Now it’s fix: Garmisch-Partenkirchen as a candidate for the world Ski Championships in 2025 in the race. There are two competitors.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – it is Now official: Garmisch-Partenkirchen as a candidate for the Alpine Ski world Championships in 2025 in the race. The world ski Federation FIS has confirmed on Thursday. The letter of application is submitted, the 400 000 Swiss francs to the initial fee paid. Three places compete to host the title fight in six years: in addition to the market town of these are Crans-Montana, Switzerland, as well as Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Austria. A decision will be made in may 2020 at the FIS Congress in Thailand.
Now a lot of work is waiting for Peter Fischer and his Team from the organizing Committee of the Ski world Cup and the ski-club Garmisch. This year it will be a matter of the Bidbook, are described in the requirements, and a catalog of questions on the answers, waiting, until 1. Edit, September and later, as the official Application document in the FIS to submit. “We know it all already,” says Fischer. “We have three months.”
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what are the chances?
OK-boss is acting more as the head of the application from the Austrian point of view. “I have assured the parish Council at the time, and I want to do,” says the 65-Year-old. He finally brings all the prerequisites: He knows the decision-makers at FIS, already has two applications for the world Championships and also the world Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a record-winning mastered. Not least, he has also signed on to the application of paper – in addition to DSV President Franz Steinle and Board spokesman Hubert Black. Finally, the German ski Association with the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski club, is a candidate officially Garmisch as a host for the world Cup.
About the chances of the application does not want to miss the official major. “Of course we compete to win and not to be Second,” says Fischer. “But, especially in the Alpine area there’s always very strong competitors. Both of the other candidates for world Cup places are not, even if you have to constantly race,“ commented Fischer. For comparison: On the Kandahar, the SC Garmisch aligns per Winter even four competitions. “Saalbach is a second candidate.” The Salzburg had pulled in the awarding of the world Cup in 2023, according to Courchével/Méribel in France is already Shorter. However, the Garmisch-Partenkirchner know the feeling of defeat, received in 2006, also only in the second attempt, the contract for the title fights in 2011. Whether persistence is also in this application process is an advantage – “you will see,” says Fischer.
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Fischer: To do “there are a lot of
To the environment” has changed compared with the 2005/06 bit. “Basically, everything is the same,” stresses Fischer. “The topics we are familiar with, even though some of the questions certainly change.” The Bidbook from Are in Sweden this year is fishing as a reference in each case.
A first Meeting of the candidate with the FIS, it is at the end of may with the appointment of a conference in Cavtat/Croatia. Starting in October, according to the review of the application documents, then the fine-tuning. “There is much to do,” says Fischer. Because the various aspects of the application need to be discussed with the Association, community or institutions, the results of which are then put to paper. “We edit a category after the other.”
A little surprised, Fischer showed that there are only three candidates for the world Ski Championships. “It was unclear whether a prospective buyer from Scandinavia or from Overseas.” Finally, the world Championships for 2017, and now, at least until 2025 all of Europe. For 2021, the Italian Cortina d’ampezzo.
