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Austria is willing to stage all its rehearsals even without an audience if necessary. Possible news for the opening in late October.
Sunday 5 July 2020 3 minutes reading time
A World Cup that starts 24 hours in advance, or on Friday 23 October with the female giant on the Rettenbach in Soelden, to then play the male giant on Sunday as usual?
It is one of the hypotheses put on the plate by the Austrian federation itself which, in consultation with the organizing committee of the classic opening for the past twenty years, wants at all costs that the two inaugural tests be held regularly, if necessary even without spectators. The choice to run the races after two days is an option that could become concrete especially in the event of opening to the public, in order to have the possibility of optimally managing the safety issue both for the spectators themselves and for athletes, staff and insiders.
Peter Schroecksnadel's OESV spoke clearly in recent days, in a conference staged in Poertschach, in Carinthia, where the Austrian and German federations fielded their utmost availability to see all the events of the next season for winter disciplines, agreeing on protocols to be implemented with the various organizing committees involved.
"Sport is our lifeblood, we must make sure that we can carry out all our events in case there is a possibility, even without spectators present," said Schroecksnadel, still president for a year before the elections moved to 2021. Hubertus Schwarz, president of the board of the German federation (DSV), spoke of “willingness to start from the assumption that all the world-class events planned for the next season will take place in Germany, if necessary also with limitations or absence of public.
We are doing everything possible in terms of protocols based on the needs of the various disciplines. " Simply?
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