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Did you know these facts about Levi World Cup?
There are several details concerning the organizing of Levi World Cup and we would like to share some of them with you! Levi wishes you all warmly welcome to Levi World Cup!
Concerning Levi World Cup, did you know that…
… Levi World Cup is the northmost Alpine World Cup
… 2300 persons will be accredited at Levi World Cup
… there will be 23 arriving flights to Kittilä Airport during the World Cup week; Finnair and Blue1 are flying bigger planes and having 6 extra flights as well
… of all 22 500 beds at Levi most are booked for the weekend. Though, there is still room for last minute visitors!
… about 20 000 visitors are expected to the race during the weekend
… race will be shown in 20 countries via Eurosport. Television coverage is estimated to reach 100 million people
… the drivers of the race transportation visit the airport 100 times during the event
…174 racers from 25 countries are coming to Levi. There are 89 man and 85 woman athletes
… the total is about 500 team officials and skiers
…about 400 volunteers from all around Finland are working at Levi World Cup
…during the two actual race days there will be about 8000 working hours done by volunteers. During the whole week the number of hours is much more, at least the double
…1500 square meters of tent structures are built in the race area
... over 3000 kg of food is served during the event in the Levi Black spectator area
... there will be media from 14 countries, most of them from Finland, Sweden and Central Europe
Did you know about the race course that…
… the snow situation is better than ever during the Levi World Cup races: there is a minimum of 80 cm snow coverage everywhere on the slope area
… the vertical drop of the course is 180 meters
… icing of the course (injecting) took over 2 500 000 liters of water. The icing of the upper part of the slope and the finish area took 8 hours from 30 men, and the steep part 4,5 hours.
… the training slope is covered with wet snow so that the conditions are similar to the race course
… according to the weather forecast, there shouldn’t be any snowfalls coming during the weekend … the steepest part of the race course has the steepness of 52 %
… the steepness of the course demands the workers to wear ice peaks in their shoes and to walk leaning back, sometimes even backwards
… in addition to the doctors, there are also a 20 persons first aid group on skies
… there are 57-62 gates on the race course, which means 120 poles, and the same amount in reserve
… on the sides of the course there are 2 kilometers of fence and 750 meters of safety paddings
… over 7 kilometers of optical fibre is drawn to the course
… 21 television cameras with their crews guarantee a successful broadcasting of the event
… preparing the television equipment for the race takes 6 days
… host broadcaster will take care of the domestic and international signal
… diverse winter conditions are challenging for the television technique, and therefore demand good preparation and extra equipment
To conclude the facts, the quote from last year: “The course pamper skiers. It remains invariable and in good condition through the whole race!”
Information collected from different sources by Raila Puurunen
World Cup Levi media services:
JKPROMO OY, Annankatu 29 A 5, 00100 Helsinki, www.jkpromo.com
Chief of Media Jaakko Kantola, puh. +358 40 550 1283, email: jaakko.kantola@jkpromo.com
Media coordinator Jussi Väätäinen, puh. +358 45 120 9920, email: jussi.vaatainen@jkpromo.com