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Fake Snow Shortage for Winter Olympics? Ski Chief Urges Organisers to Hurry
- International Ski Federation president Johan Eliasch urged organisers to speed up after delays, saying `not everything is ready` for the Milano-Cortina Winter Games, citing artificial-snow problems at key venues.
- On Tuesday, the Milano-Cortina organising committee acknowledged a technical problem requiring a valve replacement completed within the timeframe, while artificial snow production was slated to begin last week using water from the Monte Sponda reservoir, but organisers struggle as the Italian government hasn’t released funds.
- Eliasch said `We have calls three times a day, morning, noon and night,` and organisers say `We have a plan B, a plan C, a plan D`, while Livigno mayor Remo Galli told ANSA `We'll have all the snow we need to have a great Olympics.`
- Delays at multiple sites raise immediate risk to the readiness of competition venues, with the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan running seriously behind schedule and organisers admitting there is no back-up stadium.
- FIS called the situation unprecedented, while local officials offered reassurances that temperatures should drop to 20 below zero and said `I'm not at all worried`.
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·Germany
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·Turin, Italy
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