Ski MountaineeringOlympics
And '' large and important: & egrave; Olympic dream of Ski touring. The people of & ldquo; & rdquo Skimo; It pursues this goal for some time now, with the hope of entering the big family in five circles of the Winter Olympics.
Tuesday 1 March 2016 6 minutes reading time
The Ski Touring & egrave; one of the few sports that records, in recent years, positive numbers: cos & igrave; the statistics say that record both the number of practitioners and athletes, is that of Sunday fans. Everyone, after all, beginners or experts, & ldquo; & rdquo chaplain; their skis with the & rsquo; one goal to test the unique emotions that only the mountains can offer.
For this, in addition to activities & agrave; competitive, the ISMF - International Ski Mountaineering Federation is working to meet the requirements by the IOC & ndash; International Olympic Committee to become part of the Games.
The IOC has gi & agrave; He expressed his closeness to the Ski touring assigning to Federsci, in & rsquo; in April 2014, an award d & rsquo; temporary interest. & nbsp;
Now it awaits a step further: The IOC will decide next summer & agrave; whether to grant full recognition to the ISMF and from here potr & agrave; Starting an official countdown. & Ldquo; We face a still long way & ndash; explains Armando Mariotta, president of ISMF & ndash; but there are many reasons why our dream could be realized & rdquo ;.
One of the pi & ugrave aspects; important & egrave; sustainability & agrave; of the sport: l & rsquo; main ingredient of each race Ski touring & egrave; only and only nature and, cos & igrave; as the IOC recommended, all the necessary facilities at the competition places are removable, temporary and therefore respectful of & rsquo; environment.
& Ldquo; There are three disciplines that we hope will be promoted as Olympic - explains Lluis Lopez, vice president of ISMF Sports and Events: This is the Vertical, the Sprint and Individual & rdquo ;.
L & rsquo; idea of ​​the Federation and the Olympic Committee & egrave; to work to a sort of & ldquo; & rdquo ;, showcase a showcase for the Alpine skiing to be opened during the Games in 2018 in Pyeongchang in South Korea.
& Nbsp; & ldquo; That would be the ideal place to demonstrate what is the nature of the Alpine skiing and what are the values ​​of this kind of competition & rdquo ;, explains Marco Mosso, vice president of marketing for ISMF.
In these three years & egrave; It has been made in promoting the sport. First the World Cup & egrave; become more & ugrave; with many international events distributed in large part of & rsquo; Europe and with many collaborations with other ski touring circuits of the world.
The new collaboration with Infront, a leading sports consultancy, has allowed a professional step forward in marketing and communication. & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Ldquo; The multinational Italian & ndash; Swiss strengthens our efforts in promoting the Ski touring - adds Mariotta - Infront is in charge of television production, managing and promoting the transmission of a series of & nbsp; highlights in some races. On our behalf, then, Infront is also working on the distribution of television rights and sponsorship in some resorts & agrave; the race of the World Cup & rdquo ;.
Finally, in a few days, ISMF sar & agrave; in & ldquo; & rdquo tour; in South Korea to participate in the dell & rsquo; Asian series racing. The federal delegation, which includes the president Mariotta and technical director Gil Orriols Jansana, will work & agrave; side by side with the local organizers of the two events & ndash; a race Vertical and a One to One & nbsp; -. On the same trip & egrave; also scheduled to meet with Vice President of the Olympic Committee of Pyeongchang 2018. On the agenda the possibility & agrave; to organize a & ldquo; & rdquo ;, showcase to tell ski tours during the 2018 Games.
Lucia GalliISMF International Ski mountaineering Federation
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