{"id":1737,"date":"2021-11-20T08:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/news\/hosting-my-1st-ski-world-cup-race-in-lech-zurs\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:55:38","slug":"hosting-my-1st-ski-world-cup-race-in-lech-zurs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/news\/hosting-my-1st-ski-world-cup-race-in-lech-zurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting my 1st Ski World Cup race in Lech \/ Z\u00fcrs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, for the first time, I was allowed to host a Ski World Cup races in Lech \/ Z\u00fcrs. For me as a ski enthusiastic Austrian and trained ski instructor, this day was therefore a very special experience. And at the same time a new challenge to accompany my first Ski World Cup as a presenter. Totally cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Premiere at the cradle of alpine skiing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the venue was not just any winter sports location. The Ski World Cup took place in Lech \/ Z\u00fcrs on the Arlberg, the cradle of alpine skiing. Skiing for us Austrians is the national sport number 1 and that I was allowed to host the Flexenrace in the Flexenarena on Saturday, was just really cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journey to Lech turned out to be intense, as I had hosted the national team match between Austria and Israel in Klagenfurt the night before and then had to drive 5 \u00bd hours by car. Shortly after 5 o&#8217;clock I arrived at the hotel. Short rest and then&#8230; 08.00 on the slopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22089\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/en\/flexenrace-2-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-2.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22091\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/en\/flexenrace-3-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Flexenrace-3.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parallel races: a super exciting format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The format of the parallel race was also exciting. That doesn&#8217;t happen so often in the World Cup. A parallel competition has its own dynamics and therefore has to be moderated in a completely different way than normal individual races.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 10:00 a.m. the qualification races started. So we had enough time to get used to each other as a team. In the early evening the final of the ladies took place under floodlight and so Martin Boeckle, DJ Stari and me as the entertainment team could perform really well! What a beautiful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THANK YOU!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A big thank you from my side goes to the team of the \u00d6SV (the Austrian Skiing Federation) and the whole team of Fan TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you also a big ski fan? What does skiing mean to you? 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