Hardest test for Olympics: Bob season starts in Cortina
The World Cup serves as a endurance test for the controversial ice channel in Italy. The construction order had only been available in 2024 after some back and forth.
Cortina is the scene of the World Cup opening
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The World Cup serves as a endurance test for the controversial ice channel in Italy. The construction order had only been available in 2024 after some back and forth.
The BOB pilots start their World Cup season on the Olympic Railway in Cortina d’Ampezzo. This emerges from the schedule that the World Association IBSF published on Friday. According to this, record world champion Francesco Friedrich and Co., as well as the skeletonis from November 17th to 23rd, are increasing to the Olympic season at the foot of the Dolomites, which is still under construction, and in February 2026 the sled competitions of the winter games take place.
The World Cup thus serves as a endurance test for the controversial ice channel in Cortina. After some back and forth, the construction application for the railway had only been in February 2024, but pre-homologation at the end of March ended without any problems. Among other things, tobogganing world champion Max Langenhan, who was allowed to test the railway at the time, was very positive and confident.
The Bob and Skeleton circus completed the Olympic general rehearsal in mid-January in the Altenberg in Saxon, the World Cup final will take place at the early March on the re-established artificial ice rink on the Königssee. All seasonal races take place in Europe.