Winter sports world cup in Kuusamo

This article deals with the winter sports world cups in Kuusamo , which take place in various winter sports disciplines. The start of the season for cross-country skiing , Nordic combined in connection with a ski jumping World Cup is sometimes held under the name Ruka Triple . Since the 2014 season, the International Ski Federation has held competitions in Kuusamo under the name of the Ruka Ski Center .

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing competitions have been held in Kuusamo since 2002 . Until 2013, the event was held as a Nordic Opening, which moved to Lillehammer for the first time in 2014 . After returning to Kuusamo in 2015, the 2016 World Cup took place again in Lillehammer. In 2017 the World Cup will be held as a Ruka Triple for the first time .

Results men

year	date	discipline	winner
2002	11/30	15 km classic	Vasily Rotschew
	1.12.	Mixed relay (2x5km & 2x10km)	Finland Annmari Viljanmaa Ari Palolahti Pirjo Manninen Teemu Kattilaksoki
2003	11/28	15 km classic	Aukland is different
	11/30	2 x 15 km double pursuit	Axel Teichmann
2004	11/27	15 km freestyle	Vincent Vittoz
	11/28	15 km classic	Axel Teichmann
2005	11/26	15 km classic	Tobias Angerer
	11/27	15 km freestyle	Tore Ruud Hofstad
2006	25.11.	Classic sprint	Jens Arne Svartedal
	11/26	15 km classic	Eldar Rønning
2007	1.12.	Classic sprint	Johan Kjølstad
	2.12.	15 km classic	Lukáš Bauer
2008	11/29	Classic sprint	Ola Vigen Hattestad
	11/30	15 km classic	Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2009	11/28	Classic sprint	Ola Vigen Hattestad
	11/29	15 km classic	Petter Northug
2010	11/26	Classic sprint	John Kristian Dahl
	11/27	10 km classic	Dario Cologna
	11/28	15 km freestyle handicap start	Lukáš Bauer
2011	25.11.	Classic sprint	Teodor Peterson
	11/26	10 km classic	Petter Northug
	11/27	15 km freestyle handicap start	Alexei Poltoranin
2012	11/30	Classic sprint	Nikita Kryukov
	01.12.	10 km classic	Alexander Legkov
	02.12.	15 km freestyle handicap start	Maxim Wylegschanin
2013	11/29	Classic sprint	Eirik Brandsdal
	11/30	10 km classic	Lukáš Bauer
	01.12.	15 km freestyle handicap start	Noah Hoffman
2014	11/29	Classic sprint	Eirik Brandsdal
	11/30	15 km classic	Iivo Niskanen
2015	11/27	Classic sprint	Sondre Turvoll Fossli
	11/28	10 km classic	Martin Johnsrud Sundby
	11/29	Classic 15 km pursuit	Niklas Dyrhaug
2016	11/26	Classic sprint	Pål Golberg
	11/27	15 km classic	Iivo Niskanen
2017	11/24	Sprint classic	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
	25.11.	15 km classic	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
	11/26	15 km freestyle pursuit	Maurice Manificat

Results women

year	date	discipline	Winner
2002	11/30	10 km classic	Bente Skari
2003	11/28	10 km classic	Valentyna Shevchenko
	11/29	2 x 7.5 km double pursuit	Kristina Šmigun
2004	11/26	10 km freestyle	Kateřina Neumannová
	11/28	10 km classic	Kristina Šmigun
2005	11/26	15 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
	11/27	15 km freestyle	Kateřina Neumannová
2006	25.11.	Classic sprint	Petra Majdič
	11/26	10 km classic	Virpi Kuitunen
2007	1.12.	Classic sprint	Petra Majdič
	2.12.	10 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
2008	11/29	Classic sprint	Petra Majdič
	11/30	10 km classic	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2009	11/28	Classic sprint	Justyna Kowalczyk
	11/29	10 km classic	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2010	11/26	Classic sprint	Marit Bjørgen
	11/27	5 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
	11/28	10 km freestyle handicap start	Therese Johaug
2011	25.11.	Classic sprint	Marit Bjørgen
	11/26	5 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
	11/27	10 km freestyle handicap start	Therese Johaug
2012	11/30	Classic sprint	Marit Bjørgen
	01.12.	5 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
	02.12.	10 km freestyle handicap start	Marit Bjørgen
2013	11/29	Classic sprint	Justyna Kowalczyk
	11/30	5 km classic	Justyna Kowalczyk
	01.12	10 km freestyle handicap start	Charlotte Kalla
2014	11/29	Classic sprint	Marit Bjørgen
	11/30	10 km classic	Therese Johaug
2015	11/29	Classic sprint	Maiken Caspersen Falla
	11/30	5 km classic	Therese Johaug
	01.12	Classic 10 km pursuit	Therese Johaug
2016	11/26	Classic sprint	Stina Nilsson
	11/27	10 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
2017	11/24	Sprint classic	Stina Nilsson
	25.11.	10 km classic	Marit Bjørgen
	11/26	10 km freestyle pursuit	Ragnhild Haga

Nordic combination

The start of the Nordic Combined World Cup has been taking place in Kuusamo since the 2002/03 season . In 2015 the competitions were canceled due to weather conditions.

Results

year	date	discipline	winner
2002	11/29	Sprint K120 LH / 7.5km	Hannu Manninen
2003	11/29	Single K120 LH / 15km	Ronny Ackermann
	11/30	Sprint K120 LH / 7.5km	Ronny Ackermann
2004	11/27	Single HS142 LH / 15km	Ronny Ackermann
	11/28	Sprint HS142 LH / 7.5km	Hannu Manninen
2005	25.11.	Single HS142 LH / 15km	Hannu Manninen
	11/27	Sprint HS142 LH / 7.5km	Mario Stecher
2006	25.11.	Single HS142 LH / 15km	Jason Lamy Chappuis
2007	11/30	Single HS142 LH / 15km	Ronny Ackermann
	1.12.	Sprint HS142 LH / 7.5km	Björn Kircheisen
2008	11/29	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Ronny Ackermann
	11/30	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Anssi Koivuranta
2009	11/28	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Jason Lamy Chappuis
	11/29	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Hannu Manninen
2010	11/26	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Jason Lamy Chappuis
	11/27	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Felix Gottwald
2011	25.11.	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Magnus Krog
	11/26	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Tino Edelmann
2012	11/24	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Magnus Krog
	25.11.	Team sprint HS142 LH / 2 × 7.5 km	Austria I. Bernhard Gruber Mario Stecher
2013	11/30	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Eric Frenzel
	01.12.	Relay HS142 LH / 4 × 5 km	Norway I. Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Krog Mikko Kokslien Jørgen Graabak
2014	11/29	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Johannes Rydzek
	11/30	Team sprint HS142 LH / 2 × 7.5 km	Norway I. Håvard Klemetsen Jørgen Graabak
2016	11/26	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Johannes Rydzek
	11/27	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Johannes Rydzek
2017	11/24	Single HS142 LH / 5km	Espen Andersen
	25.11.	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Akito Watabe
	11/26	Single HS142 LH / 10km	Johannes Rydzek

Ski jumping

→ Main article : "International competitions" in the article Rukatunturi-Schanze

For the first time there was a World Cup in ski jumping in Kuusamo in 1996 . Usually the men's second competition takes place on the Rukatunturi hill .

Results men

year	date	Jump	comment	winner
1997	7.12.	K120 LH		Takanobu Okabe
	8.12.			Primož Peterka
2002	11/29	K120 LH	Night jumping	Primož Peterka
	11/30		Night jumping	Andreas Widhölzl
2003	11/28	K120 LH	Night jumping	Matti Hautamäki
	11/29		1 round / NS	Sigurd Pettersen
2004	11/27	HS142 LH	Night jumping	Janne Ahonen
	11/28		1 round / NS	Janne Ahonen
2005	11/26	HS142 LH	1 round / NS	Jakub Janda
	11/26		Night jumping	Robert Kranjec
2006	11/24	HS142 LH	Night jumping	Arttu Lappi
2007	11/30	HS142 LH	Night jumping / team	Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren Tom Hilde Anders Bardal Roar Ljøkelsøy
	1.12.		Night jumping	Thomas Morgenstern
2008	11/29	HS142 LH	Night jumping	Simon Ammann
	11/29		Night jumping / team	Finland Ville Larinto Kalle Keituri Harri Olli Matti Hautamäki
2009	11/27	HS142 LH	Night jumping / team	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer Thomas Morgenstern
	11/28		Night jumping	Bjørn Einar Romøren
2010	11/27	HS142 LH	Night jumping / team	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Wolfgang Loitzl Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer
	11/28			Andreas Kofler
2011	11/27	HS142 LH	team	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer Thomas Morgenstern
	11/27			Andreas Kofler
2012	11/30	HS142 LH	team	Germany Andreas Wellinger Michael Neumayer Richard Friday Severin Freund
	01.12.			Severin friend
2013	11/29	HS142 LH		Gregor Schlierenzauer
2014	11/28	HS142 LH	Night jumping	Simon Ammann
	11/29		Night jumping	Simon Ammann Noriaki Kasai
2016	25.11.	HS142 LH	Night jumping	Domen Prevc
	11/26		Night jumping	Severin friend
2017	25.11.	HS142 LH	Night jumping / team	Norway Johann André Forfang Anders Fannemel Daniel-André Tande Robert Johansson
	11/26		Night jumping	Junshirō Kobayashi

Web links

• All World Cup events in Kuusamo at the International Ski Federation (English)
• All World Cup events in Ruka at the International Ski Federation (English)