The farce around him completely failed reconstruction of the ice channel in Igls is one chapter richer: After the Kunstbahnrodler the railway for impassable have found, they are now also on strike Skeleton pilots.
The The World Cup on the weekend in Igls cannot therefore take place.
30:21 against
The World Cup athletes voted against the competition by a vote of 30:21 because the track was inadequately prepared – and therefore too dangerous.
“It’s a shame, but it was the right decision. It would have been too risky,” said Janine Flock. The overall World Cup winner acts as an athlete spokesperson; she complained about a number of bruises after the test drives.
Also the Austrian association president Gerhard Rainer supports the decision: “If the athletes say that the conditions are not safe enough, then we are behind them 100 percent.”
Bobsleighs can drive
This means that only the bobsleighs can hold their World Cup in Igls this weekend. Their sleds also touch the boards in the dangerous target curve passage, but the athletes are protected by the bobsleigh.