At the end of June, the FIS Race Director for Alpine Skiing Helmuth Schmalzl visited the host of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER). GAP is busily getting ready for the World Championships in February 2011.
Core work on the Hahnenkamm race track involves improving the capacity of the snow guns by adding a second major pond at the so-called "Seidlalmkopf. These measures also affect the section of the downhill called "Gschöss.
FIS race director Helmuth Schmalzl was on site for a first inspection of the hill with OC chief Michael Huber and security chief Sepp Wurzenrainer to receive detailed information by the project manager of the railway company Kitzbuehel Richard Profanter. There will be more reporting on the continuous changes and work that is done on the race track.
Track inspections as technology along the tracks is being revised and coordinated....
After the short visit of Schmalzl, the ORF technical equipment team was on site to undertake the necessary steps and coordinate actions with the Hahnenkamm Organizing Committee with the future aim of carrying out the notorious Hahnenkamm race. The KSC and ORF use the excavation work to guarantee the supply of cables for optimal transmission of the Hahnenkamm race on TV.
Connection boxes are also being added to keep the assembly and disassembly work of ORF shorter and above all have a contingency plan in place for changing weather conditions (to shift the position of the start, etc.). The necessary materials are now being ordered and installed in the coming weeks and months.
Ski racing in Garmisch has long traditions. Both the speed races on the Kandahar and the technical events on the Gudiberg can be classified amongst the most difficult on the FIS Alpine World Cup calendar.
