Do you hear „Linje en og Frogneseteren“? Just hop on and Holmenkollbanen subway is going to take up to Holmenkolllen. Why? Oslo is ready for its greatest event in this millennium. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is just about to begin.
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| Holmenkollen ski tracks labyrinth |
12 days, 3 arenas and 19 sets of medals – all in Holmenkollen National Arena overlooking the Oslo city. Norwegians are pretty ambitious so they want Oslo 2011 to be the best Nordic Ski Championships ever. All this makes Oslo Championships must see event for all winter sport fans. See the prolog video here.
Holmenkollen National Arena suffered general reconstruction and now is ready to host the best athletes in the world. Arena consists of Holmenkollbakken “steel tower”, new dominant od Oslo, well hidden Midtstubakken jumping hill and Ski Tracks Stadium.
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| jumping hill HS134 Holmenkollbakken |
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| jumping hill HS106 Midtstubakken |
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| Ski tracks stadium |
Many great athletes are going to come to compete in Holmenkollen. There are some of them that truly desire our attention:
Cross-country skiing is Norwegian winter sport number one. So ler´s begin. No doubt. Norwegian Marit Bjørgen in actual form should be the Holmenkollen Championships most shinning star - pretty hard to beat this year, very stable in last years and triple gold medalists in Vancouver 2010.
Situation in men´s category is a bit more complicated. Swiss Dario Cologna is the current World Cup leader but the biggest attention will be focused on Norwegian "well-behaved boy" Perter Northug. I can´t forget the best distance skier in last years, Czech Lukáš Bauer. Lukáš already won everything he could but not any golden medal from "great" event like Olympic Games or World Championships.
Ski jumping, my "heart thing", will be very specular events in Oslo. Ski jumping = Austria. That´s true of last years.There is no doubt that Thomas Morgenstern is the best in this season. But he is not that sovereign in last weeks. "Polish Eagle" Adam Malysz or four times Olympic winner, Swiss Simon Amman is waiting for his fault.
Wanna to bet for sure. I would reccomend you gold for Austrian ski jumpers in both team races. Morgenstern, Schlierenzauer, Kofler, Koch, Loiztl.
Cross-country skiing is Norwegian winter sport number one. So ler´s begin. No doubt. Norwegian Marit Bjørgen in actual form should be the Holmenkollen Championships most shinning star - pretty hard to beat this year, very stable in last years and triple gold medalists in Vancouver 2010.
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| Marit Bjørgen (NOR) - How many gold medal will she be able to score on Holmenkollen? |
Situation in men´s category is a bit more complicated. Swiss Dario Cologna is the current World Cup leader but the biggest attention will be focused on Norwegian "well-behaved boy" Perter Northug. I can´t forget the best distance skier in last years, Czech Lukáš Bauer. Lukáš already won everything he could but not any golden medal from "great" event like Olympic Games or World Championships.
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| Petter Northug (NOR) - Bad boy for sure, arogant as well, although pretty good skier |
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| Lukáš Bauer (CZE) - Tough hills, high stable speed are his weapons. |
Ski jumping, my "heart thing", will be very specular events in Oslo. Ski jumping = Austria. That´s true of last years.There is no doubt that Thomas Morgenstern is the best in this season. But he is not that sovereign in last weeks. "Polish Eagle" Adam Malysz or four times Olympic winner, Swiss Simon Amman is waiting for his fault.
Wanna to bet for sure. I would reccomend you gold for Austrian ski jumpers in both team races. Morgenstern, Schlierenzauer, Kofler, Koch, Loiztl.
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| Thomas "Morgi" Morgestern (AUT) |
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| Austrian ski jumpers - unbeatable in last years |
