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The "Track Three Franco Berthod," which has already hosted the finals of the European Cup 2012 and other circuit races continental male in 2013, enjoyed the Norwegian Atle Skaardal, the manager, in fact, of Cup women. But there are some logistical problems to solve ...
Monday 7 October 2013 3 minutes reading time
Important day, not to mention history, that of Sunday, October 6, 2013 for the entire region Valle d'' Aosta: a Commission of the FIS has in fact made (again, after those of last June) an inspection to assess the possible assignment'' of a Women's World Cup race in the coming seasons, especially from 2016 onwards.
Present, among others, the President of FIS, Italian Winter Sports Federation, Flavio Roda ("I think that these areas deserve - told the TG RAI regional - a race of this level also because they give prestige and reward locations that are committed daily to promote winter sports ") and Atle Skaardal, chief race director of the Women's World Cup:" The 3 Franco Berthod is a great track, so the first impression is good. But of course we are here to assess the opportunity to compete in a women's downhill World Cup and now we need to go a little'' in more detail and see if we can find solutions to a couple of problems that we found. "
It is primarily the difficulty of the track itself, perhaps too much for a race of female circus, the parterre and logistics to improve, especially in reference to the means of television production.
The Valle d'' Aosta been working for years in a big dream, which also extends to other disciplines winter that just getting to sleep in Valle races of the World Cup, between La Thuile, for super-G / down or Women's Super Combined alpine skiing, and Brusson Bionaz for the Biathlon and Cross Country Skiing for the Cogne (it would be a return, in this case).
Best of luck!
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