Grass sking World Championships Begin

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The junior World Grass Sking Championships was opened in Rettenbach, Burgenland in Austria yesterday evening (Weds) for the third consecutive year. Keen skiers from ten countries will battle it out to become grass ski champion. The Austrian Ski Team is represented by six skiers from four provinces, including Kristin Hetfleisch, Lisa Wusits and Andreas Guttmann. […]

Schrott injured but will run at World Championships in August

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Austria’s star hurdle sprinter Beate Schrott from St. Pölten will compete at the World Championships in Moscow in August despite her current injury. Doctors who carried out a medical test in Vienna on Monay said the hurdle champ would have to miss a week of training due to a thigh injury she suffered on Sunday […]

Grass ski World Championships in Burgenland

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The FIS Grass-Skiing Junior World Championships opens up in Burgenland from 31 July to 4 August. Beating off stiff competition, the ski-centre in Rettenbach impressed a panel of judges from the International Ski Federation (FIS) enough to host the World Championships in their small village of 350 people. Johann Gschwandtner of the organising committee said: […]

Mountainbike WM begins

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The Mountain Bike World Championships opened in Saalfelden in Pinzgau last night (Weds). More than 750 mountain bikers from around the world are to take part in the event. From today training will start for the down hill course in Leogang in Pinzgau. Ten Austrians (Seven men and three women) are competing in the event. […]

DO&CO gets Euro2012 job

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DO&CO has already qualified for the Euro2012 after the caterer was chosen to organise the event’s hospitality services.The Viennese company announced today (Thurs) it will handle catering for the tournament’s premium partners and officials. The 2012 European Football Championships will take place in Poland and the Ukraine.The firm, which is headed by Attila Dogudan, was […]