Wengen – Even without a training run, Austrian ski racer Vincent Kriechmayr can take part in the upcoming runs in Wengen. The jury gave the reigning world champion from Upper Austria its own approval. Normally he would have had to skip tomorrow’s shortened descent on the Lauberhorn and the classic on Saturday. If you believe FIS Race Director Markus Waldner, there is no rule according to which an athlete has to do full training runs.
Kriechmayr will therefore take a short ride on Friday at 9.45 a.m. from the original start of the descent. Then he can interrupt his run before nothing stands in the way of a race start at 12.30 p.m. The South Tyrolean sports official did not decide because of the popularity of the Linzers, but because they are in a very complex Covid-19 situation. In this way, you want to avoid that an athlete who comes back from quarantine healthy cannot start because of Corona.
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