March 15, 2006 – The FIS X-Country Ski World Cup is coming to China. A truly historical event, this X-Country Ski Sprint Final C with the entire world elite on the start lists C will be held in Changchun on March 15, 2006. Jointly organized by Chinese Ski Association, the City of Changchun and Nordic Ways, the competition marks the first of its kind in China.
 
The World Is Watching
Ski sprint is the ski discipline that has gained most popularity and attention in the past few years – it is simply the most exciting form of ski racing.

The Changchun FIS World Cup Final is designed for media and the live audience. Set in an outdoor sports stadium, the skiers race two loops altogether 1,100 meters. The stadium can seat 30,000 spectators and the live TV broadcast will be distributed to over 60 countries, the reach-out of this event is enormous. With China as an emerging ski nation with the National Team performing well on the international scene, the CCTV-5 broadcast of the FIS WC event in Changchun means that the Chinese nation will experience their own team racing with the world elite on home soil. This is history in the making.

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