4 to 5 December 2010: Viessmann Luge World Championships in Winterberg.
Enthusiastic crowds will be spurring on the world’s top lugers with flags, horns and cow bells at the Viessmann Luge World Championships in Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Web: www.bobbahn.de
14 to 27 February 2011.
Fans of the bobsleigh and skeleton races will all get to experience that icy breeze coming off the run at the BAUHAUS FIBT Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup at Lake Königssee.
The first New Year’s Ski Jumping event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1922.
Today the New Year’s Ski Jumping is a World Cup event and the second jumping competition in the annual Four Hills tournament (Vierschanzen Tournee), which is broadcast internationally by up to 25 television stations.
Around 30,000 fans flock to Garmisch-Partenkirchen every year to watch the sporting action.
Numerous visitors all wishing each other a happy New Year, plus musical entertainment and the sound of countless cow bells, creates a great atmosphere, even away from the jump itself.
The jumpers start their warm-up on the great Olympic jump at 11.30am on New Year’s Eve, followed by the qualifier jumps from 1.45pm before it all really kicks off on New Year’s Day. The 50 competitors start their trial runs at 12 noon and at 2pm the starting pistol sounds for the first jump of round one of the competition.
The top 30 then qualify for the subsequent final round.
These days, the annual opening ceremony of the Four Hills tournament takes place in Oberstdorf in the Allgäu, where spectators don’t just marvel at the record sporting achievements but also celebrate a ski festival that is enjoyed by all. A supporting programme of entertainment starts with the official opening of the event on 27 December in the Nordic Park. The qualifying jumps start the day after at 4pm and the final takes place on 29 December.
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Organisationskomitee Vierschanzentournee
Am Faltenbach 27
87651 Oberstdorf
www.vierschanzentournee.com
The world’s top skiers will meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2011™ from 7 to 20 February 2011.
The organisers are expecting 400 participating athletes from more than 70 countries and about 200,000 spectators to attend. The championships include competitions in five disciplines – Downhill, Super-G, Super Combined, Giant Slalom and Slalom – for both the men’s and women’s categories. In addition there is also a mixed (men and women) competition of the national teams. The slalom race takes place on the slopes of the Gudiberg and has a home straight that leads into the Olympic ski stadium and ski jump in Partenkirchen. All the other races take place on the Kandahar with the finishing line in Garmisch. The Kandahar downhill run in Garmisch is considered one of the most challenging in the Alpine Ski World Cup.
The organisers have designed a complete package of sustainable and environmentally friendly travel arrangements, with World Cup ticket holders entitled to free travel on local trains in Bavaria when journeying to this important ski event.
Special train services pick up those travelling to and from Munich. There will also be special daily trains from Innsbruck and Reutte/Tyrol in Austria to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with an InterCityExpress service over the weekend.
Travel on these trains is also included in the World Cup admission ticket.
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FIS Alpine Ski-WM 2011 Veranstaltungs GmbH
Office: Am Eisstadion 1, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Web: www.gap2011.com
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Travel information: Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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