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Non-stop from Oberwiesenthal to Kuusamo
Intro - KUUSAMO – A few hours after the Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix in Oberwiesenthal ended, the president of the organizing committee, Peter Riedel, got back in his car and went to his day job: equipping the world’s hills with a state-of-the-art, innovative approach track. 1.
KUUSAMO – A few hours after the Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix in Oberwiesenthal ended, the president of the organizing committee, Peter Riedel, got back in his car and went to his day job: equipping the world’s hills with a state-of-the-art, innovative approach track. Riedel covered 1,429 kilometers on the Monday after the competition weekend to reach Kuusamo, Finland—with the VW transporter packed with tools to be ready for the Monday start on September 1.
At the Rukantunturi (short: Ruka) hill, Riedel’s team is currently working as quickly as at Kulm, where they converted the ski flying hill in record time last year. Only a few days of assembly time are planned for Ruka in Kuusamo as well, because winter is approaching for the Finns in big steps: “I am especially proud to be rebuilding the hill for this year’s Nordic season opener of the FIS World Cup. Ruka is a hill with a long history, and we’re glad to help the Finns get it ready for the future,” explains Peter Riedel.
Completion, training, and test jumps will follow before ski sport fans can experience the best ski jumpers and nordic combined athletes on the world’s most modern ice-approach track from November 25 to 27. Riedel’s team will be very close to the Nordic Opening of the International Ski Federation (FIS), as in addition to the conversion, his experts have also been contracted for World Cup support.