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Sölden (APA) – The Alpine Forum traditionally took place before the start of the Alpine Ski World Cup season with two giant races at the weekend in Sölden. The International Ski Federation (FIS) Race Directors, Markus Waldner for Men and Atle Skaardal for Women, gave an overview of the changes, innovations and considerations:
Parallel Race: In the spring, a working group of the FIS will look at the harmonization of rules for side events. During the season that begins now, two events of the city, for both men and women, in Oslo and Stockholm, with 16 athletes each invited. The races are part of the slalom World Cup. With a large starting pitch and another format, the ladies lead a parallel slalom to St. Moritz, the men a giant slalom parallel to Alta Badia. "It's important to test the formats, but now we have to work on the modification," said Markus Waldner. It belongs to the 2021 World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo to be ready when a parallel event will be a competition for the medals. This is the first step to enter the Olympic program.
Warmer, cut-resistant undergarment: At the request of speed athletes, a warmer, cut-resistant underwear is used. The prototypes tested in the wind tunnel are already used during the coming season. "With 150 euros, they are also affordable for families," said Markus Waldner, who also expressed interest in the youngest athletes in action at the FIS races. He was happy to see that the airbags are even more used by women.
Women's World Cup in St. Anton: The ladies return to St. Anton for the first time after January 2013. In the future, January's women's sprint races in Austria will take place alternately in St. Anton and Zauchensee . The three-wheeler with Bad Kleinkirchheim is no longer there, because the Carinthian organizers should find another solution on the side of technology, said Aatle Skaardal. "I'm happy that we're back in St. Anton, it's a very difficult track with extremely steep sections, and with St. Anton and Zauchensee we have two really good fast tracks," said the Norwegian.
World Ski Championships in Aar: Preparations for the season's summit in February are proceeding according to plan, according to Aatle Skaardal, the last inspection took place in Sweden. "We had very high expectations, we had an excellent World Cup 2007. The courses are the same with some modifications, the weather can still be difficult, but we are well prepared." FIS President Gian Franco Kasper , is also looking to the future. "Aare does a great job."
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