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Tickets for the 35th edition of the Gran Risa World Cup will not be on sale. Andy Varallo: "The future will smile back at us".
Tuesday 27 October 2020 4 minutes reading time
Only the official status was missing, which arrived on time today by the organizing committee.
For the first time since 1986, the World Cup races in Alta Badia will be held behind closed doors, ie without the presence of the public at the foot of the Gran Risa. One year after the Norwegian brace signed by Kristoffersen (in giant) and Windingstad (in the parallel giant at night), the giant's temple will host a very special 35th edition due to Covid.
An almost inevitable choice, for the appointments scheduled with the male giant on Sunday 20 December (heats scheduled at 10 and 13.30) and the return of the slalom, Monday 21 at 10 and 13. Broadcast in worldview and trophies, which will be delivered to first three classified, again this year by the artist Daniele Basso, author of the sculpture GIGANT, installed at the start of the Gran Risa slope for the 30th anniversary of the event. The trophies “are metaphors - explains Basso - of a story of passion, sport and beauty that is renewed every year in this magical event in the heart of the Dolomites”. The basic form of the 2020 Trophy is the wonderful enchanted scenery of the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where you fight at the last tenth of a second for the victory. A consolidated symbolic form for this award, which remains unique and recognizable on the international scene.
With a pop note this year: the explosion! Metaphor of the energy of sport and athletes, and of television broadcasts, fundamental in this media edition without spectators. An award rooted in the present that reminds us of the value of “always getting up”, an aspect that, precisely in the sports disciplines, includes many courageous examples to follow, to build a better future.
"Never as this year the purpose of the two World Cup races is aimed at supporting the winter tourism cause of the valley - the words of Andy Varallo, President of the organizing committee - In an upcoming winter season full of uncertainties on the part of both tour operators that for those who want to book a ski holiday, can not miss signs of a return to normal, never wanting to give up and believe in a good start and continuation of the winter season. All together, united in compliance with Covid regulations, focused on performance consistency as well as hoped for for the Gran Risa athletes and aware that the future will smile at us again, we welcome the 35th edition of the Ski World Cup in Alta Badia ".
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