[Sports] The World Cup, almost all in Europe; the 2025 World Cup, in Saalbach

[G h o s t l y.]

The award of the 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup to Saalbach and the publication of the 2020-2021 World Cup calendar are two of the most anticipated news in the field of skiing. The technical commissions have officially proposed to the council the calendar, which must be ratified on October 9, at the expense of its application of the evolution of the pandemic.

The entire season will be disputed in Europe. After the cancellation of the North American races, only a women's relegation and a super G in Yanqing (February 27 and 28) remain in the program as a test for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. They disappear combined and only one parallel will be played in Lech- Zuers, on November 13 for women and the next day for men. The usual difference between technical and speed tests is maintained.

Of the first, in the men's category, 21 are expected (ten slaloms and eleven giants) for 16 speed (seven super G and nine descents), to which must be added a parallel slalom and a team event in the Lenzerheide finals, events common to men and women.

As regards the choice of the venue for the 2025 Alpine World Cup, the Austrian Saalbach station was the winner. The Swiss Crans Montana and the German Garmisch-Partenkirchen were also eligible for the organization ...