Marlies Schild took first place for the second time, in the second race this season in the first round of the women’s slalom world cup. The race took place in Courchevel, France over the weekend and marks Schild’s 30th victory in world cup slalom racing. “It is great,” said Schild who beat Tanja Putianien in […]
The Slalom World Cup in Flachau in Austria has been given the go ahead. The FIS (International Ski Federation) declared the Hermann-Maier-World Cup course ready for the slalom competition at the start of next week this morning (Weds). Almost 70 centimetres of snow now lies on the course which will be sprayed over the coming […]
Peter Schröcksnadel has vowed to continue programmes aimed at getting more kids on the pistes. The Austrian Skiing Federation (ÖSV) president said today (Thurs): “Our offer must be better and more desirable than a holiday in Egypt. (…) Holidays in the south are our major competitor.” The influential businessman explained in an interview with the […]
Bungling event managers reported a pricey sound system as stolen several weeks after the theft probably happened.Police in Lower Austria said today (Weds) organisers of a party realised the 23,000-Euro high-end sound appliance had been nicked after they used the rented device at an after-race party last month.Managers of the event said the sound […]