USA flag 1996 Steamboat USA
Finally, the Old Boys of the world gather at beautiful Steamboat Springs, Nordic skiing capitol of the Rocky Mountains. Their arrival is greeted, not by Colorado sunshine, but by three days of rain. The rain softened the light mountain snow, making jumping hazardous, and several jumpers dropped out of the competition due to crashes in early practice. The unofficial team jump was wisely scrubbed, but the first scheduled event, a 38 meter competition for jumpers over 50, ran successfully on Thursday morning. Then the wind came up and the 38 meter jump for the younger classes was postponed until Saturday. This wind marked a weather front which ushered in the promised Colorado sunshine for the remainder of the weekend.

All the remaining events went off in beautiful Rocky Mountain weather. The Thursday 60 meter competition was split into two sessions. Friday was the busiest day, with a special 25 meter jump for the Grand Masters, the remaining 38 meter classes, the 88 meter and Nordic combined races. The cross country race was contested at the touring center east of town, where the 7000 foot altitude put a hurt on skiers accustomed to the thick air at sea level. Sunday saw two dozen foreign guests join the U.S. skiers in the U.S. National Championships on the 60 meter hill. All awards were saved for the banquet which, for a change, followed all competitive events.

SWE Team
Sweden's Masters, IMC hosts for 1997
 As in 1990, Peter Langlois arranged an entire week of activities for the old boys of the world. Visiting teams travelled by bus from the Minneapolis airport to Westby Wisconsin for some jet lag jumping and an opportunity to converse with some Americans who learned their Norwegian on the playgrounds of this little midwest farm community. Then it was back to Minneapolis for the flight to Denver.

Here are the medalists from IMC 1996:
                  38 meter (K)              65 meter (K)             88 meter (K)             Nordic Combined              25 meter (K) 

Cl. 9     1.  Odd Aarnes        NOR                                                         Olav Malin          NOR     Odd Aarnes          NOR
70-74     2.  Bob Hein          USA                                                         Illarion Mukchartov RUS     Olav Malin          NOR
          3.  Olav Malin        NOR                                                                                     Illarion Mukchartov RUS     

Cl. 8     1.  Nikolay Teeterin  RUS                                                         Nikolay Teeterin    RUS     Nikolay Teeterin    RUS
65-69     2.  

Cl. 7     1.  John Eidem        NOR                                                         Aarne Lintulahti    FIN     John Eidem          NOR
60-64     2.  Dale Severson     USA                                                         Teuvo Koljonen      FIN     Teuvo Koljonen      FIN
          3.  Teuvo Koljonen    FIN                                                         John Eidem          NOR     Aarne Lintulahti    FIN

Cl. 6     1.  Aarne Kuisma      FIN     Aarne Kuisma      FIN     Martti Lamminpaa  FIN     Martti Lamminpaa    FIN     Aarne Kuisma        FIN
55-59     2.  Ingvart Tornangen NOR     Ingvart Tornangen SWE     Don West          USA     Don West            USA     Ingvart Tornangen   NOR
          3.  Svein Glomsvoll   NOR     Martti Lamminpaa  FIN                               Anatoli Tchistiakov RUS     Anatoli Tchistiakov RUS

Cl. 5     1.  Ake Saloniemi     SWE     Antti Kokkonen    FIN     Slavomir Kardas   CAN     Reidar Finnanger    NOR     Arnold Lund         NOR
50-54     2.  Svein Engmann     NOR     Slavomir Kardas   CAN     Antti Kokkonen    FIN     Ake Saloniemi       SWE     OLe Stromvall       SWE
          3.  Teuvo Hokkanen    FIN     Ake Saloniemi     SWE                               Per Birger Lomheim  NOR

Cl. 4     1.  Taisto Tolvanen   FIN     Jan Heiberg       NOR     Jan Heiberg       NOR     Helge Nordahl       NOR     Reino Vaara         SWE
45-49     2.  Rune Tulluan      NOR     Rune Tulluan      NOR     Tim Denisson      USA     Jan Skevik          NOR     Veijo Syren         SWE
          3.  Sindre Helland    NOR     Inge Blakstad     NOR                               Gjert Andersen      NOR

Cl. 3     1.  Arsi Sjogren      FIN     Nils O. Kongsvik  NOR     Nils O. Kongsvik  NOR     Oiva Ollikanen      FIN
40-44     2.  Vladimir Frolov   RUS     Arsi Sjogren      FIN     Vladimir Frolov   RUS     Stig Hallingbye     USA
          3.  Hannu Kohtala     FIN     Vladimir Frolov   RUS     A. Haug           NOR     Vasily Slotkin      RUS

Cl. 2     1.  Sergey Skorniakov RUS     Roger Ruud        NOR     Roger Ruud        NOR     Alex Kovalenko      RUS
35-39     2.  Alex Kovalenko    RUS     Jack Gasienica    USA     Jack Gasienica    USA     Stig Dahl           NOR
          3.  Stig Dahl         NOR     S. Tcherviakov    RUS     Veijo Stranden    FIN     S. Tcherviakov      RUS

Cl. 1     1.  Geir R.Lislegaard NOR     Scott Smith       USA     Scott Smith       USA     Geir R. Lislegaard  NOR
30-34     2.  Glenn Slettingen  NOR     Oyvind Villevik   NOR     Oyvind Villevik   NOR     
          3.  Patrick Tuohy     USA     Geir R.Lislegaard NOR     V. Zaharov        RUS

That's all for IMC 1996, now on to Sweden for IMC 1997, ...

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