Alpine volunteers ensure tip-top ski slopes
- Published: 14 Feb 2013 at 20.44
- Online news: Sports
Thousands watch live or on television when Ted Ligety or Lindsey Vonn race down icy slopes at over 100kph, but without perfect courses -- and the preparation that goes into that -- there can be no competition.
A slip crew is seen during the women's downhill training event for the Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria, on February 7, 2013.
Gone are the days when champions like Toni Sailer or Jean-Claude Killy bumped along irregular courses in top-level competitions.
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