13.2.2010 - 14.2.2010

The absolute highlight of competitive sledding is coming to Olang: the 2010 European Sledding Grand Prix, Europe's only international sledding race.
Competitive sledding has become increasingly popular in recent years, and sledges have developed into sophisticated and technically elaborate sports devices. If it all started off as a simple leisure activity, for which passionate lugers dusted off their sledges at the sight of the first snowflakes to speed down snowy forest and hiking trails, times have changed indeed: Modern-day race tracks are iced just as natural luge tracks are and require a top physical condition as well as regular, hard training. Only that way are athletes able to keep up and prove their sledding skills in winter.
As in luge competitions, today's top athletes come from Austria and Italy (mainly South Tyrol). With a clear home advantage, some participants from Olang are sure to make a name for themselves once again: the highly successful Hansjörg Ellemunter and Helmut Wieser.
For further information please contact the Olang tourist office, tel. 0039 0474 496277, info@olang.com