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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993
FIS Nordic WSC 1993 logo.png
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993.
Host city Falun
Country  Sweden
Events 15
Opening ceremony 19 February
Closing ceremony 28 February
Main venue Lugnet
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time (1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval style (10 km: men, 5 km: women) one day, then follow the next day in the freestyle pursuit (15 km: men, 10 km: women) with the first distance winner going first in the pursuit. Additionally it was the first competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union in late 1991 and the first competition with Czechoslovakia having been split up as the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

22 February 1993

24 February 1993

Dæhlie edged Smirnov at the finish line to earn the gold medal. Smirnov later stated that he lost out to Dæhlie by "only 16 centimeters".

20 February 1993

28 February 1993

26 February 1993

21 February 1993

23 February 1993

19 February 1993

Välbe was the first Russian to win a gold medal in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's breakup in late 1991.

27 February 1993

26 February 1993

18 February 1993

25 February 1993

Japan's four-minute victory margin at this event, followed by their nearly five-minute victory at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer the following year, would lead the FIS to change the Nordic combined team event from a 3 x 10 km relay to a 4 x 5 km relay that would become effective at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. This was in an effort to lessen the emphasis on the ski jumping part of the competition.


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