MARCIALONGA: FIRST-CLASS FIGURES

Over half of the 2015 participants comes from Scandinavian countries
The entire world watch the Italian event on TV
Improvements made to the 70k track through Val di Fassa and Val di Fiemme
Accommodation deals on www.marcialonga.it


Slowly but surely, autumn leaves room to a new winter season, temperatures gradually fall and snow makes its appearance up in the Italian Dolomites. In this moment, a variety of colourful leaves mixed up with evergreen pine trees turn the entire landscape of Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa into something incredibly appealing, while the Marcialonga OC keeps working hard towards the 42nd running of the major ski-marathon, scheduled in about two and a half months (25 January). Over 7.500 participants successfully registered to the event and the largest group – over 4.000 – comes from the Scandinavian countries, namely Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark plus one athlete from Iceland. Fair enough, cross country skiing was invented by Norwegians and they represent the most numerous nation – after Italy – on the entry list. At the start of the 2015 Marcialonga next 25 January, people from Spain, Australia, Israel and South Africa will also gather up and Marcialonga will once again turn into some sort of a Babel of enthusiastic skiers and snow lovers from all over the planet.
For those who haven’t booked yet their accommodation in Trentino region next January, the Marcialonga official webpage www.marcialonga.it links to both main Tourism Offices in the area. Taking a look is recommended!
And a…look in depth to the 70k-long Marcialonga track was taken a few days ago by the international TV Production Director Karel Jonak and the CEO of Wsportsmedia David Nilsson who met the Marcialonga Management Board and defined important TV aspects concerning the 2015 event. Marcialonga will go live in 12 countries with delayed programs and highlights in over 30 other nations, and in order to make Marcialonga even more charming to world audiences, additional cameras will be positioned in Predazzo and Canazei town centres to cover new intermediate points. Further technical improvements are being made along the track and two new snow cannons plus a snow groomer have been purchased by the OC.
Having said that, the countdown to the last weekend of January continues while winter season slowly but surely approaches.