Up close and personal: the Saslong editorial team is ready

Everything is ready in Val Gardena/Gröden for the 57th edition of the Saslong Classic: On Friday and Saturday, two exciting speed competitions are on the program at the foot of the Sassolungo/Langkofel - a super-G and a downhill. While the world's best speed specialists officially started the race action with the first downhill training on Tuesday, the Saslong editorial team also started its work.

All set for a spectacular speed week in Val Gardena

The first team captains' meeting is the official start of every World Cup race for Alpine ski racers. On Monday evening, the 57th Saslong Classic was also opened as part of this mandatory meeting. At the same time, the starting numbers were drawn for the first training session on late Tuesday morning from 11.45 am.

On the trail of Peter Runggaldier and Werner Perathoner

In recent years, there has been no athlete from Val Gardena in the alpine skiing circuit who has been among the absolute world leaders after the era of Peter Runggaldier and Werner Perathoner. However, this could soon change: With Max Perathoner, a great talent is maturing.

Now it's time to get started on the Saslong

As every year, the Saslong Classic was heralded in on the Sunday before the race week with a kick-off meeting. The organizing committee, the staff and the various institutions gathered at the Kulturhaus in Selva to look ahead to the 57th edition of the World Cup races in Val Gardena.

The FORST Saslounge is sold out

Advance ticket sales for the 57th Saslong Classic last weekend bevor Christmas are in full swing. However, there are now no more tickets available for one sector, namely the exclusive FORST Saslounge.

One month to go until the 57th Saslong Classic in Val Gardena/Gröden

In exactly one month, the Alpine Ski circuit will be back on the prestigious Saslong downhill course in Val Gardena/Gröden. Top international stars such as overall World Cup winner Marco Odermatt (Switzerland), local favorite Dominik Paris and Vincent Kriechmayr (Austria) will compete for victory in a super-G and a downhill on the last weekend before Christmas.

50 days to the 57th Saslong Classic

The big winter sports highlight in Val Gardena is getting closer and closer! On Friday 20th and Saturday 21st December, the international ski stars will once again speed down the legendary downhill course at the foot of the Saslonch mountain.

"The trend is clearly towards online tickets"

Not only on the slopes is there intense preparation underway for the 57th Saslong Classic, but the workload is also increasing day by day in other areas. This includes ticketing, where the busiest phase is still ahead, as Marcello Cobelli, the longtime head of Ticketing & Spectators, reveals in a brief interview.

Rainer Senoner is the new president of Club5

A new board was elected at the Club5 workshop in Madonna di Campiglio on Monday. In future, Rainer Senoner, President of the Saslong Classic Club and Race Director at the World Cup in Val Gardena, will be in charge of the association of classic World Cup venues. 19 organisers are now members of Club5.

The FIS inspection on the Saslong heralds the start of preparations for the Ski World Cup

The upcoming South Tyrolean World Cup classic is clearly on the horizon, as evidenced by the traditional autumn inspection visit from representatives of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) to Val Gardena/Gröden. On Thursday, just over three months before the competition, the FIS team reviewed last year's Saslong Classic in detail and previewed this year's event, which will feature the Super-G on December 20 and the Downhill on December 21.

Secure your participation in the 57th Saslong Classic

Dear Saslong Classic Club friends,

We must admit that, with such beautiful late summer weather, we rarely think about the upcoming winter, even though we are, of course, in full swing preparing for the 57th Saslong Classic. Because on the last weekend before Christmas, the international ski elite will once again be racing down the legendary Val Gardena downhill slope.

The dream becomes reality: the 2031 Alpine World Ski Championships will take place in Val Gardena

June 4, 2024 will go down in the annals of South Tyrolean sports history. At the 55th FIS Congress in Reykjavik (Iceland), the Executive Board of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation FIS awarded Val Gardena/Gröden the 2031 Alpine World Ski Championships. This means that for the second time since 1970, the Alpine Championships will be held at the foot of the Sassolungo mountain. The entire delegation, which includes Governor Arno Kompatscher, is naturally overjoyed.

33 letters, one single goal

The solidarity and cohesion shown by institutions, associations, administrators and partner companies is one of the major strengths of Val Gardena's candidacy to host the 2029 World Ski Championships.

HOSPITALITY with a capital H

This is a major first: for the first time in the long history of FIS Alpine World Ski Championship bids, a candidate destination has concluded an agreement with several accommodation facilities, BEFORE the eventual awarding of the title, ensuring accommodation for the entire FIS family.

