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Press Release 24 February 2016

FLYING HIGH IN THE ITALIAN SKY
VAL DI FIEMME HOSTS fis NC WORLD CUP

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Val di Fiemme (Italy)
Three days of events from tomorrow until Sunday
Tens of athletes from 15 nations to gather in the Italian venues
'Jump in the Breakfast' and 'Winterfest' as side events during the weekend

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup approaching. 60 combiners from 15 nations will be flying high in the Italian sky tomorrow night from 7pm onwards for the kickoff event of the World Cup leg in Italy's Val di Fiemme. In details, Nordic Combined superstars tomorrow will face a qualifying round before the Team Sprint event scheduled on Friday morning at 10.30am (jumping session from the Large Hill - HS 134), followed by the XC skiing part at 2pm at the XC skiing stadium. Two Individual Gundersen competitions are to take place on Saturday and Sunday, both kicking off, better yet jumping off, at 10am while the skiing session will be at 3pm.
World Cup leader Eric Frenzel (GER) will certainly try to grab them all and reach Finn legend Hannu Manninen with four World Cup trophies in a row. Concerning the provisional overall standings, Frenzel managed to stay in the lead after the Kuopio step, though Japan's Akito Watabe has dangerously moved closer and the gap with him is now only 143 points.
The weekend in Val di Fiemme is the penultimate round of this season's World Cup that will finish in Schonach next month. As previously mentioned, 60 athletes from Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Korea, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, the US and Italy will show up in the Italian Dolomites, the highest number of racers and nations in this season amongst the several hosting areas.
Several side events are scheduled during the Italian weekend, such as 'Jump in the breakfast' and 'Winterfest'. Check all the details on www.fiemmeworldcup.com