Crans-Montana (SUI) will stage the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2011 from 29th January to 6th February. The site has already played host to 20 FIS European Cup and 19 FIS World Cup competitions, 2 FIS World Cup Finals (1992 & 1998), the European Cup Finals 2009, and the unforgettable 1987 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. But besides the Junior Worlds, Crans-Montana will also see another special milestone next season: On 7th January 2011 it will be exactly one hundred years since the English skiing pioneer Sir Arnold Lunn organized the world's very first downhill ski race on the high Valais plateau from the Plaine Morte glacier to Mollens.

On Wednesday 1st September 2010, FIS Continental Cup Coordinators Janez Flere (ladies) and Markus Waldner (men) inspected the progress of the preparations by the local organizers led by Marius Robyr for the Junior Championships in Crans-Montana. The competition venue has seen massive investments in recent years. One example is the significant upgrade of the legendary 'Piste Nationale' including a new final section of the Nationale which was re-modeled. At the Junior World Championships, the renewed Mont-Lachaux piste will stage the slalom and giant slalom competitions while the downhill and super-G races will be on the Nationale. Both pistes have the same finish area.

"The Organizing Committee in Crans-Montana is working very diligently. Thanks to the new GS course, and one common finish area we will be able to stage all the medal events within one week which allows a very efficient schedule for the championships," said Janez Flere.

For more information, visit www.skiwc-cransmontana.ch

FIS news
05/09/2010

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