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Bulgaria's ski federation wants to build ski jumping complex in Sofia

Thu, Oct 14 2010 08:39 CET

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Bulgaria's ski federation wants to build ski jumping complex in Sofia

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The Bulgarian Ski Federation launched the idea of building a huge ski jumping complex in Sofia using European Union (EU) funds.

Such projects are part of the International Ski Federation (FIS) plans. Bulgarian Sport Minister Svilen Neikov had talks with the co-ordinator of the FIS Continental Cup series Horst Tillman, responsible for the construction of ski jumping slopes in the world.

If Sofia builds a three-hill complex, the city can host races for the summer world cup and the winter trophy, Tilman said, adding that Bulgaria deserves this because it has ski jumpers such as Vladimir Zografski, who put up an excellent performance in the summer series.

Such a complex has been built in Kazakhstan’s capital Almaty and similar facilities are under construction in Turkey and Romania, Tillman said.

According to Tilman, the project will cost between 10 million and 15 million euro.

The president of the federation, Tseko Minev, said that Neikov will prepare the necessary documents for EU financing and speak to the chief architect of Sofia to decide on a site. If the project is implemented, Sofia will have great chances to host a round of the Ski Jumping World Cup.
Source: Dnevnik.bg

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Anonymous Johno Fri, Oct 15 2010 13:50 CET
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Dear Ms. Hatton.
Please note that "these people" are not public servants - one of them of one the richest guys in the country and is clearly smarter than you are. So rather than "justifying his existence" with "zany ideas" he is doing what rich people in Bulgaria do : WHATEVER HE WANTS!!

Anonymous Dianne Hatton Thu, Oct 14 2010 18:14 CET
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Zany idea number 122765, following on from the F1 track and the winter olympics. Do these people really have to justify their existence by coming up with stupid ideas. We could save the taxpayers money and just replace them with chimpanzees.


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