Solid roots

We are talking about traditions, aspects of a culture that do not end in the course of one generation but are passed on to the succeeding ones. A complex of skills, knowledge, values that you learn when you are part of a certain society.

Innovating to preserve

‘Technology at the service of nature’, this is the mantra with which organisations, technicians and institutions in Val Gardena approach the topic of innovation. Thanks to the collaboration with reliable and recognised partners, technology is employed in order to guarantee the highest energy saving possible.

Optimise all that exists and avoid waste

Tangible actions and fewer words. Following this mantra, the people, associations and istitutions from Val Gardena have been working for quite a while now, aware of two things: the first is that living in a unique and universally beautiful place entails responsibility and a concrete commitment; the second is that preserving one’s environment is an important step towards leaving a true legacy to future generations, and this require projects, actions and initiatives.

Speed Clinic: supporting the champions of tomorrow

Sustainability has a wide variety of meanings which are not limited to paying attention to the environment, but also being able to invest in the community to leave something tangible to the territory and the future generations. The organisation of the second Speed Clinic in Val Gardena goes in this direction and represents the will of the World Cup Organising Committee to invest in young talents and help them grow up and have the right experiences.

Women’s empowerment – women making history

The trend of involving female figures in key roles has always been significant and concrete within the Saslong Classic Club. Women play a fundamental role in the Committee, also holding sensitive and strategic positions for the positive outcome of international racing events.

W-Cup: sport women from Val Gardena, today and in the past

W stays for World, W stays for Women: the athletes from Val Gardena have always distinguished themselves at the top of world sports in various disciplines. Val Gardena has always been considered the valley of sport and sportsmen and women, for several reasons… for the possibility of doing sports and disciplines, for the several athletes that come here to train, for the numerous champions of the past, and for the attention towards the youths, the champions of tomorrow.

Val Gardena/Gröden delivers a skiing spectacle in XXL format.

On the occasion of the 56th edition of the speed classics on the venerable Saslong, the crème de la crème of the Alpine Ski World Cup were once again guests in Val Gardena/Gröden shortly before Christmas. As a downhill race that had been canceled in Zermatt-Cervinia was made up for on the Saslong, ski fans could look forward to one more race than usual.

Dominik Paris Dominates: A Day of Celebration in South Tyrol

This day will be etched into the history books of South Tyrolean sport: Dominik Paris from Ulten clinched a sensational victory in the downhill classic on the Saslong on Saturday, turning the finish stadium at the foot of the Sassolungo/Langkofel into an absolute madhouse.

"You can never write off Dominik Paris."

After a disastrous season full of setbacks, Dominik Paris has made an impressive comeback with his home victory in the downhill classic in Val Gardena/Gröden. There was hardly anyone in the finish area who didn't congratulate the powerhouse from Ulten on his success—the voices of the protagonists at a glance.

Bennett Wins His Second DOLOMITES Val Gardena Südtirol Ski Trophy

As the most successful racer at the 56th Saslong Classic, the American Bryce Bennett has secured the DOLOMITES Val Gardena Südtirol Ski Trophy for the second time since 2021.

"We are prepared for a World Championship"

The President of the Saslong Classic Club, Rainer Senoner, expresses satisfaction after the successful conclusion of the Val Gardena/Gröden World Cup week in XXL format.

Franjo von Allmen Wins the Gianni Marzola Prize

For over 20 years, the Gianni Marzola Prize has been awarded as part of the Val Gardena/Gröden World Cup week. The special prize is given to the youngest participant in the three speed events on the Saslong.

Striedinger Supporters Win the Fan Event.

The fan parade before the downhill classic on Saturday has been integral to the Val Gardena/Gröden race week for many years. Once again, this year, ski fans from several nations created a great atmosphere during the parade.

The "Saslong - Passion & Performance" photo competition was claimed by Luciano Maria Bisi.

For the 56th edition of the Saslong Classic, an international photo competition was once again held under the motto "Saslong - Passion & Performance." Italian sports photographer Luciano Maria Bisi emerged victorious in the competition.

Who will claim victory in the downhill classic?

The weather is perfect, and the slope is ready: In Val Gardena/Gröden, everything is set for the downhill classic on Saturday, the crowning finale of the 56th Saslong Classic.

"Should be very exciting again": Ready for the downhill classic

The super-G is in the books, and now the focus is on Saturday's downhill. At the team captains' meeting on Friday in Selva/Wolkenstein, those responsible for the Val Gardena/Gröden race week were in good spirits.