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The director of the men's circuit spoke to Kurier: "There can be no vaccination obligation, we will go ahead with the same rules as last season. Beijing 2022? It's a problem ...".
Wednesday 18 August 2021 4 minutes reading time
The 2020/21 vintage, the first after the outbreak of the pandemic, which among other things had already forced to interrupt the previous one ruining the grand finale, was brought home successfully, with the reshaping of the calendar and the absence of the public (with the exception of the Levi slalom), to keep almost all the races on the calendar, with the wound of the cancellation of the Wengen appointment for the cases of Covid which exploded in that very difficult month of January, when the World Cup male was saved by "taking refuge" in Kitzbuehel.
We need to get used to a different winter season, but the 2021/22 one will be closer to tradition with the return of the public on the track, at least in most cases and hoping that the increase in cases in the various countries does not lead to different choices. The presence of the spectators and the complications related to the maintenance of the various bubbles is what worries Markus Waldner the most: the chief race director of the men's World Cup (among other things positive at Covid in January, after the Flachau slalom) he also talked about it last Wednesday, on the occasion of the meeting with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at the Baita Saslonch, for the Norwegian awarding of the victories obtained last season in Val Gardena.
"It was annoying and complicated for everyone with swabs and constant checks, but it was the only way to get to the World Championships in Cortina - Waldner's words reported by" Kurier "- We will continue in this way also for the next season, there can be no vaccination obligation, but clearly each country can move as it pleases. For example China: with these rules of engagement (the obligation of quarantine, ed), it will be a problem for the Olympics ”.
The South Tyrolean manager added that “the public is fundamental for our sport, I foresee a limited presence based on the situations, but global management without lockdown will be more complicated. Last winter we were alone, the resorts opened their lifts and hotels only for us in the circuit, with the exception of Switzerland and that's where there were problems. We will have to live with mountain tourism, but it is good because without it we would not be able to survive two winters in this way ”.
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