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Lack of snow and unknown forecast decisive for the change of venue from Maribor to Kranjska Gora.
Due to lack of snow and uncertain weather conditions in Maribor, the organisers of the Golden Fox have agreed with the International Ski Federation (FIS) and organisers of the Vitranc Cup to carry out the Golden Fox on the Vitranc slope. The Podkoren racetrack has now passed the snow control of the International Ski Federation. High temperatures which caused melting of snow and even uncertain weather forecast triggered arrangements between Maribors and Kranjska Gora's organisers of races for the World Cup in Alpine skiing. The organisers, Golden Fox Organising Committee, Branik Ski Club and company Marprom have done all their efforts to carry out the race for the World Cup in Alpine skiing for ladies in Maribor, but the weather conditions also this year simply did not allow this to happen.
Gregor Benedik, President of the Vitranc Cup OC, emphasised: "We are happy that we can come and help the people of Maribor, which shows that Slovenians can come together and with the joint efforts enable the race to stay in Slovenia." "The racetrack in Podkoren has big amount of snow but there is still some days of work to be done with consolidation of the racetrack," highlighted Ale Vidic, Vitranc Cup Race Director. Sreko Vilar, Golden Fox Secretary General, said: "Zlata Lisica will be in Slovenia and that is the most important thing. I can only sincerely thank my friends from Kranjska Gora for their support. We will do our best to make the Golden Fox in Kranjska Gora an excellent sporting event."
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