"It is good worth for cash" | Austrian Olympic Committee

2024-06-02 18:12:59

Sunday, June 2, 2024

There are nonetheless greater than 50 days till the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mountain climbing aces Jessica Pilz and Jacob Schubert have already obtained their tickets, and preparations for taking part within the Olympics for the second time are in full swing. Now, the 2 leaders head to London for a two-day “Olympic coaching camp.”

On Sunday, the flight from Innsbruck to London was straightforward and free due to ÖOC journey assist from Austrian Airways. “The previous few weeks have been very intense and concerned lengthy distance journey,” Jacob Schubert mentioned of the World Cups in China and america. “The main focus is totally on the competitors. It is nice to have the ability to fly straight from ‘residence’.

There will probably be two days of coaching and simulated video games in London on Monday and Tuesday. “Nice Britain has fielded a robust group and this comparability is nice and necessary. Not many individuals are invited internationally,” mentioned KVÖ nationwide group coach Katharina Saurwein. The primary motive for the shorter coaching camp is that London will host the 2024 Olympic bouldering wall climbing occasion.

“Effectivity is necessary”

“The wall was already in use throughout the World Cup in Bern final 12 months and all the pieces went effectively for us there,” Pilz recalled final summer time, when she and Schubert punched their ticket to the Olympics in Switzerland with their World Cup medals. “It’s an important alternative to check the partitions once more so near the sport.”

Ranging from Innsbruck saves time and necessary power. Because of ÖOC journey assist from Austrian Airways, the KVÖ duo traveled to the UK by way of Vienna. Schubert: “Effectivity is at the moment an necessary issue. The time saved can be utilized for extra coaching programs, and their worth could be very excessive.

The home airline has a protracted Olympic custom and has safely and reliably transported a lot of Austria’s high athletes to the Olympics since 1992 – from Albertville to Nagano to Salt Lake Metropolis, from Turin to Tokyo to Beijing.

ÖOC journey assist was efficiently launched in 2022 and has since been extensively utilized by Olympic skilled associations and athletes throughout the Highway to Paris 2024. Along with the climbing duo, Olympic hopefuls from seaside volleyball, wrestling, crusing, fencing, archery or biking, athletics, judo, canoeing and the nationwide handball group have additionally flown with Austrian Airways to Olympic coaching camps or {qualifications} race.