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. […]
Austrian Nordic combined athlete Felix Gottwald, 37, has been given the Ehrenzeichen honorary medal of Salzburg for his sporting achievements. He was born in Zell am See, and now lives in Salzburg, and was an Austrian Nordic combined athlete from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009, including the Olympics. After the […]
A German tourist suffered serious injures in a sledging accident yesterday evening (Thurs).The 38-year-old man came off the illuminated track in Jerzens, Tyrol, and skidded down a 15-metre ravine. He was unconscious when pals discovered him at the bottom of the rocky descent shortly after the incident.The man was transferred to the valley by mountain […]
A primary school student died instantly in a freak skiing accident around midday today (Thurs).Officials in the ski resort of Rußbach in Salzburgs Tennengau region announced that the boy whose nationality and age were not given skidded down a hill for around 200 metres after dropping out of a tow lift. He was […]