Snowboarding

The heavy snowfall in recent days has created ideal conditions for an early start to the winter season in Bansko. Originally scheduled to open on December 14, the ski area will now welcome visitors from December 6, 2024. Most of the slopes, groomed to perfection, will be operational, with the exception of Chalin Valog and the ski road leading to Bansko.

Ljubljana – As many as 318 accidents were formally reported from Slovenian ski resorts in the 2020/2021 season, involving 322 skiers and snowboarders, according to data posted on the website of the Interior Ministry. 53% of all injured persons were men.

Ljubljana – Snowboarder Gloria Kotnik has won the bronze medal in the Olympic parallel giant slalom, the fourth medal for Slovenia at the Beijing Olympics and the first Olympic medal for the 32-year-old.

In 2020, 3.7 million pairs of skis and snowboards were exported to other member states in the European Union. In the same year, the EU exported 1.9 million pairs of skis and snowboards to countries outside the community, and imported 1.1 million of the same products, according to statistics released by Eurostat on Friday.

Zreče – Slovenia’s veteran snowboarder Žan Košir won the Snowboard World Cup parallel giant slalom event on Rogla on Saturday only days after a disappointing performance by the home favourites at the World Championships at the same venue.

In the finals, the 36-year old beat Russia’s Andrey Sobolev, who won bronze at the Championships here on Monday.

Zreče – Russia’s Dmitry Loginov and Germany’s Selina Jörg defended their world titles in the parallel giant slalom at the Snowboarding World Championships in Rogla, Slovenia on Monday. Slovenian snowboarders underperformed.

Silver medals went to Italian snowboarder Roland Fischnaller and Russian Sofia Nadyrshina and bronze to Andrey Sobolev of Russia and Julia Dujmovits of Austria.

Zreče – The Slovenian ski resort of Rogla is hosting a segment of the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, with the parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom disciplines scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Slovenians have high expectations in both events and a big favourite in veteran Žan Košir.

Zreče – The Slovenian ski resort of Rogla will host a part of this year’s Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, with the the parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom disciplines to be held there on 1 and 2 March.

St. Moritz – Slovenian Tim Mastnak took third place in parallel giant slalom in FIS Snowboarding World Cup in Scuol, Switzerland, on Saturday. Russian Igor Sluev won the competition, while Pole Michal Nowaczyk was second.

This was Mastnak’s fifth World Cup podium and the second podium for the Slovenian team in this season.

Cortina d’Ampezzo – Snowboarder Žan Košir won bronze in the parallel giant slalom in a World Cup race in Italy’s Carezza on Thursday to return to the podium after almost a year. Austria celebrated a double victory with Benjamin Karl in first and Andreas Prommegger in second place.