic Combined provisional round has been rescheduled to start at 15.00.

Fireworks is double-celebration

This years fireworks will be brought by Kemppi Ltd and Ilotulitus Ltd. Both companys are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.Fire works will take place on Saturday evening after HS team competition.

Planetarium for kids

Kids corner also have FIVE STAR -events. Local astronomy association bring movable planetarium to Kid Corner. Inside the planetarium children can see slideshows of  Milky Way and different planets. Shows take place every exect hour during Kids Corner opening times.

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See Videogallery for something that might happen….

1. World Champion Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

2. Bronze medallist Matti Heikkinen

3. Bronze medallist Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

4. Bronze medallist Pirjo Muranen

5. World Champions Virpi Kuitunen and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

6. Bronze medallists Sami Jauhojärvi and Ville Nousiainen

7. World Champions Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

8. Bronze medallists Matti Heikkinen, Sami Jauhojärvi, Teemu Kattilakoski, Ville Nousiainen

Athletes in Finnish cross country team in Lahti World Cup:

Ladies:
Sprint (F): Virpi Kuitunen, Pirjo Muranen, Kirsi Perälä, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Riikka Sarasoja.
10 km (F): Virpi Kuitunen, Pirjo Muranen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Riikka Sarasoja.

Men:
Sprint (F): Sami Jauhojärvi, Jari Joutsen, Martti Jylhä, Kalle Lassila, Lasse Paakkonen, Matias Strandvall.
15 km (F): Matti Heikkinen, Sami Jauhojärvi, Ville Nousiainen

VICTORY VIP offerts you and your friends the best places to enjoy the Games. Victory VIP is situated downstairs of Restaurant Voitto. Victory VIP  offers you a table reservation for the whole day! Best seats on both stadiums! Food buffet open 11.00 to 16.00.

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VIP Club Voitto on Saturday 7.3.2009 is SOLD OUT.
There are some VIP Club -tickets available for Friday and Sunday.

On Saturday there are still some VIP -tickets available at Lahti By Night -VIP and Salpausselkä VIP. Be quick, we have only limited amount of VIP -tickets left!

All Lahti By Night VIp -tickets ordered before 23.1.2009 on Special Price 120 euros (normal price 150 euros)

Order your VIP -ticket now!

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Finnish IDOLS winner Koop Arponen will perform in Lahti Ski Games.

Koop can be seen live in Winter Up -festival at Lahti Halli friday 6.3.2009. Other performers are Sturm Und Drang and Fintelligens.

Combined ticket covers fridays ticket to Lahti Ski Games and the concert (Winter Up). Combined ticket costs 20 euros and it is for sale ONLY AT Lahti Ski Games office

Be quick and get your own!

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Lahti Ski Games wishes all A Merry Christmas and Happy and successful New Year 2009.

Lahti Ski Games office is closed during mentioned times.

Office closed 22.-28.12. and 31.12.2008 - 6.1.2009.

Snowstorm that crossed southern Finland last week left thick snowcover to Lahti. Cross Country tracks are under preparation and will be opened soon. First part of preparation is sprint tracks that are closest to the stadium area.

Lahti Ski Games 2009 competition programme is ready and confirmed. Exceptionaly competitions start already on Thursday with the provisional round of Nordic Combined (HS130). According to new Nordic Combined rules, the results of the provisional round will take place in the case that ski jumping is not possible on the normal competition day. This rule is in use at every event during season 2008-2009.

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Would you like to be a part of Lahti Ski Games volunteers? Attaché,  computers, maintenance….

If you are interested in working as a volunteer in Lahti Ski Games, please contact us for more information. Fill the form with your basic information, and if you have some special skills, do not hesitate to tell us.

Fill the form here.

Lahti Ski Games office is back from holidays.

Staff:
Competition manager
Leila Lepistö
+358 50 590 7182
+358 3 816 8401

Marketing assistant
Inkeri Määttä
+358 3 816 8402

Result Service, Data Communications, Volunteers
Hannu Lehman
+358 3 816 8605
+358 45 631 3210

Emails: firstname.lastname (at) lahtiskigames.com

Picture gallery Janne Ahonen Farewell Competition.

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Offcial results

Thomas Morgenstern can’t compete in Janne Ahonen’s farewell competition.
Thomas is ill and cannot travel to Finland.

GET WELL SOON THOMAS!!