tenth October 2024
The Austrian resort of Saalbach-Hinterglemm & Salzburgerland are promising an unforgettable expertise for British skiers visiting the Alpine Ski World Championships subsequent February. NEW
It’s the second time the resort has hosted the championships, the final was in 1991.
This time the organisers say the occasion shall be far more focussed on the expertise of the tens of hundreds of ski followers anticipated to attend, together with it’s hoped many from the UK.
Firstly, the races – which shall be run between the 4th and sixteenth February – will all be held on one single hill, the Zwölferkogel.
We reported right here because the resort was awarded the competitors.
It means the Males’s and Ladies’s Downhill, Tremendous G, GS, Slalom and the Workforce Parallel occasion will all begin at totally different heights however will end in the identical stadium enviornment within the village.
That is in distinction to some earlier world championships which have been unfold throughout separate hills and even in several resorts – as they have been in Méribel and Courchevel in 2023.
Saalbach additionally plans to function its community of 270 km of slopes, one of many largest in Austria, at close to 100% capability for leisure skiers through the 12 days of races.
Talking on the UK launch of the Austrian resort’s plans, Saalbach head of selling Wolfgang Quas stated; “This shall be a particular expertise. Our guests will be capable to ski with family and friends after which cease subsequent to the racetrack and watch world class ski racing earlier than persevering with on with their day.”
The Championships are additionally a giant second for the regional authorities in Salzburgerland, the world of Central Austria which incorporates Saalbach and its satellite tv for pc resorts.
“We labored onerous for this,” Julia Eder the Salzburgerland Senior Challenge Supervisor advised the launch which was held on the Austrian Embassy in Belgravia.
“Ten years of preparations – and all the main focus is on these two weeks.”
The previous GB olympic athlete, Chemmy Alcott, was current.
World Championship GB winter launch. Picture c/o PlanetSKI
For GB Snowsports, the occasion is being seen as an enormous alternative to win medals.
Chief Government Vicky Gosling advised the London gathering that there was a “particular bond” between Austrian ski spectators and British rivals and she or he was assured this could encourage the staff’s talisman, Dave Ryding, and his fellow racers to carry out and do significantly effectively.
See right here for extra: https://www.saalbach.com/en/saalbach2025/saalbach2025
Ski World Championships Factbox:
Held each two years12 days of races and events150 thousand spectators expected600+ athletes60+ totally different international locations representedSaalbach-Hinterglemm Factbox:Full Title: Ski Circus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang FieberbrunnOpened as a significant ski resort in 1960270km of pistes70 ski liftsHosted Ski World Championships in 1991 & 2025
