FIS confirms 4 races at Beaver Creek for 2007

The Vail Valley will again have a strong platform to make its case for the 2013 World Alpine Ski Championships when the world’s top men’s racers return to Beaver Creek for a rare four-race event during the 2007 Birds of Prey World Cup stop.
THE VAIL VALLEY will again have a strong platform to make its case for the 2013 World Alpine Ski Championships when the world’s top men’s racers return to Beaver Creek, Colorado, for a rare four-race event during the 2007 Birds of Prey World Cup stop.
    Birds of Prey will once again mark the only men’s World Cup event in the United States and the only World Cup site for either men or women to feature four events, aside from the World Cup Finals in Bormio, Italy.
    Scheduled for Nov. 29 through Dec. 2, the Birds of Prey dates and race schedule were recently confirmed at the FIS annual calendar meetings in Portoroz, Slovenia.
    On tap for the 2007 installment of Birds of Prey are men’s super combined (one run of downhill and one run of slalom) on Nov. 29, downhill on Nov. 30, super G on Dec. 1 and giant slalom on Dec. 2.
     "This winter’s Birds of Prey World Cup will be a tremendous opportunity for us to showcase our plans and enthusiasm for a 2013 World Championships to the world," said Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation. "It will be a great chance for the Vail Valley to send a message that we’re ready, willing and able to host these championships."   
    All three of the Vail Valley’s competitors for 2013 will also host World Cup events this coming winter, with Schaldming, Austria, on the schedule for a men’s night slalom, while St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Cortina, Italy, will both play host to women’s downhill and super G combinations. The vote on the 2013 World Championships site will happen on May 29, 2008, at the FIS Congress in Cape Town, South Africa
    "The fact that the FIS has the faith in the Vail Valley to entrust us with four events speaks volumes about what this community has accomplished in ski racing," Folz said. "We want to continue that legacy all the way to 2013 and beyond."