Finnish Women’s Motocross champion Sanna Kärkkäinen got a taste of thumb-throttle action on the occasion of the FIM World Snowcross Championship’s visit to her country.

TUURI (FINLAND), 26th March - The FIM Snowcross World Champion title is back to Sweden through the hands of Emil Ohman, the 24 years-old from Tvaran takes home his second title after winning it in 2008. The VillageShop circuit in Tuuri, the “good luck community”, as it is called by the Finnish population surely had some effect on today’s results although not for all the riders.

TUURI (FINLAND), 25th March - The 2011 edition of the FIM World Snowcross Championship is on with a short free-practice session; a first glimpse of the kind of action we’re about to have on tomorrow’s races.

FUNCHAL (PORTUGAL), 24 March 2011 - Following last year’s strong win by American rider Tucker Hibbert ending a predictable Scandinavian supremacy, the 2011 edition of the FIM Snowcross World Championship returns to the village of Tuuri in Finland on the 25th March weekend after hosting the event in 2008.

The entry list for the FIM Snowcross World Championship taking place in Tuuri, Finland, on the March 25th weekend has been officially announced. The following 47 riders will take part on the event: