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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 1 km individual sprint February 21 . 2001 15 km classical February 15 , 2001 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit February 17 , 2001 Finland 's Jari Isometsä finished second, but was disqualified for blood Doping . 30 km classical February 19 , 2001 50 km freestyle February 25 , 2001 4 × 10 km relay February 22 , 2001 The Finnish team finished first, but was disqualified when Janne Immonen tested positive for Doping . WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 1 km individual sprint February 21 , 2001 10 km classical February 20 , 2001 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit February 18 , 2001 15 km classical February 15 , 2001 4 × 5 km relay February 23 , 2001 The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Virpi Kuitunen tested positive for Doping . MEN'S NORDIC COMBINED 7.5 km sprint February 24 , 2001 15 km Individual Gundersen February 15 , 2001 Vik becomes the first repeat world champion in this event since Oddbjørn Hagen did it in 1934 and 1935 . 4 × 5 km team February 20 , 2001 MEN'S SKI JUMPING Individual normal hill February 23 , 2001 Individual large hill February 19 , 2001 Team normal hill February 25 , 2001 Team large hill February 21 , 2001 DOPING CONTROVERSY The six Finnish skiers affected, referred to in several cross country skiing publications http://www.xcskiworld.com/news/OpEd/doping.htmhttp://www.xcskiworld.com/news/OpEd/brenna.htm http://www.cirkus.ee/portfolio/lahti.htmhttp://www.sportsci.org/jour/0101/ss.htmhttp://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20031121IE6http://www.fasterskier.com/news/0211News.htmlhttp://www.skicountyusa.org/oldsite/Articles/2004_11/110504.htmhttp://www.xcskiworld.com/news/Editor/editor_gold.htm as the "Lahti Six" were four men ( Janne Immonen , Jari Isometsä , Harri Kirvesniemi , and Mika Myllylä ) and two women ( Milla Jauho and Virpi Kuitunen ). All six tested positive for Hydroxyethyl Starch , a banned Blood Plasma expander. Kirvesniemi retired while the others served two year suspensions. Kuitunen is the only one of the "Lahti Six" that is still competitive as of 2007 , having earned a bronze in the women's team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and four medals (including three gold) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo . This incident, along with the doping disqualifications of Olga Danilova , Larisa Lazutina , and Johann Mühlegg at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and Kaisa Varis at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val Di Fiemme , would force the International Olympic Committee and the International Ski Federation to tighten up their Drug Testing procedures. Doping concerns were also strongly mentioned at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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