Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol
place	Cesana Torinese , Italy
Installation	2005
Shutdown	2011
Orbit data Maximum height difference 114 m begin length Curves Bob start 1,435 m 19th Skeleton start 1,435 m 19th Toboggan start men 1,435 m 19th Toboggan start women 1,233 m 17th Double-seater start 1,233 m 17th

Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 25.1 ″  E

The Cesana Pariol was an artificial ice rink in Cesana Torinese , west of Turin . The track was the venue for the luge , bobsleigh and skeleton competitions at the 2006 Winter Olympics .

history

Initially, there were concerns during construction whether the track could be completed in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics . A small archaeological find from Roman times, near Turn 11, during the construction work increasingly delayed the work. However, the ice rink was completed at the end of 2004 and cost 77.3 million euros. With competitions of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation from January 21 to 23, 2005, the course was opened without any major problems. In the following week the first toboggan competitions took place, where there were a few falls. The Austrian Wolfgang Linger broke his ankle and fibula and the American Anne Abernathy broke her collarbone. The Brazilian Renato Mizoguchi fell so badly that he was placed in an artificial coma. As a result of these events, talks between the organizers of the 2006 Games and the presidents of the two associations took place in summer 2005 to make the track safer. The three parties agreed that curves 16 to 18 should be defused, the implementation took place at the end of 2005.

In October 2009 the route cooled down prematurely. From October 16, the Italian and Japanese teams trained in the Veltins ice arena in Winterberg , while the Austrian athletes completed their training runs on the Königssee artificial ice rink .

In 2011 and 2012 the track was supposed to serve as a venue for further competitions, but was closed for financial reasons. In October 2012 the line was finally completely dismantled.

Track records

discipline	Time [m: ss,]	date	driver	nation
Luge single seater men	51.396 s	February 12, 2006	Albert Demchenko	RUS
Luge single seater women	46.817 s	January 31, 2010	Natalie Geisenberger	GER
Luge two-seater	46.293 s	January 30, 2010	Christian Oberstolz , Patrick Gruber	ITA
Skeleton women	58.71 s	4th December 2009	Shelley Rudman	GBR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ten years after the Winter Games: Turin Olympic sports facilities are partially idle. Retrieved November 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Series of falls among tobogganists Brazilian is in a coma. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .