Press release - 27 August 2015 12:40

Slik blir Skiskytter-VM 2016

3. – 13. mars 2016 går VM i skiskyting av stabelen i Holmenkollen. Opp mot 200.000 publikummere, 1300 frivillige og 350 utøvere fra 40 nasjoner skal sammen lage vinterens største idrettsfest.

Lørdag 29. august kl. 11 - 16 markeres åpningen av billettsalget til VM med skiskytterfest for barn i Spikersuppa i Oslo. Da kommer Tora Berger med Spenning i sikte, skiskytternes smøretrailer og sommerens kuleste aktivitetsarena.

Sesongens store mål
VM i Holmenkollen er årets store mål for internasjonale stjerner som Martin Fourcade, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tiril Eckhoff og Kaisa Mäkäräinen.

– Alle som vil gjenoppleve den fantastiske VM-følelsen i Holmenkollen bør ta turen til nasjonalanlegget i mars. Det blir idrettsfest for hele Norge, sier Per Bergerud, administrerende direktør i Skiskytter-VM 2016 AS.

Skiskytter-VM byr på 11 nervepirrende øvelser fordelt på åtte konkurransedager. Det bygges tribuneplass til 25.000 tilskuere per konkurransedag, mens 1300 frivillige bidrar med entusiasme og stå-på-vilje.

Idrettsfest i «Kollen» og sentrum
I tillegg til fartsfylte og nervepirrende konkurranser i Holmenkollen, vil det også være masse aktivitet i Oslo sentrum i VM-perioden.

– Det blir storslått åpningsfest 2. mars og medaljeseremonier og konserter midt på Karl Johan hver kveld etter konkurransene. Alt vil være gratis for publikum, sier Bergerud.

I tillegg blir det barneaktiviter med mini-skiskytteranlegg i Spikersuppa, handlegate, festivalområde og publikummere i lystig lag.

Farvel til kongen?
Selv om man aldri skal si aldri, er det liten tvil om at VM i Oslo blir Ole Einar Bjørndalens siste på hjemmebane. 41-åringen fra Simostranda nærmer seg slutten av karrieren, men som han viste i Sotsji, betyr ikke alderen at han ikke kan ta gull.

- Ole Einar er en ringrev og stiller nok meget godt forberedt til VM. Har han dagen skal du ikke se bort fra at det kan bli gull på Ole i Holmenkollen, sier Morten Djupvik, idrettssjef i Norges skiskytterforbund.

Avslutningsseremonien arrangeres i Holmenkollen siste konkurransedag 13. mars. Holmenkollen var også arrangør for VM i skiskyting i 1986 og 2000. Oslo2016 er det 48. verdensmesterskapet i skiskyting.

Billetter til VM kjøper du via www.oslo2016.no fra 29. august 2015.

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Erik Trosby

Press contact Kommunikasjonssjef erik.trosby@oslo2016.no +47 93497510

Henrik Juel Teige

Press contact Mediesjef Presse, akkreditering, tilrettelegging for media under VM henrik.juelteige@oslo2016.no +47 907 38 676

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