Snow, real snow, finally! For the first time of the season, at the World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva in Italy (February 13 to 23), the biathletes will slide on natural snow. An exception in the calendar because, this winter, all the heats of the World Cup were disputed on an artificial carpet because of the lack of snow. About 400 kilometers away, in Slovenia, the station of Maribor, which was to host the giant and slalom heats of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup this weekend, was not so lucky. The long-awaited flakes never fell and the prints were moved to the Kranjska Gora side.
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These last-minute moves are nothing new for the grand barnum of the white circus, which has adapted to the regular whims of milder winters. But, due to global warming, these cross-trips are more and more frequent. “The rain-snow limit has risen 200-300 meters in fifty years in the
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