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Soelden ahead! Audi FIS Ski World Cup season 2013/14 to get underway
There are just a few days left before the Audi FIS Ski World Cup season 2013/14 gets underway on Soelden’s Rettenbach glacier (AUT).
As every year, the first races of the season, a ladies’ and men’s giant slalom will provide some great action this weekend. The Soelden competition is the only World Cup race that takes place on a glacier, and over the years it has become a greatly anticipated opportunity for athletes to measure their new season form after many months of hard training both on and off the snow.
Soelden first hosted the Season Opening in 1993 and this year it will be celebrating the 17th edition of the race. Only three races had to be cancelled during this time, the men’s and ladies’ race in 2006 and the men’s race in 2010.
Last Thursday, FIS Race Director for the ladies' tech events Markus Mayr conducted the official FIS snow control, and confirmed both competitions. He commented: "The slope is looking really nice, I don’t remember seeing conditions this good for the first race in 10 years. The snow is a good mixture of natural and artificial snow, making it great for training. The race slope could accommodate four full lines of giant slalom and a lot of teams were taking advantage of the training.”
Aside from racing, as every year Soelden will be hosting a full schedule of side activities. Numerous press conferences, the announcement of the Skieur d'Or 2013 and other promotional events will ensure an exciting weekend to start the season.
In the traditional FIS Forum Alpinum 2013 scheduled for Friday, 25th October at 13:30 CET in the Freizeitarena in Soelden, FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and the defending FIS overall World Cup champions Tina Maze (SLO) and Marcel Hirscher (AUT) will meet the international ski media and answer questions under the moderation of Eurosport commentator Nick Fellows.
Source: the official FIS site
As every year, the first races of the season, a ladies’ and men’s giant slalom will provide some great action this weekend. The Soelden competition is the only World Cup race that takes place on a glacier, and over the years it has become a greatly anticipated opportunity for athletes to measure their new season form after many months of hard training both on and off the snow.
Soelden first hosted the Season Opening in 1993 and this year it will be celebrating the 17th edition of the race. Only three races had to be cancelled during this time, the men’s and ladies’ race in 2006 and the men’s race in 2010.
Last Thursday, FIS Race Director for the ladies' tech events Markus Mayr conducted the official FIS snow control, and confirmed both competitions. He commented: "The slope is looking really nice, I don’t remember seeing conditions this good for the first race in 10 years. The snow is a good mixture of natural and artificial snow, making it great for training. The race slope could accommodate four full lines of giant slalom and a lot of teams were taking advantage of the training.”
Aside from racing, as every year Soelden will be hosting a full schedule of side activities. Numerous press conferences, the announcement of the Skieur d'Or 2013 and other promotional events will ensure an exciting weekend to start the season.
In the traditional FIS Forum Alpinum 2013 scheduled for Friday, 25th October at 13:30 CET in the Freizeitarena in Soelden, FIS President Gian Franco Kasper and the defending FIS overall World Cup champions Tina Maze (SLO) and Marcel Hirscher (AUT) will meet the international ski media and answer questions under the moderation of Eurosport commentator Nick Fellows.
Source: the official FIS site
