Affected by credible "Sailer attacks" – Wiener Zeitung Online

Vienna. In the Ö1 "Abendjournal", Nicola Werdenigg commented on rape allegations against Toni Sailer, last published in Der Spiegel, according to which the applicant had already contacted in the spring of this year. Werdenigg believes the woman "because she can portray relationships, people and spaces with as much detail as only a person close to the ski team can do."

During a downhill race at Innsbruck-Igls in 1975, the 14-year-old had gone to a hotel with friends and sat with Austrian coaches. Under the pretext of wanting to give her an autograph card, she took Sailer to her room at that time, described to Werdenigg the statements of those affected in the Ö1 "Abendjournal". "The child knew that the parents were big fans of Toni Sailer, he was lured into the room, there was an attempted rape, then Toni Sailer went to dinner, locked the kid in the room, returned Drunk She then raped, "said Werdenigg.

ÖSV verifies anonymous allegations against coaches
The Austrian Ski Association examines an anonymous allegation published by the magazine "Der Spiegel" that a former ÖSV sports coach who was a young man during the gang rape of a girl in Schladming "continued his work within the badociation. Union President Peter Schröcksnadel has ordered an immediate internal investigation.

The ÖSV requires a certificate of good conduct from all coaches and officials, in a press release from consultant Heidi Glück, ÖSV's external communication officer. If the accusation were to prove true, the consequences would be immediate, he added. According to Schröcksnadel, the "zero tolerance for any violence and abuse of power" applies.

The ÖSV had set up three committees of independent experts after the emergence of allegations of badual badault in the 1970s, started almost a year ago by the allegations of abuse committed by the former runner of the ÖSV, Nicola Werdenigg. It was the Ski Association u.a. confirms that there is no structure in the ÖSV that systematically promotes badual violence. The confrontation with the allegations had led to a process of awareness and awareness within the ÖSV, it was said later.

In the current article on the online payment of Spiegel, new allegations of abuse against Toni Sailer, Austrian legend of the late ski, were made public in 2009. From what the ÖSV n & # 39 is not known, said Monday.