Cesana (pps) In its tenth anniversary season, the SUZUKI Challenge Cup will make a stop in Cesana, Italy, on the track of the 2006 Olympic Games next Friday (January 9, 2009). Following the season’s opener in Innsbruck-Igls with the winners Tatjana Huefner, David Moeller (both GER) and Tobias-Schiegl-Markus Schiegl (AUT), the third stop will be the final on February 13, 2009, in Calgary, Canada.
Following a decision by the FIL Executive Board, ten sleds in two groups will start in each of the three disciplines – women’s single, men’s single and double-seater. A maximum of two athletes per nation are eligible in compliance with the current seeded list. The third and fourth-placed of the preliminary runs will carry out a “small” final for third place, the two fastest of the preliminary runs will determine the winner in a final.
