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Let's talk about visibility! Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2015 - Behind the Scenes

3,647 views · Published 1 March 2015 · 3:18 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Ski & Snowboard World Cup · 2015 · Sports

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This year the Garmisch-Partenkirchen downhill race had to be shortened as a tick fog lingered on the top section of the Kandahar the morning of the race. Luckily, by lowering the start the Organizers and race officials were able to make the race happen but the overcast sky brought another challenge for skiers - low visibility and flat light.

Skiracing takes place in all kinds of conditions but low visibility is possibly one of the biggest challenges for athletes. We talked to Croatian Natko Zrncic-Dim, Canadian Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Austrian winner of the 2015 DH race Hannes Reichelt about how they tackle tough conditions and low visibility.

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of Alpine Skiing competitions staged annually. It is considered the premier competition in alpine ski racing together with the quadrennial Olympic Winter Games and the biennial FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Some experts event consider winning the World Cup to be athletically a more valuable title than winning gold at the Olympic Winter Games or the World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several events throughout the season, and not just in one race. Today, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races are held primarily at famous ski resorts in the European Alps, along with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and Far East Asia. Competitors attempt to score a maximum of points during the season in five events: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and super combined. The fifth event, super-combined, was introduced in 2005 and generally consists of a shorter downhill race and a one-run slalom. Sometimes the downhill is replaced by a super-G.  Alpine was added to the Olympic winter schedule in 1936.

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