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Deemed too short, the route of the women’s giant slalom, the start of which is scheduled in a few minutes (2h30), has been lengthened by raising the start to the level of the start for the men.
“The jury decided it after seeing the track, its length and its narrowness on this very special mountain (…) to allow the course setter a more fluid and regular work”, explained Peter Gerdol, the head of women’s races at the FIS, during the meeting of the captains.
The organizers have decided to create an exception to the regulations of alpine skiing, which stipulate that a female giant must not have a drop greater than 400 m (the minimum drop at the Olympics is 300 m).
The layouts of the two legs will include between 44 and 47 gates. The new Yanqing track is quite short with a wall at the start and another at the finish, and between the two a more hilly section. She brings up the Kranjska Gora World Cup, albeit the other way around, to women’s team manager Alberto Senigagliesi. Good news for Worley, who has four podiums in the Slovenian station.