FIBT World Championships 2012

2012 World Championships
LocationLake Placid, New York
DatesFebruary 13-26

The FIBT World Championships 2012 took place from 13 to 26 February 2012[1] at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Lake Placid, New York, for the tenth time. Lake Placid had previously hosted the World Championships in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1997 (skeleton), 2003 (men's bobsleigh), and 2009.

Lake Placid was awarded the 2013 championships at the 2009 FIBT Annual Congress meeting in Moscow on 31 May 2009, but the 2013 location was switched to St. Moritz, Switzerland, in December 2010. The FIBT switched the locations to accommodate a shorter trip for athletes and equipment to Sochi, Russia, in 2013 so that athletes will gain practice time on the 2014 Olympic track in Sochi.[2]

  1. ^ "2012 Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships return to Lake Placid". Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism / Lake Placid CVB. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Lake Placid to host bobsled worlds a year early". 7 December 2010.