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One month from beginning of the Finnish races that will open the World Cup 2016-17 & egrave; & nbsp; now all set on Rukatunturi following the impressive work of the trampoline adjustment after the suppression from the calendar and the difficulties '''s Last Edition.
Monday 24 October 2016 7 minutes reading time
Surely everyone will remember the images of the last edition of the Ruka Nordic Opening in which the protagonists were the biblical expectations of a hopper and the 'other, the continued delays, canceled, dell''inrun ducts that flaked and arctic wind consistently above 10 m / s forced the Race Director FIS final deletion of the two races of special and Nordic combined jumping then scheduled.
The same images still remain imprinted for a few years also the treasurer of the Finnish Ski since the last edition of the disastrous Ruka Nordic Federation has caused in federal funds was negative in the final budget of & euro 504,000.00; .
Since the worst there and '' never end, last April the stage that usually opens the World Cup as far as the Nordic sports and '' was even removed from the initial schedule launched at the end of the season by FIS.
But all these unhappy vicissitudes have not stopped the will '' to keep this Finnish leg by Jouko Manninen, mayor of the Municipality '' Kuusamo and member of the local organizing committee.
In fact already '' in May Herra Manninen he has begun a series of meetings with local authorities, central government in Helsinki, Finnish Federation and various sponsors trying to find the money needed to kick start the refurbishment of Rukatunturi Hs 142.
Once you find the covers and the mayor '' In fact, immediately it flew to Cancun to present its restructuring program to all FIS members gathered in Mexico to define the 2016-17 calendar.
FIS & nbsp; had all the guarantees necessary has suffered readmitted the location '' of Pohjois-Pohjanmaa in the official calendar. Therefore already '' in the middle '' in July they left the total reconstruction works of artificial ducts dell''inrun which now allow the competitions regardless of the temperatures that will arise at the end of November. But the bulk dell''investimento (almost 800,000 & euro;) concerns high-tech facilities that support the large tarps now present on both sides.
This innovative new technology includes seven elements, each 18 meters high and 12 meters long & nbsp; , Automated both maualmente and is electrically depending on the conditions and the direction that Eolo vorr & agrave; affect the site and & nbsp; that will limit greatly the 'wind incidence, as you can' 'easily notice filed in the gallery below:
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In total for the resort & agrave; which houses the 'opening since 2002 the amount spent and' 'of about a million & euro; , And it also includes the 'expansion of the spectator stands, printing, new parking lots and other improvements for the disabled.
At the beginning of November will start the first test to evaluate the new structures and then there are specific workouts for the Finnish team jumping and combined.
The effort made throughout the organizing committee and '' significant, but considering that the Ruka resort has more than 75% of its annual revenues from tourism; have a & nbsp; world media feedback and as '' the Nordic Opening and '' a must indispensable for attracting tourists from around the world in this untouched part of Finland.
Now all that remains is to wait for the snow, but given the particular microclimate which characterizes this part of south-eastern Lapland where historically recording the first snowfall before Northern Lapland, this and '' the 'ultimate concern of the organizers who are still forewarned in advance producing nearly 30,000 m3 of snow in stock to use in case of need ''.
The competitions will begin on November 25 and include 2 dall''Hs142 individual competitions for jumping, 2 individual gundersen for combined, while cross-country skiing has a-filled weekend of classical technique sprints on Saturday; 10km and 15km W M Sundays with departures at intervals in which you will see '' applied for the first time the new rule of '' 83% relative all''altezza sticks compared & nbsp; all''altezza dell''atleta. & Nbsp ;
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