FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 - Broadcast Opening Sequence

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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were a Nordic skiing event sanctioned by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The event was launched in 1925 as the Rendezvous races, and it was in 1937 that the Nordic Ski World Championships were officially referred to by its present name.

In its early years, the event was initially taken place annually - even in Winter Olympic years, but after World War II, the Championships were held every four years from 1950 to 1982. Ever since 1985, the meet was staged biennially in odd-numbered years.

The event went outside of Europe for the third time in 2007, heading to Asia as Sapporo, Japan - site of the 1972 Winter Olympics - set the stage for that year's Nordic World Ski Championships. Sapporo brought Nordic skiing action inside a roofed stadium, as the Sapporo Dome housed portions of cross-country sprint events and the Nordic combined cross-country race.

Even though there were highlights, the 2007 Championships had some lowlights; despite being well run and well-organized, the championships' attendance was only 90,000 - this amount was only a third of what was there at the previous meet at Oberstdorf in 2005.

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