15th World ParaSki Championships -- Day 1
A warm welcome awaits the competitors as they arrive at this pretty Bavarian village and ski centre for the 15th World Championships.
The weather is promising to be fine with blue skies, sunshineand good snow. so all is set for a great competiion. Registration has been happening all day, with early arrivals getting some practice jumps. The Judges meet this evening at 17.00 hrs, followed by the Competitors' briefing at 20.00 hrs.
Tomorrow morning the ski slopes open at 10.00 hrs for the first of the ski runs, the qualifying run, followed by two, or if possible three rounds of accuracy. Thursday morning will start with the two ski runs.
The official Opening Ceremony will take place tomorrow evening at the DZ - as due to the Bavarian religious restrictions, no public speeches or music are allowed on the first day of Lent.
20.00 hrs : The first Team Leader's meeting was held to go through the organisational stuff, committee rules and start order for both the qualifying ski run and the first two rounds of Accuracy.
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Gernot Rittenschober, Chief Judge : Helmut Schlecht, Meet Director : |
Michael Egger explained that Para Ski now had a new form of nominated jury as defined in the Para Ski Competition Rules. The Leader of the Jury is the FAI Controller, having completed his work with the start of the competition, he could then take on the Jury role. The other members of the 4 man jury would be selected from Head's of Delegation present on site, first with the requirement to take someone from the IPC July list if present, then one other Jury member and an alternative Jury member - to give the flexibility of removing a Jury member if his delegation was involved in a Protest.
The total number of Competitors is 53, a total of 13 teams and 1 individual competitor. The jumps will be made from a helicopter flown by Felix Baumgartner.
The meeting ended with good wishes for a safe and successful competition for all competitors.
