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Will the New Zealand Winter Games (sponsored by Audi) to act as a beautiful setting tains season of snowboarding and freestyle. & Nbsp;
Thursday 20 August 2015 4 minutes reading time
The New Zealand event, which takes place every two years and & egrave; now in its fourth edition, it attracts many athletes who can demonstrate world and Olympic medals in five disciplines that are part of the program of the Olympic Winter Games, what & egrave; freestyle, snowboarding, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and curling.
The exhibition will be held & agrave; Aug. 21 to 30 and & egrave; the second consecutive season that opens the freestyle and fourth opening that snowboarding.
There will be big names as regards slopestyle and 'halfpipe freestyle, as the Olympic bronze medalist and world champion in 2009 Sochi nell''halfpipe Kevin Rolland (France) among men, while among women will present the' ' Olympic silver in 2014 in slopestyle Devin Logan (USA), world champion in office slopestyle Lisa Zimmermann (Germany) and the Norwegian Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen, always in slopestyle winner of the medal 'gold at the Winter X Games in Aspen in 2013.
This program freestyle
21st & nbsp; August: ski halfpipe qualificazioni23rd & nbsp; August: halfpipe finali27th & nbsp; August: ski slopestyle qualificazioni29th & nbsp; August: ski slopestyle finals
In snowbaord will be present among men the Olympic champion nell''halfpipe Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland), and among women the 'Olympic gold in Sochi in slopestyle Jamie Anderson (USA), the' Olympic silver Enni Rukajarvi (Finland ) and Olympic bronze medalist Kelly Clark (USA).
This is the program of snowboarding:
20th & nbsp; August: snowboard slopestyle qualificazioni22nd & nbsp; August: snowboard slopestyle finali28th & nbsp; August: snowboard halfpipe qualificazioni20th & nbsp; August: snowboard halfpipe finals
The 'CEO of the event Arthur Klap said the races valid for the World Cup will be the highlight of the ten days of competition of the festival: & ldquo; Big events attract big names, and we expect record numbers for both As for the audience on the mountain and for those who will watch us on TV or follow the event via the Internet while out & rdquo;. & nbsp;
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The 'Italian sar & agrave; This in slopestyle freestyle with Silvia Bertagna and Christof Schenk, & nbsp; and in competitive slopestyle snowboarding with Alberto Maffei, Loris Framarin and Nicola Liviero.
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