Live and on-demand coverage of World Championships
Wed, Feb 25, 2009 - By Patrick Vesely
The 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is taking place in the Bohemian city Liberec, Czech Republic. Altogether, 20 medal events are on schedule, which is a new record in the history of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Of those, Cross-Country will count for 12 events -- six female and six male -- and Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined each for four. About 635 participants from 62 nations are expected to compete.
UniversalSports.com will have on-demand video of each event after it happens, as well as daily recaps, results and photo galleries.
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Thursday, Feb. 19 |
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| Women's 10km classic |
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Feb. 19, 2009: Aino Kaisa Saarinen of Finland won the women's 10-kilometer classical race at the Nordic skiing world championships Thursday to earn her first major title. Saarinen started last of the 76 skiers, with a 30-second interval between each runner, and finished in 28 minutes, 12.8 seconds. [READ MORE] RESULTS: Women's 10km classical race GALLERY: Aino Kaisa Saarinen, 10km world champion |
| Nordic combined -- 10km mass start |
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Feb. 19, 2009: The ski jumping portion of a Nordic combined event was called off Thursday and postponed until Friday because of strong winds and heavy snow at the Nordic skiing world championships. [READ MORE] |
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Friday, Feb. 20 |
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| Women's ski jumping -- Normal hill |
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Feb. 20, 2009: Lindsey Van of the United States became the first ever women's ski jumping world champion Friday after nailing a perfect second jump to edge Ulrike Graessler of Germany. [READ MORE] Carrie Sheinberg: Let the girls jump RESULTS: Women's ski jumping -- normal hill GALLERY: Women's ski jumping -- normal hill WATCH: Women's ski jumping -- normal hill |
| Men's 15km classic |
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Feb. 20, 2009: Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia won the men's 15-kilometer classical race at the Nordic skiing world championships Friday, spoiling Lukas Bauer's quest for a first world title before a frenzied home crowd. [READ MORE] |
| Nordic combined -- Ski jumping normal hill |
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Feb. 20, 2009: Todd Lodwick won the opening Nordic combined event at the world championships Friday to give the United States two golds in one day, hours after Lindsey Van became the first women’s ski jumping world champion. [READ MORE] Peter Graves: Historic day for U.S. Nordic team GALLERY: Nordic combined ski jumping WATCH: Lodwick wins Nordic combined world title |
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Saturday, Feb. 21 |
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| Women's 15km pursuit |
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Feb. 21, 2009: Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland sprinted past Norway's Kristin Stoermer Steira on the final stretch Saturday to win the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon at the Nordic skiing world championships. [READ MORE] |
| Men's ski jumping -- Normal hill |
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Feb. 21, 2009: Feb. 21, 2009: Wolfgang Loitzl of Austria won the men's ski jump on the normal hill at the Nordic skiing world championships. Loitzl was second after the first round and jumped 99 meters in the second. [READ MORE] RESULTS: Men's ski jumping normal hill |
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Sunday, Feb. 22 |
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| Men's 30km pursuit |
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Feb. 22, 2009: Petter Northug of Norway won the men's 30-kilometer pursuit Sunday at the Nordic skiing world championships. [READ MORE] |
| Nordic combined |
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Feb. 22, 2009: Todd Lodwick won a Nordic combined event Sunday for his second straight gold at the Nordic skiing world championships. [READ MORE] WATCH: Nordic combined, ski jumping normal hill |
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Tuesday, Feb. 24 |
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| Men's 1.6km sprint |
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Feb. 24, 2009: Ola Vigen Hattestad confirmed his supremacy this season by winning the men's cross-country sprint Tuesday at the Nordic skiing world championships. [READ MORE] |
| Women's 1.3km sprint |
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Feb. 24, 2009: Arianna Follis of Italy won the women's cross-country sprint Tuesday at the Nordic skiing world championships. Kikkan Randall of the United States took the silver medal. [READ MORE] Brian Pinelli: Randall reels in historic Worlds silver |
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Wednesday, Feb. 25 |
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Video: Entire events on demand |
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Thursday, Feb. 26 |
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Video: Entire events on demand |
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Friday, Feb. 27 |
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Video: Entire events on demand |
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Saturday, Feb. 28 |
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Video: Entire events on demand |
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Sunday, March 1 |
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Video: Entire events on demand |
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