Snow is the topic: Criticism of the Biathlon World Cup in France

Despite clear criticism of the Biathlon World Cup in Le Grand-Bornand, France, environmentalists say they are not planning any high-profile protests surrounding the races. “Our methods are based more on public dialogue. “We are also trying to raise awareness of problems with artificial snow and snow production,” said Corentin Mele from the nature conservation organization France Nature Environnement Haute-Savoie German press agency. At the cross-country skiing World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway, other climate activists blocked the route at the beginning of the month. The athletes had to avoid them. They also used pyrotechnics and poured red liquid onto the track. “We don’t want to prevent competition,” said Mele before the Biathlon World Cup: “But we would like to highlight the absurdity of using artificial snow and lots of trucks for a competition that should actually take place in nature.” Winter sports have long been “threatened by global warming”. Comparison with the Olympics in China Because it was too warm in the idyllic village in the Upper Savoie for a long time and only really snowed this week, artificial snow had to be produced before the races that started on Thursday and stored snow had to be brought in with trucks from a depot in order to set a course on the mobile system to create. During the Winter Olympics in Beijing people laughed “when skiers and snowboarders competed against each other on 100 percent artificial snow,” said Mele: “But we do exactly the same thing without thinking about the environmental problems and the enormous energy requirements.” It is “a problem “to constantly hold competitions on artificial snow. That's why you generally have to question "the footprint of this type of competition" at international sporting events, said Mele. This doesn't just apply to biathlon.

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Snow is the topic: Criticism of the Biathlon World Cup in France

The Biathlon World Cup continues on Thursday with the stage in Le Grand Bornand (France). However, there are protests from environmental activists in the run-up to the races.

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