Uralican Nordic Skiing Championships

The Uralican Nordic Skiing Championships (official name The CS-Bolak Uralican Nordic Skiing Championships due to sponsorship) is a Uralican competition set to begin in January of 2010. Its first full season is scheduled for October 2010-April 2011.

List of Disciplines

Cross-Country Skiing

Men

• 50 km freestyle
• 30 km pursuit
• 15 km classical
• 4 x 10 km relay
• Combined pursuit (10km/15km)
• Individual sprint
• Team sprint

Women

• 30 km freestyle
• 15 km pursuit
• 10 km classical
• 4 x 5 km relay
• Combined pursuit (10km x 2)
• Individual sprint
• Team sprint

Mixed

• 4 x 7.5 km relay (two men, two women, alternated)
• Team sprint (one man, one woman)

Biathlon

Men

• Individual (20 km)
• Mass start (15 km)
• Pursuit (12.5 km)
• Sprint (10 km)
• Relay (4×7.5 km)

Women

• Individual (15 km)
• Mass start (12.5 km)
• Pursuit (10 km)
• Sprint (7.5 km)
• Relay (4×6 km)

Mixed

• Relay (4x6 km) - two men, two women, alternated.
• Team Pursuit (4x10km) - two men, two women, alternated.

Ski-Jumping

(To be done at either Narodnaya or Hiipinä)

Men

• Individual Large Hill
• Individual Normal Hill
• Team Large Hill

Women

• Individual Large Hill
• Individual Normal Hill
• Team Large Hill

Mixed

• Team Large Hill (1 man, 1 woman)

Nordic Combined

(Hiipinä only)

• Men (4 x Normal-hill Jump, 4X5km relay, stagger)
• Women (4 x Normal-hill Jump, 4X5km relay, stagger)

Layout

A normal racing session will last one week, with four races per day. Uralican standard cross-country tracks are 1.25 kilometres in length, with only slight modifications necessary for biathlon events, making transition between cross-country and biathlon quick and easy. Each different session will have the events scheduled differently.

The ski-jumping and Nordic Combined events are actually done separately because of the fact that facilities for these are severerly limited. A Nordic Combined event will only last two days, with ski jumping events being over in a day.

In Nordic Combined, which can only take place in Hiipinä Hiihtokeskus because it is the only location with both ski-jumping and cross-country facilities, the start of the 4x5 relay is staggered based on ski-jump results, with every point difference equalling one second of stagger.

Venues

• Parchezhsky Park, Syktyvkar (Parcheg)
• Tagil Skiplex, Verkhny Tagil
• Cherepovets Skiklub, Cherepovets
• Murmansk 1250, Kuálõk
• Solikamsk-Berezniki Snowplex, Solikamsk
• Kogalym 1250, Kogalym
• Ob River X-Country, Surgut
• Ukhta Park, Ukhta
• Nizhnevartovsk 1250, Nizhnevartovsk
• Vorkuta Ski Track, Vorkuta
• Inta Cross-Country and Biathlon Club, Inta
• Nenetsia Skiplex, near Naryan-Mar
• Yugrakar 1250 @ Irtysh Sportsplex, Yugrakar
• Júganvár 5/4, Juganvar
• Pechorski Skipark, Pechora
• Veliskin Hiihtokeskus, Veliski
• Ulator 1250, Ulator
• Hiipinän Hiihtokeskus (the only cross-country facility that also has ski-jumping)
• Khanto Park, Khanto
• Narodnaya Alpine Skiing Complex, Kharp, Yamalia (Ski-jumping only)
• Chaykovsky Biathlon Complex, Chaykovsky

2010 Abridged Season Winners

All Individual Events

(including biathlon)

• Men Overall Medals: Dmitry Malakhov - 84 gold, 12 silver, 3 bronze
• Women Overall Medals: Tarja Niskanen - 41 gold, 28 silver, 22 bronze

Pairs Events

(Men's and women's combined pursuit, men's, women's, and mixed team sprint)

• Men Overall Medals: Malakhov/Juhani Ristola - 19 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze
• Women Overall Medals: Lilyana Malenkova/Liisa Santtunen - 12 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze
• Mixed Overall Medals: Malakhov/Yulya Malakhova - 10 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze

Team Events

(any event with four people, includes biathlon)

• Men Overall Medals: Malakhov/Ristola/Jyrki Nieminen/Mikhail Arkadiev (Syktyvkar) - 15 gold, 10 silver, 3 bronze
• Women Overall Medals: Malakhova/Malenkova/Santtunen/Roberta Rask - 21 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze
• Mixed Overall Medals: Malakhov/Malakhova/Ristola/Niskanen - 15 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze

Ski Jumping

• Men Overall Medals: Risto Lehtonen - 13 gold, 1 silver
• Women Overall Medals: Krisztina Liszt - 10 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze
• Team Large Hill: Lehtonen/Sirkka Eerikäinen - 7 gold (swept the events!)

Nordic Combined

(only done once this season)

Men:

• Gold - Lehtonen/Aalto Strandholm/Kaarle Hammevik/Yuri Gerasimov
• Silver - Ristola/J. Nieminen/Tuukka Nieminen/Janne Jokinen
• Bronze - Marko Robertov/Sergey Kiryukhin/Vladimir Yekaterinov/Arkadiyev

Women:

• Gold - Elisabeth Nordlund/Eerikäinen/Martta Turujärvi/Laura Korpela
• Silver - Liszt/Aliz Szavay/Hajnal Rosza/Ksenya Hedervari
• Bronze - Niskanen/Malakhova/Nadya Bushmanova/Mara Nakume

2010-2011 Season Schedule (October-April)

COMING SOON!