norwegian skeleton track located norway kilometers north town center completed winter olympics hosted events events hosted world championships skeleton championships scheduled host winter youth olympics original plans called track located later proposed moved town center oslo decided track meters giving competition length meters men singles meters competitions course vertical drop meters giving percent average grade track proposed winter olympics bids history prior olympics track norway winter olympics oslo built temporary venue snow reused olympics bid winter olympics proposed placing track plans venues track proposed located proposal estimated cost nok million rejected location environmental impact institutions instead proposed track built initially disapproved location started looking possibility constructing track oslo routes considered route run internationally support build norway track capital concerns environmental impact location raised particularly visual pollution confirmed grant issued august designers tracks olympic tracks france calgary canada consulted planning companies bid concrete construction work awarded joint venture nok million construction buildings awarded group track olympic venues games construction started construction started minister culture labour_party suggested march attempt reduce costs olympic events held site events winter olympics french authorities positive given norway pay construction costs idea rejected president fellow party members reacted emphasized nok million blasting track route construction undertaken tonnes long tons short tons tonnes long tons short tons reinforcement bars track world build cooling pipes underground consists reinforced concrete sections concrete work completed october representatives conservation nature stated satisfied end result artificially frozen track venue completed october cost nok million olympics ownership venue transferred owned specifications track meters long including braking distance competitive length excluding braking distance skeleton men singles meters long men doubles women singles meters long track turns contains track vertical drop meters entire course average percent maximum percent grade start located meters mean sea level allows maximum speed kilometres hour mph spectator capacity system contains metric tons long tons short tons circulating sections total length kilometers pipe allows capacity kilowatts million british thermal units short tons cooling allows track outdoor temperatures facility produces hours year district heating gaining nickname norway largest venue operated operates olympic venues track staffed seven employees addition people large events venue serves local sports clubs nations sports training addition track serves tourists year summer rides provided wheeled track operated months year venue received subsidies nok million year following table shows physical statistics track sports contains competition length start finish excluding braking length number turns vertical drop average grade events winter olympics man man competed winter olympics contested heats days man took place february man took place february winter olympics contested events winter olympics singles contested heats days doubles contested heats day men singles took place february women singles took place february men doubles took place february world championships world championships split taking place skeleton skeleton events took place march world championships world championships competed nations events second place norway inaugural edition oslo future scheduled host winter youth olympics scheduled place february february scheduled host skeleton events norwegian cities announced intentions bid winter olympics oslo planned joint bid planned use sliding center alpine skiing hills bid originally planned build track later bidding process announced intended bid track despite distance kilometers signaled wanted venue construction costs prefer bid existing venues increased distances backed want additional tracks built world difficulties funding operation proposals shelved renewed oslo bid process olympics calls use track records following incomplete list track records including women skeleton men skeleton list contains start times track times athlete date record
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