Chaos at the Alpine Junior World Championship: Weather Medal decisions are destroying!

Chaos at the Alpine Junior World Championship: Weather Medal decisions are destroying!

Tarvis, Italien - The 44th Alpine Junior World Championship in Tarvis, Italy is not a good star, as the experienced rapporteurs of krone.at . On Wednesday, the second departure training was already out of the weather, which puts the planned medal decisions at women and men at risk. While the first training sessions were successfully completed on Tuesday, changeable weather conditions on Wednesday caused problems with snowfall in the upper route area and rain below.

The situation escalated on Thursday, when the organizers were forced to move the start times to 10 a.m. to 10 a.m. In addition, the race is now started from a 135 meter deeper Super-G start. The medals are awarded in a sprint departure with two runs, however, the ÖSV youth manager Harald Kirchmair warns: "There are only two curves, the route is now almost flat." Despite the adverse circumstances, it remains optimistic and relies on a solution, such as the reporting of stern.de

weather forecast brings additional challenges

The German Weather Service also warned of further difficulties due to intensive precipitation. Rain and snow are expected on Wednesday, whereby the temperatures in the affected regions are usually between 3 and 7 degrees. In the south, even smoothness and stormy wind can be expected, which also reinforces the challenges for athletes and organizers. In the night of Thursday, the rainfall is expected to continue to increase, with snow in higher locations and sometimes risky conditions, such as