Jan Linha 475 Posted August 14, 2023 #71 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 8/12/2023 at 1:31 PM, Bearas said: Milan Cortina 2026 unable to find company willing to build sliding centre: The venue intended to host sliding sports at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games is still yet to have a company willing to carry out critical construction work. The Organising Committee had launched a search for tenders to develop the Cortina Sliding Centre, which is due to stage bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton. Milan Cortina 2026 has confirmed that "no offers have been received" following the end of the first part of the tender procedure which began on June 5. Costs for the facility have skyrocketed with the original expected figure of €41.7 million (£36.5 million/$45.3 million) increasing to €85 million (£72.9 million/$92.5 million). A deadline of November 2025 has been set by Società Infrastrutture Milano Cortina 2026 (SIMICO), the Games' body responsible for overseeing venue readiness, for the completion of the venue. More: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139769/milan-cortina-2026-sliding-centre Sent Chinese there. They will build anything in such a short time 😄😄😄😄. But they will have one condition. It must be THEIRS otherwise they won't build a thing 😐😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted August 14, 2023 #72 Share Posted August 14, 2023 As a fan of bobsleigh having the Olympics in St Moritz would not be the worst outcome, I’ve always wanted to see Olympic bobsleigh there. Obviously it would be somewhat less than ideal for Italy to not be able to have a sliding venue built in time. Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,872 Posted August 14, 2023 #73 Share Posted August 14, 2023 4 hours ago, NearPup said: As a fan of bobsleigh having the Olympics in St Moritz would not be the worst outcome, I’ve always wanted to see Olympic bobsleigh there. Obviously it would be somewhat less than ideal for Italy to not be able to have a sliding venue built in time. it's not all over yet, as the problem is building the track for the 2024/2025 Winter in order to have the test event in that period actually, if the timeline was the Olympic Winter (with the test event just a couple of months before the Games), there wouldn't be any problem so, it's just a question of finding the right deal with IOC and the sliding sports federation... I still think that the track will be in place come November/December 2025 Josh and NearPup 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted August 30, 2023 #74 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Does anybody remember, if there was an official date until IOC have to announce their official decision if they will allow or not Rus/Blr athletes to compete in Paris Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,479 Posted August 30, 2023 #75 Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 hours ago, rybak said: Does anybody remember, if there was an official date until IOC have to announce their official decision if they will allow or not Rus/Blr athletes to compete in Paris Olympics? I don’t think there’s a hard deadline. IOC has a lot of power when it comes to who can participate at the Games. They may set a deadline for themselves, but as prior situations have shown, those can be permeable if it benefits the IOC. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted August 30, 2023 #76 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Yeah, the only certain deadline is next year´s March for Ice Hockey. IIHF already made it clear it will be the final deadline for them regardless of IOC approach to the topic, March is the final possible timeframe, when the organization will have to decide whether RUS and BLR will take part to the Milano/Cortina Ice Hockey tournament/Qualifiers. This is also the date literally every Slovak has marked in their calendars, since the final decision will affect our position of direct qualifier or Qualifying Tournament participant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 177 Posted October 2, 2023 #77 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Looks like the Sliding events might be hosted in Bejing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,574 Posted October 2, 2023 Author #78 Share Posted October 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said: Looks like the Sliding events might be hosted in Bejing. No lol Main options is Igls, if Italy will decide to don't host in Cortina or Cesana Torinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,244 Posted October 16, 2023 #79 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Its been confirmed sliding events will be held outside Italy, presumably Innsbruck rafalgorka and Josh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted October 16, 2023 #80 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, intoronto said: Its been confirmed sliding events will be held outside Italy, presumably Innsbruck Meh, that is highly unfortunate. Understandable, but unfortunate Innsbruck is a fun little track, but that's just it: little. It feels way too short for a modern-day Olympic sliding track.. Edited October 16, 2023 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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