Violent turbulence in the election of Austria's ski president

At around 22.00 p.m., the election committee, consisting of the nine regional heads of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV), had been meeting in a hotel in Anif for almost six hours; an agreement on one of the two candidates, Michael Walchhofer or Renate Götschl, was not yet in sight at this point . While Götschl was not present in Anif - according to media reports because she received the invitation too late - Walchhofer presented his concept for around an hour at the beginning of the meeting. Götschl was then asked by the committee to go to Anif. At least that's what Salzburg's regional association president Bartl Gensbichler said on ORF around 19.00 p.m. that Götschl was on his way. An hour later everything was different again, Götschl refused, the “SN” reported. After dinner at around 19.30:20.30 p.m., the committee finally resumed its work at around XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. Fighting vote not ruled out If no agreement is reached, you formally have another nine days to make a decision. Schröcksnadel's successor is to be presented on June 19th at the country conference in Villach. A fight vote is also not ruled out. Hotelier Walchhofer (46) had decided to run for office a long time ago. His former schoolmate and teammate Götschl (45) was only nominated by the Styrian association in April and somewhat surprisingly. This is significant because Schröcksnadel is said to want to continue to have influence on the ski association's economic companies through the new president. Walchhofer had always emphasized that the new ÖSV president must have the final decision in all areas of the ÖSV. A tear through the state ski associations Many believe that Götschl is the latest in a series of candidates promoted by Schröcksnadel. Insiders and observers are certain that there has been a rift in the state ski associations in recent weeks because of the different interests in the background. Just one day before the election committee meeting, Upper Austria's long-term president Friedrich Niederndorfer resigned with immediate effect on Monday, but without connecting this with the Schröcksnadel successor discussion, as some media immediately suspected. It was said that the resignation was solely for personal reasons. Vice President Bernhard Zauner represented the LSV Upper Austria in the election committee. It was assured that we would continue to stand united behind Walchhofer. Schröcksnadel (79) wants to remain on the Council of the International Ski Association (FIS), but will no longer run for ÖSV President in June after 31 years. His succession plan is turbulent because of the background. It's about power and influence in the ÖSV companies, the “Kleine Zeitung” quotes a former ÖSV official.

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Violent turbulence in the election of Austria's ski president

The supposed decision to set the course for the successor to ÖSV President Peter Schröcksnadel took a little longer on Tuesday evening.

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