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30 Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening | Zermatt Magazin PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN, CAN YOU IMAGINE WINNING THE WORLD CUP DOWNHILL SKI RACE ON THE MATTERHORN? It verges on a miracle: in such a short time frame, Zermatt and Cervinia are hosting four World Cup ski races that will be held for the first time in 2023. Their ambassador is the legendary Olympic Downhill champion from Valais.
Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening | Zermatt Magazin 31 Everything was set for the Downhill event at over 3000 metres above sea level – starting in Switzerland and finishing in Italy – two races for the men and two for the women. This event is designed to open the World Cup season for the speed disciplines every autumn. The budget totalling 6.7 million Swiss francs was covered, sponsors such as Hugo Boss, Sunrise, Ochsner Sport and BKW were on board, and the revenue was also ensured. All that was missing was the snow, which was why the premiere of this event had to be cancelled. October 2022 will go down in history as the warmest October on record. Race President Franz Julen commented: "Nature is always stronger. But we are mountain folk, and we do not give up. Our project is not in jeopardy." And so the Gran Becca, as the run is called, will host this major premiere in late autumn of 2023. Gran Becca means big mountain. It is also the old name of the Matterhorn. The French provincial dialect in the neighbouring region of Valtournenche still calls the mountain by this name today. Zermatt Magazine has already talked to skiing legend Pirmin Zurbriggen, who at the peak of his career won the Downhill at the Olympics in Calgary in 1988. Zurbriggen is an ambassador for the Zermatt ski races. He not only shares an exciting future with the race president, but also an interesting past. Pirmin Zurbriggen, you are an ambassador for the Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening. What does a World Cup race ambassador actually do? Franz Julen wanted me to be involved and asked me what I could imagine doing. I didn’t want to be one of the organisers because I have done enough of that for the sport already. Younger people can do that. But I was happy to help in any other way. At a media conference, he then introduced me as an ambassador. That was when I heard the word for the first time (laughs). So what do you do now? As soon as it became known that Zermatt wanted to hold World Cup races, I was constantly contacted by journalists from all over the world. More than I would have expected. As it happens, due to my name and my career, I am often involved with the media. But I’m certainly not in charge of media relations. Can the Gran Becca be compared to any other Downhill run in the World Cup? No, because every location has its own topography and surroundings, which in turn affects the light. Skiing legend Pirmin Zurbriggen. What is unique at this altitude is the lack of natural landmarks along the run, apart from when you ski along the rock face past Plateau Rosa. This can be a challenge. Skiing down a run through the forest, for example, makes you feel safer and more confident on the descent. Up here, however, this feeling is missing. Out in the open, the light is also different. And it is more difficult to deal with. And not every Downhill athlete copes with it in the same way? There can be some major differences. During my career, there were always some opponents who really excelled as soon as the sun came out. Others slowed down when the sun disappeared. I can imagine someone winning on this course who you weren’t counting on. Simply because it is a Downhill that demands a specific skiing style. You need very precise, controlled and extremely tight skiing skills. These characteristics will be more in demand here than usual. You have a lot in common with Franz Julen, the race president; he has written books about you, for example. The two of you first met when you were a young ski athlete. How did that come about? His brother Max Julen is two years older than me. When Franz had just passed his driving test, he drove his brother to a training camp in the Grisons, with me sitting in the back seat. I was just 14. After that, there were countless trips together from the Upper Valais, because Franz was a serviceman, manager and also a kind of mental coach for his
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