Preparation
- Three-time Olympic and six-time World Championship medalist Masahiko Harada (ski jumping) was appointed Ambassador to the championships on July 12, 2006.
- Media accreditation closed on September 30, 2006. During the event, Hiroshi Takeuchi of the Kyodo News (Japan) served as chief of the National Press and head of the Press Centers, and Kurt Henauer of the FIS served as International Press Chief. As of January 31, 2007, at least 1150 international media earned accreditation.
- Members of the organizing committee attended a technical directors' seminar on cross country skiing in Tokyo on October 28–29, 2006 in an effort to expand cross country in Japan, South Korea, and China
- FIS Vice President Yoshiro Ito of Japan, who is also on the event's organizing committee, stated in an interview with FIS that he sees growth will develop among Asian nations following this event since skiing in general is weak in Asia.
- Sapporo Mayor and Event Organizing Committee Chair Fumio Ueda, in an FIS interview, stated that "I am convinced that the Championships - held in Asia for the first time - will provide many children and young people, our future leaders, with lofty dreams and great hopes, and will enable everyone around the globe to share the emotions of this event, thus contributing to the pursuit of world peace."
- 450 pre-competition doping tests occurred for all cross country skiers and Nordic combined skiers coordinated by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) with support from the FIS Doping Control Coordinator from the FIS-appointed specialist agency, IDTM. Post-competition doping results were conducted by JADA with urine samples taken during the press conferences. The testing samples were conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) testing facilities in Tokyo. The top four athletes plus two randomly-chosen athletes in all events were subjected. Out-of-competition testing was also conducted as well, a program that began in the aftermath of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 doping scandal in Lahti, Finland that has been successful in the Winter Olympics of Salt Lake City (2002) and Turin (2006) and the World Championships of Val di Fiemme (2003) and Oberstdorf (2005).
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