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Did you know these facts about World Cup Levi?
There are several details concerning the organizing of World Cup Levi and we would like to share some of them with you! Levi wishes you all warmly welcome to World Cup Levi!
Concerning World Cup Levi, did you know that…
… World Cup Levi is the northmost Alpine Ski World Cup
… 2300 persons will be accredited to World Cup Levi
… there will be 31 arriving flights to Kittilä Airport during the World Cup week; Finnair and Blue1 are flying bigger planes and have 6 extra flights as well
… of the total of 23,000 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
… the races will be shown via Eurosportin 20 countries. Television coverage is estimated to reach 230 million people
… the drivers of the race transportation visit the airport 120 times during the event
…159 racers from 25 countries are coming to Levi. There are 82 male and 77 female athletes
… there are around 500 team officials and skiers in total
…circa 500 volunteers from all around Finland are working at World Cup Levi
…during the two race days there will be around 8,000 working hours done by volunteers. During the whole week the number of hours is much more, at least a double
…1,500 square meters of tent structures are built in the race area
... over 3,000 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 as excellent as last year during the World Cup Levi races: there is a minimum of 80 cm snow all over the race slope
… 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 race course 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 is also a first aid team of 20 persons 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
... World Cup Levi 2010 is the first Finnish sports event to be broadcasted abroad in HD
… preparing the television equipment for the race takes 6 days
… host broadcaster will take care of the domestic and international TV 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 pampers skiers. It remains in a constant and good condition throughout 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