Tehvandi Sports Center
{{Short description|Complex of sports facilities in Otepää, Estonia}}
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Tehvandi Sports Center ({{langx|et|Tehvandi Spordikeskus}}) is a complex of sports facilities in Otepää Parish, Estonia.
It includes multi-purpose stadium (athletics and football), ski stadium, ski jumping hill K90 and biathlon shooting ranges.
History
It has been a site for FIS Cross-Country World Cup 15 times, first held in 1999 and most recently in the 2018–19 season.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/6494414/murdmaasuusatamise-otepaa-mk-etapp-toimub-taismahus|title = Murdmaasuusatamise Otepää MK-etapp toimub täismahus|date = 8 January 2019 |website=Postimees}}
In 2011, it held the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.
It was scheduled to become a site for the Nordic combined World Cup event in the 2017–18 season,{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/NordicCombined/04/33/22/WCNC_Calendar17-18_1_Neutral.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-27 |archive-date=2017-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516215648/http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/NordicCombined/04/33/22/WCNC_Calendar17-18_1_Neutral.pdf |url-status=dead }} but was cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures.{{Cite web|url=https://news.err.ee/651319/otepaa-stage-in-nordic-combined-world-cup-canceled-due-to-weather|title = Otepää stage in Nordic combined world cup canceled due to weather|date = 29 December 2017}} It successfully hosted the event in the next season.
In 2018, it held the Biathlon Junior World Championships.
In March 2022, it hosted the Biathlon World Cup event for the first time.{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=IBU: Otepää tõestas, et on laskesuusatamise MMiks valmis |url=https://sport.postimees.ee/7550884/ibu-otepaa-toestas-et-on-laskesuusatamise-mmiks-valmis |website=Postimees}}
2027 Biathlon World Championships will be held in Otepää.{{Cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=2027. aasta laskesuusatamise MM toimub Otepääl |url=https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120068538/2027-aasta-laskesuusatamise-mm-toimub-otepaal |website=Delfi}}
Gallery
Tehvandi-Suusastaadion-2011-jaanuar.jpg|Tehvandi ski stadium in 2011
Tehvandi suusastaadion May 2013.jpg|Tehvandi stadium in May 2013
Tehvandi suusastaadion katsomo May 2013.jpg|Tehvandi stadium in May 2013
Tehvandi Staadion.jpg|Tehvandi stadium in June 2019
References
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