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Fast Skis and Big Trucks Video |
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18.12.2011, Hochfilzen  / IBU Info JK |
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| Biathlonworld.com TV Technical Corner | ||
| One of the keys to biathlon success is fast skis. Three teams have taken a step beyond the traditional wax cabins provided at each World Cup venue. They have a mobile wax trucks that are always ready to go as soon as it is parked each week.
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Efficient Work These massive eighteen-wheelers are completely set-up for efficient work. The wax technicians never unpack their 3-400 pairs of skis; ventilation is close to perfect, the cionditions are always the same regardless of the location, and most of all they save hours by not packing, unpacking and setting up their workspace at each E.ON IBU World Cup Biathlon venue. For Germany, Norway and Sweden, these technological wonders are the key to ever faster skis for their top athletes. Biathlonworld.com TV takes a tour of these big trucks in the following video.
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