In a sign of mourning: Ski World Cup in Crans-Montana after the fire

The sporting plans are being worked on – despite the Fire disaster in a bar with 40 deaths on New Year’s Eve – held. However, various supporting events in the center of Crans-Montana are canceled.

There will be “a subtle supporting program” in the finish stadium, as Swiss-Ski announced in a press release: “With Moments and gestures of silence and remembrance.

The reason for sticking to the sporting program is provided Diego Zuger from the Swiss Ski Association: “For the Crans-Montana community, for the snow sports community and for many other people, sport and these World Cup races are sources of confidence and hope in times of emotional coping with this tragedy.”

This hope encouraged the organizers to hold the races, said the former ski racer Didier DefagoCEO of the organizing committee: “Since New Year’s Eve, we have all been united in shock and sadness; we will remember this tragedy for the rest of our lives.”

The organizing committee in Crans-Montana is working “with a lot of sensitivity,” says the former Swiss ski president Urs Lehmannnow managing director of the FIS. The international association is “convinced that we will experience a dignified sporting event under special but appropriate circumstances”.