Val Gardena: Saslong renewed for the next races of the World Cup

Val Gardena: Saslong rinnovata per le prossime gare di Coppa del Mondo
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Val Gardena: Saslong renewed for the next races of the World Cup

Latest Jobs in Val Gardena to redraw the last part of the track that the next 16 and 17 December will host the men's World Cup for the now classic two days of racing, super g and downhill.

La Nucia curve was the 'last stretch to fix a Saslong which is now completely modernized and enlarged. While the part that goes from the Nucia curve to the finish line has been changed to 15 years ago made safe, the curve from the entrance to the final schuss of the original track was still the same in 1968. That is, until three weeks ago. Today, with the completion of the work, it is expanded and reinforced by a high wall six to eight meters of reinforced earth. In recent years, all the bottlenecks have been eliminated and security measures have been updated. These works will provide television images even more spectacular in the downhill and the Super-G on the traditional track of Val Gardena. Changes to the Nucia curve were made for the safety of the athletes, but not only, because it will guarantee greater nell''impostazione freedom of the track. "The 'expansion and stabilization of this part allows us to have a wider tracking, away from the fall line," explains FIS race director Markus Waldner, who a few days ago, on the spot, did the picture of the situation the "new" Saslong.
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