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04.06.2024
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.
28.01.2018
Vertical Up: Victories for Hannes Perkmann and Marlies Penker
On Saturday, 27 January 2018, the starting signal for the Vertical Up on the Saslong was shot at exactly 6:30 pm. Close to 200 participants rose to the challenge to tackle the Vertical Up course with a length of 2385 meters, a incline of up to 57 % and an altitude difference of 590 height meters.
25.01.2018
Vertical Up: Register directly at the race
This Saturday, January 27th, the Vertical Up race is kicking off at 6:30 pm from the finish area of the Saslong. In the speed class, the winner is who’s fastest and there are great prizes awaiting for those recreational athletes in the backpack class. Last-minute participants can register on the day of the race.
16.01.2018
"Choice of material and state of mind were decisive"
Philipp Götsch, winner of the speed class of the "Val Gardena-Gröden Vertical Up" race in 2017 is looking forward to racing again this year.
08.01.2018
Saturday, January 27: Vertical up on the Saslong
There will be a second uphill Saslong race after the great success of last year's first edition. The Val Gardena/Gröden Vertical-Up takes place on Saturday, January 27, 2018 and is part of a series of competitions in several World Cup locations.
22.12.2017
Südtirol Ski Trophy: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde wins
The winner of the Südtirol Ski Trophy is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. The Norwegian amassed the highest number of FIS points at the South Tyrolean races in Val Gardena and Alta Badia, winning a prize money of over Euros 20,000.
16.12.2017
First class anniversary edition
And this was this year's anniversary edition on the Saslong. The fiftieth World Cup races in Val Gardena/Gröden have entered the history books. Organizers, FIS and athletes can look back on a successful race week featuring a spectacular anniversary show, stubborn fog, a historic Super-G win and an extraordinary six-time winner in lead roles.
16.12.2017
Chapeau, Aksel!
Bright sunshine and perfect conditions - the Saslong presented itself from its most attractive side on the day of the downhill in this anniversary year only competing with a beaming Aksel Lund Svindal who captured his sixth gold on the Saslong.
16.12.2017
A big thank you
A stressful but exciting week has concluded for Rainer Senoner, president of the Val Gardena/Gröden World Cup Organizing Committee. He talks to the Saslong editorial team about the weather, the races and what fifty years of the World Cup mean for the valley.
16.12.2017
Delighted and disappointed: There was a little of everything in today’s statements by the athletes
While Svindal is happy about his sixth Saslong victory, Peter Fill is the unlucky one of the day. You can read and listen here what the racers had to say about their runs.
16.12.2017
Svindal's victory makes the news around the world
Numerous media reported on today's downhill in Val Gardena/Gröden. The Saslong editorial team has put together a selection.
16.12.2017
Innerhofer fans are the best
They convinced the jury: The members of the fan club of Christof Innerhofer are the winners of the fan club parade this anniversary year.
16.12.2017
Südtirol Ski Trophy: Svindal in the lead
This year, for the second time, the athlete who wins the most FIS points during the four South Tyrol World Cup races will receive a prize. Norwegian athlete Aksel Lund Svindal leads after the two speed competitions in Val Gardena/Gröden.
15.12.2017
A "get-together" for sports, business and politics
All eyes are on skiing during the two days of races in Val Gardena/Gröden. And skiing can do a lot more than build suspense: once again, this big event is used by the “who's who" of sports, business and politics to combine skiing and networking. The World Cup in Val Gardena offers the perfect setting with even more exclusive options for this year's anniversary edition.
15.12.2017
To another fifty years
Tonight fireworks and a big show looked back on the past fifty years of the World Cup in Val Gardena/Gröden. An impressive event - bringing together tradition and modernity - was held in the finish area to celebrate this big anniversary.
15.12.2017
We always act as fair as possible
Due to the weather, today's Super-G was not an easy race. Nonetheless, FIS, organizers and coaches are pleased with today's decision to stop the race after 38 runners.
15.12.2017
From the press center to the whole world
The first World Cup victory of Josef Ferstl as well as news on the whole race were reported live from Val Gardena/Gröden today. A selection of online media clippings can be found here!
15.12.2017
Ferstl cheers in Val Gardena/Gröden
German Josef Ferstl celebrates his first World Cup victory in Val Gardena/Gröden. Only 2/100 of a second behind is the Austrian Max Franz.
15.12.2017
What the racers say about the race ...
German Josef Ferstl celebrates his first World Cup victory. You can read here what he says and how satisfied Fill, Kilde & Co. were with their Super-G rides.
14.12.2017
I will not give up on this racetrack
Peter Fill, two-time overall downhill winner, talks about his mixed relationship with the Saslong and what role the material will play in this year's downhill.
14.12.2017
We are ready
After a long day, FIS racing boss Markus Waldner reviewed the day’s events at the team captains' meeting.
14.12.2017
What is reported on the races in Val Gardena: Gröden
Not only the Saslong editorial team reported on today's downhill training but also numerous online media worldwide. Here is a selection...
14.12.2017
All's well that ends well!
A fog bank was quite persistent in the upper section, so that the second downhill training had to be interrupted several times today. It took more than three hours to have all racers at the finish. The fastest athlete today was Austrian Matthias Mayer, ahead of the Canadian Benjamin Thomsen and Otmar Striedinger.
14.12.2017
Racers are pleased with course conditions
Constant interruptions due to the fog made today's downhill training a never-ending story. The Saslong editorial board has captured some of the athletes' voices from today's training.
14.12.2017
Acrobats, Fireworks and a Lot of Skiing History
While preparations are still in full swing, the excitement for the party of the year is almost immeasurable. Just one more sleep, then the day is finally here: the most spectacular anniversary party ever seen in Val Gardena/Gröden is taking place in the finish area of the Saslong.
13.12.2017
Pleased with first training run.
The FIS and the Val Gardena/Gröden OC are pleased with the first downhill training which took place today without complications - albeit on a shortened track from the Super-G start. But there will be a small change in tomorrow's training ...
13.12.2017
What Mapel, Dressen, Fill & Co. are saying about the Downhill Training...
Now it is certain: The American Jared Goldberg is fastest on the shortened training course. Close behind him is his teammate Wiley Maple. Third placed is German Thomas Dressen.
13.12.2017
Online Media Reports on First Downhill Training in Val Gardena/Gröden
Two Americans set the pace in today’s opening training run: Jared Goldberg was fastest in the first run ahead of Wiley Maple and German Thomas Dressen. This is how online media reported on the events:
13.12.2017
Americans are leading first training run.
The opening training run started from the Super-G start and was half an hour later than scheduled, at 12:45 pm, on the icy and bumpy Saslong course. "The track in the upper part was softened by the snowfall at night and thus it would not have been possible to guarantee the same conditions for all 96 racers" explains Race Director Rainer Senoner.
13.12.2017
Special Races, Special Trophies
The two winning trophies created especially for the anniversary edition of the World Cup races in Val Gardena/Gröden are made of linden wood. They will be handed to the fastest skiers at the awards ceremony after the Super-G and the downhill.