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Eddie the Eagle backs plans for nordic ski jumping centre in Wales

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Eddie the Eagle, 'people's hero' of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, has backed plans for a permanent nordic ski jumping facility in North Wales, near Wrexham. The idea was first devised 10 years ago.

The scheme, which would be developed by the John Nike Group, would involve an investment of £6.5 million to build three jumps (and other facilities), the largest of which would be 55m and involve an access tower 30m high. The site is a spoil tip on the site of the former Gresford Colliery, where planning permission for the ski jumps already exists. This is due to expire in 2006 unless renewed.

The Nike Group - which operates artificial ski slopes at Chatham, Llandudno, Plymouth, Bracknell, Swadlincote and Bristol - wants to clear the site and commence work in the spring of 2006, to complete the centre in 2008. A grant of £600,000 from the Wales Tourist Board has been approved.

This report from BBC News.

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Ski-jumping on artificial surfaces is viewed internationally as far more closely related to ski-jumping on snow than dry slope ski-racing is to snow ski-racing. FIS sanctions international ski-jumping events on artificial ski-jumps, but does not sanction international ski races on dry ski slopes.
A development like this, which has been talked about ever since 1988, could help Britain produce talented ski-jumpers who could pursue the sport from an early enough age. (Eddie's main disadvantage was that he had switched from ski-racing to ski-jumping far too late in life.)
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