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These days the Fis is reunited with the great one in Portoroz (Slovenia), where any regulatory changes and the upcoming season's calendars are being discussed. As for cross-country skiing, a somewhat bitter anticipation emerges.
Thursday 25 May 2017 3 minutes reading time
As reported by Exxon, the bells sound dead for the sprint in Stockholm. The event, which was not played this season, should have been back in the schedule for the upcoming circuit next winter. However, ultimately, the Swedish federation would have asked (and got) to move it to Falun.
The federal manager Johan Sares said, "It's simply too costly to make it cost you millions of crowns. We do not think it's more sustainable to produce snow at Lindingö, transport it to the castle and stretch it half the day before the race, just because There is a risk that it will dissolve too soon.
We have proposed alternative solutions to the Stockholm City Council, but we have not come to anything. We can not wait any longer for this race, so we asked to be moved to Falun. Clearly it is very sad, because this event was a real celebration.
If we are forced to move it, it is very difficult for us to go back in the future. "
"There is sadness in my heart now, but I understand the decision," said Rutger Simonsson, Secretary General of the Final Sprint. And the risk is now that it will be difficult to get back the World Cup to Stockholm? Re quite right in it. In that case, we have to find a different form from that of the Final Sprint with all the logistics in terms of traffic solutions, snow transport and the like. Rutger Simonsson continues: - A competition in Stockholm must always be on the agenda. We must not let it go. But the longer the time goes, the harder it will be.
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