Lenzerheide wants a stage of the Biathlon World Cup

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Grows ever more & ugrave; the ranks of nations that aspire to host a stage of the World Cup biathlon. Since yesterday you & egrave; added to the list even Switzerland, with & nbsp; Lenzerheide.

Friday 8 April 2016 4 minutes reading time

This is not a novelty & agrave ;, Since & eacute; for years the 'plant located in the Canton of Grisons is working with the' declared aim of obtaining the necessary requirements to be able to organize maximum circuit events. The polygon & egrave; It opened in December 2013 and now & egrave; started the final step, the construction of the "Nordic House", a complex comprising all service facilities necessary to meet the demands Ibu. The dell''operazione cost is around 7.5 million Swiss francs (just under EUR 7 million). The work will begin shortly and should be completed gi & agrave; in December of quest''anno. The will & agrave; organizers & egrave; to have a stage of the World Cup between the 2018 season - '' 19, and 2021 - '' 22. Switzerland does not host top level competitions from time immemorial. The latest date back to February 1985 when in Egg am Etzel were held the Women's World Cup. As for the men he must go back to January 1984, with an ephemeral event in Pontresina. Thus always increases more & ugrave; the number of countries with the purpose of having the World Cup biathlon. In addition to Germany, Russia, Norway, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Slovenia - or nearly fixed in the calendar - plus the rampant applications from Czech Republic, France, Belarus and now Switzerland. In pi & ugrave; still they apply those occasional Finland, the US and Canada. Also not to be forgotten as the four-year 2018-2022 it will have & agrave; compete in China, since & eacute; the XXIV Olympic Winter Games will be in Beijing. In the light of all these pretenders, always wobbles of pi & ugrave; the position of the German second stage (Oberhof), also the will & agrave; Russia to have in turn two stages seems destined to remain a dream. Not sar & agrave; simple for the 'Ibu handle a situation like this. The 'dell''inverno elongation at 11 events, against the ten current, could ensure more & ugrave; home to the international federation. It remains to be seen whether there will be & agrave; the 'opportunity & agrave; to provide an enlargement gi & agrave; pi & ugrave; times previously proposed, but always rejected by technicians and athletes.

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