Sir Rols Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, April 14, 2007 (AFP) - Less than a kilogram of explosives brought down the 125 tons ski jump at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday as a relic from the Nazi era was demolished. The old 40-metre high ski jump, built in 1934 for the 1936 Winter Olympics held in the Bavarian market town, was destroyed to make way for a new jumping facility set to be inaugurated for the 2008 Four Hills tournament. Work on the new 10 million euro jump is set to begin next week after the International Ski Federation (FIS) refused to re-certify the old jump. Just 800 grammes of high explosives was enough to bring the K-125 large hill jump, start tower and take-off platform crashing down. Funny timing. In one of the other threads we were discussing disappearting Olympic legacies _ and then I saw this. I remember seeing them in Garmish last year. Still, it's good to see the five rings still displayed on Garmisch's Eis Stadion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yeah - the Olympic Ski Jump of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 From a Canadian standpoint, it was one of those quirky moments, when the 1936 Winter Olympics come to mind. It was that one time that Canada's ice hockey supremacy was temporarily broken by, of all nations, Great Britain. Who would have thought that a bunch of ex-Canadians would do in their former compatriots in this manner? Who knows. That could have saved men's ice hockey from being dropped from the Winter Olympics altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cube Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 more then 70 years is enough legacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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