and it again involved Italy and Germany (East and West Germany reunified in 1990) only this time it was for a bronze medal rather than gold. After the Olympics The biathlon and cross-country skiing venues at Makomanai were temporary venues and torn down after the Olympics. The bobsleigh and luge tracks were used for recreational purposes, but no other competitions after the Olympics were held there. When Nagano was awarded the 1998 Winter Olympics in June 1991, the tracks were dismantled. Okurayama and Miyanomori would serve as the ski jumping venues for the ski jumping and the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined events when Sapporo hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 2007. It has been on the Ski Jumping World Cup circuit on an almost annual basis since 1980. Mount Teine remains a popular alpine skiing site that has been in use since the 1972 Games. See also Winter Olympic Games References 1972 Winter Olympic venues