Editing Helsinki (section)

==Sports==
{{Main|Sport in Helsinki}}
[[File:2005 World Championships in Athletics 2.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] was the centre of activities during the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].]]
[[File:Helsinki Olympic Stadium Tower.jpg|thumb|Helsinki Olympic Stadium Tower]]
Helsinki has a long tradition of sports: the city gained much of its initial international recognition during the [[1952 Summer Olympics]], and the city has arranged sporting events such as the first [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Athletics]] 1983 and 2005, and the European Championships in Athletics 1971, 1994, and 2012. Helsinki hosts successful local teams in both of the most popular team sports in Finland: [[association football|football]] and [[ice hockey]]. Helsinki houses [[HJK Helsinki]], Finland's largest and most successful football club, and [[HIFK Fotboll|IFK Helsingfors]], their local rivals with 7 championship titles. The fixtures between the two are commonly known as [[Stadin derby]]. Helsinki's track and field club Helsingin Kisa-Veikot is also dominant within Finland. Ice hockey is popular among many Helsinki residents, who usually support either of the local clubs [[HIFK (ice hockey)|IFK Helsingfors]] (HIFK) or [[Jokerit]]. HIFK, with 14 Finnish championships titles, also plays in the highest [[bandy]] division,<ref>Video from the Finnish final 2009 against OLS from [[Oulu]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-j0t5yxIE Youtube.com]</ref> along with [[Botnia-69]]. The Olympic stadium hosted the first [[Bandy World Championship]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Finnish Bandy Federation |url=http://www.finbandy.fi/info.htm |access-date=2 April 2016}}</ref>

Helsinki was elected host-city of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but due to World War II they were canceled. Instead Helsinki was the host of the 1952 Summer Olympics. The Olympics were a landmark event symbolically and economically for Helsinki and Finland as a whole that was recovering from the winter war and the continuation war fought with the Soviet Union. Helsinki was also in 1983 the first city to host the World Championships in Athletics. Helsinki also hosted the event in 2005, thus also becoming the first city to host the Championships for a second time. The [[Helsinki City Marathon]] has been held in the city every year since 1981, usually in August.<ref>[https://helsinkicityrunningday.fi/helsinkimaraton/ HELSINKI CITY MARATON 40-VUOTIS JUHLAMITALI – Helsinki City Running Day] (in Finnish)</ref> A [[Formula 3000]] race through the city streets was held on 25 May 1997. In 2009 Helsinki was host of the [[European Figure Skating Championships]], and in 2017 it hosted [[World Figure Skating Championships]]. The city will host the 2021 [[FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup]].  [[American football]] and the [[Vaahteraliiga]] has a strong tradition in the city dating back to the early 1980s.

Most of Helsinki's sports venues are under the responsibility of the city's sports office, such as 70 [[sports hall]]s and about 350 [[sports field]]s. There are nine [[ice rinks]], three of which are managed by the Helsinki Sports Agency (''Helsingin liikuntavirasto'').<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hel.fi/liv/fi/liikuntaviraston-esittely/liikuntaviraston-esittely| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202307/https://www.hel.fi/liv/fi/liikuntaviraston-esittely/liikuntaviraston-esittely| archive-date = 24 June 2021| title = Liikuntaviraston esittely {{!}} Helsingin kaupunki}}</ref> In winter, there are seven artificial ice rinks. People can swim in Helsinki in 14 [[swimming pool]]s, the largest of which is the {{ill|Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre|fi|Mäkelänrinteen uintikeskus}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urheiluhallit.fi/en/locations/makelanrinne.html|title=Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre - Official Site|website=Urheiluhallit.fi|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226191745/https://www.urheiluhallit.fi/en/locations/makelanrinne.html}}</ref> two inland swimming pools and more than 20 [[beach]]es, of which [[Hietaniemi Beach]] is probably the most famous.<ref>[http://www.hel.fi/www/liv/fi/palvelut/liikuntaviraston-toimipisteet Liikuntaviraston liikuntapaikat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502083821/http://www.hel.fi/www/liv/fi/palvelut/liikuntaviraston-toimipisteet |date=2 May 2017 }} (in Finnish)</ref>