Not even two months to go anymore and winter will
come back to Oberwiesenthal! Not with ice and snow
but with the same suspense and intensity that winter
sports fans are used to from the cold season. The
2014 Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix will kick
off on Germany’s highest hill above sea level at
the 22th till 24th of August.
In order to make this first international Nordic
Combined face-off of the summer a success for athletes
and fans at the same time, the planning and preparations
are going on for some time now. At the first OC
meeting earlier this month, the first step towards
a successful summer season start was not also made
officially. The District Administrator Ernst Vogel
is acting as the patron of the event at the Fichtelberg
and Oberwiesenthal’s Mayor Mirko Ernst is taking
on the role of President of the Organising Committee.
„Our initial meeting was an important step in our
preparations so that the event at the end of August
can become a great experience for the spectators
and a success for Oberwiesenthal“, the OC’s subsidiary
Secretary General, Peter Riedel says.
The construction work on the Fichtelbergschanze
will conclude in July and then a new athletes village
will hopefully be waiting for the teams. „We would
like to offer the teams the opportunity to train
extensively on the hill before the competitions
start“, Riedel continues. „The reconstruction of
the inrun in the previous year and the current construction
work on the hill complex will enable the sportsmen
to train on an even higher level in the future.“
