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The Olympic champion in downhill launches a revolutionary proposal.
Friday 28 October 2016 2 minutes reading time
In the season just started a new system for the starting bibs & egrave World Cup; entered into force to ensure greater distribution of the first level nell''ordine starting athletes (and to guarantee a TV audience for a longer time): the first 10 competitors in the World Cup Starting List choose an odd number between 1 and 19 while skiers with a position between the 'eleventh and the twelfth may take an even number between 2 and 20.
The Olympic champion in downhill in Sochi, the 'Austrian Matthias Mayer, today proposed a revolution qualifications in training runs as in Formula 1 with the best time that d & agrave; right to priority & agrave; in the choice of the breastplate. Speaking at an event for a sponsor Mayer, who should be back in the race in Lake Louise after being stopped by two broken vertebrae in Val Gardena last winter, he noted: "would change things. I think that would be a positive development although sar & agrave ; need to discuss the format of the qualifiers. "
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