The scandal was as taken out of a Finnish television theater, and it ended every bit as tragic. The FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships in Lahti 2001 will forever be remembered with horror in Finland. In our Halloween Special this year we go through the stages of the Lahti 2001 scandal all the way through to the impact the scandal continues to have on Finnish skiing today, almost 24 years later. Send us a text
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The scandal was as taken out of a Finnish television theater, and it ended every bit as tragic. The FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships in Lahti 2001 will forever be remembered with horror in Finland. In our Halloween Special this year we go through the stages of the Lahti 2001 scandal all the way through to the impact the scandal continues to have on Finnish skiing today, almost 24 years later. Send us a text
Toni Sailer was an incredibly multi-talented Austrian skier from Kitzbuhel who started out dominating the world of alpine ski racing, and who ended up as one of the biggest celebrities Austria has ever had. In episode 9 of Ski Heroes, we explore Toni Sailer's life as a ski racer, including his dominant performance at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, we touch on his acting career, and we even make stop by James Bond. Send us a text
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The scandal was as taken out of a Finnish television theater, and it ended every bit as tragic. The FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships in Lahti 2001 will forever be remembered with horror in Finland. In our Halloween Special this year we go through the stages of the Lahti 2001 scandal all the way through to the impact the scandal continues to have on Finnish skiing today, almost 24 years later. Send us a text
