Why the Planes Are Full
Argh. Argh.
OBERSTDORF, Germany....Teenager Rok Benkovic stunned a host of favourites to hand Slovenia their first ever medal from the world nordic skiing championships when he won the normal hill ski jump crown....
Rok, an 18-year-old student from Ljubljana who has never been on a World Cup podium, took the lead of the competition after a first jump of 101 metres....
It was Slovenia's first ever medal from a world nordic ski championships since the country secured independence from Yugoslavia....
Double argh.
OBERSTDORF, Germany....Belarus cross-country skier Denis Vorobiev was suspended for two years Saturday after world ski officials said a bag belonging to him was found with the banned substance HGH.
FIS said in a press release that Vorobiev left the bag with human growth hormone behind at a doping control station on Dec. 10 during the World Cup held in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Vorobiev's results will be nullified from the date the bag was found, and his suspension starts Saturday. He finished 44th in a 15-kilometre freestyle event Thursday at the nordic world championships in Oberstdorf.
Why do you think they call it doping?
But it's boodiful:
It’s not an easy task describing overwhelming beauty, that’s for sure. Can a photograph convey the fragrance of a herb meadow? Can a sentence possibly express the magic of the alpenglow?
But let's get to the point:
The highlight of the winter season 2004/2005 will be the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships held in Oberstdorf (February 16-27,2005), during which participants will compete for world championship medals in cross country, ski-jumping and the Nordic combined.
For these events, but also prior to them in time for the start of the 4-Hill-Tournament in December 2004, the Schattenberg World Championship ski-jumping stadium is to be converted into one of the world’s most modern and safest ski-jumping facilities. This involves an increase in its seating capacity from a present 18,000 to 24,000 spectators.
Around twenty minutes walk away from the Oberstdorf town centre there is the „Im Ried“ area where the new cross country skiing centre featuring an extensive and extremely sophisticated network of tracks is presently being prepared for the World Championships. Those who would like to follow in the „footsteps“ of Evi Sachenbacher are welcome to take the opportunity of using the World Championship tracks – except, of course, during the period in which the events are being held.
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