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World's most famous ski jump "may be torn down"
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Holmenkollen, Oslo, the most historic and famous ski jump in the world, may be demolished because it does not meet current international competition standards. The International Ski Federation has demanded changes if Oslo is to be approved as a venue for a major World Cup competition in 2011.
There is now a controversy over rebuilding the jump, because of its sensitive location above the city.
This report from
Aftenposten.
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... Oslo, which has applied to host the World Cup competition five-and-a-half years from now, will either have to tear down the existing ski jump and build a bigger one, build a new ski jump somewhere else, or drop its World Cup bid.
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A snowHead on Fri 3-03-06 0:44; edited 1 time in total
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Oslo City Council voted yesterday to host the 2011 'Ski World Championship', according to the report linked below. The city is looking to the Norwegian government to provide half the £26 million cost of rebuilding the Holmenkollen jump.
This report from
The Norway Post.
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The event referred to in both the above links is, in fact, the 2011
Nordic
World Ski Championships.
For interest, here's a page from the FIS site indicating forthcoming World Championships (alpine, nordic and snowboard) in 2007, 2008 and 2009:
http://www.fis-ski.com/de/grossanlaesse/fisskiweltmeisterschaften/zukuenftigewsc.html
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26 mill for a ski jump!?!? thats a lot of scaffolding and landscape gardening..
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Pretty good value, I would have thought. Once you take in the scale of the structure - even the existing jump is massive - and all the spectator facilities, it amounts to quite a construction site.
The current facility houses one the world's premier ski museums - well worth a visit - and I don't know if they'd have to rebuild that as part of the scheme.
I guess it's the most significant landmark in Oslo. There's public access to the top of the jump tower, which has great views of the city because Holmenkollen itself is high in the hills (though you can access it with an easy ride by metro train from the city centre).
I'd say it's very likely to go ahead, because Holmenkollen is such a powerful element in Norwegian sport - and the jump's already been rebuilt umpteen times to reach or advance international standards. I guess part of the problem is that ski jumps just get bigger, and there's maybe no international agreement to say 'enough'.
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