Steffen Hoos, aka "Hoosie", Toko's International Race Service Manager
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Today is the day of the opening of the Games.
Starting tomorrow, the biggest sporting event in the world begins. All
athletes, trainers and coaches have worked four years for this event. The
closer the day-X moves, the more clearly you can feel the excitement of all the
protagonists.
Today the weather varied. The morning was sunny and in the
afternoon it rained at temperatures of +2 ° C.
Tomorrow will be the first competition of the women
biathletes and the much awaited Men's Downhill. It is unclear whether the
downhill will be held as the forecast is for poor visibility and wind. Let's
hope for the best.
Unfortunately, the weather plays an unusually critical
role. Locals report that the last 70 years were not as warm at this time of
year as now.
At the Toko team all is going very well. Heinz Kolly our
Alpine specialist gets up every morning at 5:30, to supply all the teams with
the necessary information early enough for their benefit. Just as in the
Nordic Venue, each team gets an accurate forecast, which we receive from Bern
meteo every day for all the venues via email. Then we go to the course to
provide specific data such as snow and air temperature and humidity which are
measured in varied sections of the course. According
to these results, the wax tip is created and distributed. Through the
end of the day he provides each service man with the needed items from our
cabin.
The Nordic race service staff Jens Rischmüller and Björn
Pfestorf share the work in the biathlon, cross country and Nordic combined. Wax tests are carried out on the cross-country and
biathlon trails appropriate to the start times. As in the Alpine, all the teams
get the information they need to support them in wax, weather and start group
choice.
My job here is quite clear: organization, media relations,
and testing support as well as to advise the teams regarding weather issues,
products and start group.
Like every day, I'm going back tomorrow to sign in with
background information and news about the Olympic Games.
From Whistler and Callaghan
Steffen Hoos
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Part of the Toko Race Service Crew
Olympic Traffic
Ski Jumping Venue
Nordic Service Cabin
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