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31.12.2010 2.5 km F Prologue Ladies
31.12.2010 3.75 km F Prologue Men
01.01.2011 10 km C Pursuit Ladies
01.01.2011 15 km C Pursuit Men

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Feb 25, 2011

Marcus Hellner: Going for Gold Feb 25, 2011

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What a week for cross-country skier Marcus Hellner, who claimed gold on the first day of the cross country skiing world championship in Norway. Here is a portrait clip about the Nordic prodigy...

Event Details

Location
Oberhof, Germany (Map this address )
Start
DEC 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM
End
JAN 1, 2011 at 12:19 PM
About
Oberhof was settled in 1641, and remained a small town until the late 1800s, when the town was connected to the railroad line from Erfurt to Ritchenhausen, and skiers and other tourists discovered the place. It is visited by tenfold as many tourists every year and the town got its official city status in 1985. From the early 1900s, Oberhof became a center for winter sports, with luge, nordic skiing and ski jumping taking place in the town's regularly updated sports facilities. In recent years the town has also seen the construction of lift-equipped alpine skiing slopes and an international competition standard biathlon stadium. Their bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track has hosted many world and European championships in luge. In August 2009 the first German ski tunnel opened in Oberhof.