Welcome To Dresden Weltcup. It’s Not Your Grandpa Skiing, It’s Different!

Welcome To Dresden Weltcup. It’s Not Your Grandpa Skiing, It’s Different!

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If you are a traditional fan of skiing, who's imagination keeps on conjuring up all those images of snowy forests through which skiers glide, with vapor coming out of their mouths as they brave frosty remote-land - you won't like the Dresden World Cup. In fact, you probably would not be reading this as you have made up your mind already. Dresden Weltcup is for an entirely different type of ski fan. Do we dare to call it "generationally different"? Here's how: [caption id="attachment_14340" align="alignnone" width="1920"] No real snow? True - Europe is like that in the XXI century. But the Dresden organizers emphasize that their farmed snow is made out of rainwater carefully collected off the Dresden's airport roof. Hear that, Greta? [/caption] [caption id="attachment_14342" align="alignnone" width="1920"] No mountains…
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50k At Seefeld Was 2d Most Watched Program Overall In Norway In 2019

50k At Seefeld Was 2d Most Watched Program Overall In Norway In 2019

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The epic battle between Hans Christer Holund and Alex Bolshunov at 50k in Seefeld World Championships brought one of the best television audiences for sports program ( which is, effectively, best audience overall) in Norway in 2019 Medien24 reports that 1,322,000 people tuned in to NRK to root for their countryman. That's about every third Norwegian older than 14. Four out of five most watched sports programs on the list were cross country skiing, ahead of football and very popular handball. Karsten Warholm ,a long distance runner, was the only one to get ahead of Holund, Johaug, Klaebo & Co in ratings as he was outpacing his opponents at Doha Athletics World.
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