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Wolfgang Maier, DS of Germany: "We do not know how we should then behave in terms of quarantine within the borders".
Monday 11 May 2020 3 minutes reading time
If Austria has opened the way for training on the snow, starting to work on the Kaunertal glacier since last week, Italy is preparing to ski the whole month of June at the Stelvio (and Switzerland will try to slightly anticipate the times compared to July, to train between Zermatt and Saas-Fee), there is also France that is moving to define the protocols necessary to start the activity from next June 6, probably between Les Deux Alpes and Val d ' 'Isère.
On the other hand, the situation of German athletes is complicated; Thomas Dressen himself, who returned to the big last season with 3 downhill victories between Lake Louise, Garmisch and Saalbach, lives in Austria like some DSV coaches, but cannot train on the glaciers of Tyrol. The reason? Wolfgang Maier, the alpine sports director of the German sector, explains this: “We would have the opportunity to work between Soelden and Hintertux, but at the moment we do not know from the government what the rules related to quarantine will be. Coming back into the borders, it is not clear whether we would be isolated for two weeks or less. "
In Germany there would be the possibility to train only on the Zugspitze, the glacier of the north-eastern alps on the border with Austria, but provisions are awaited to understand which program to draw up. "What is now certain - confirms Maier - is the difficulty of facing the trip to Chile. I don't see it as a viable plan".
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