Here Is To Supersprint

Here Is To Supersprint

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You've heard of it by now. You probably even saw it broadcast - either on NRK, SVT or online. Let us add our two cents and share what we liked about the inaugural ski supersprint It's fast. And we are not just talking athletes' speed. Excluding prologue, the whole race fits inside 1.5 hour. If you, as a television broadcast viewer, prefer any sporting event to last longer you clearly got too much time on your hands. If you are a spectator on the terraces yet want a longer show, then you positively enjoy to be frozen & exposed to elements which we have hard time understanding. It's highly visual. There is quite enough drama caught on camera- and even more of it is happening outside the racing ground as…
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Östersund Superstadium To Host Inaugural World Supersprint Series  Race

Östersund Superstadium To Host Inaugural World Supersprint Series Race

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Traditionalists would shake their heads. Purists gonna scowl. But the shortest skiing distance competition is here and it now has its own series. The race in Swedish Östersund on Saturday kicks off the World Sprint Series by the end of which next April the planet will know the name of its fastest skier on a 100 meter supersprint. [caption id="attachment_13624" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ludvig " Ludde" Jensen is a man who probably did the most to popularize ski supersrint by developing distinct skiing technique on the tracks and being overall charmer outside of them[/caption] ..we sit at the race office of possibly the world's swankiest ski & biathlon stadium with the event organizer Ante Andersson. Totally rebuilt for this year's IBU Biathlon Championships, Östersund Skidstadion is to host the first ever…
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Ski Season Kicks Off With SuperSprint Cup In Östersund, Sweden This Weekend

Ski Season Kicks Off With SuperSprint Cup In Östersund, Sweden This Weekend

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The wait is over. The snow skiing season starts this weekend in Östersund, Sweden True, there were already FIS races in the South America and Australia/New Zealand – and there was a traditional Livigno race. But the Swedes got the timing superbly right: end of October, just when millions of skiers the world over start sensing that snow in the air and look longingly at their own stashed away narrow skis. What you need to know about the Östersund Winter Festival: - Will take place 27 to 29 October and culminate with the Sunday's finals - Will be live-televised/streamed by home broadcaster SVT - Stands for 8,000 ( you heard it right – eight thousand! ) spectators were built - "Only” 500 cubic meters of snowfarmed snow will be need…
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