Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck

47.22141666666711.43125Koordinaten: 47 ° 13 ' 17 "N, 11 ° 25' 53 " O

The ice rink Bob - sled Igls is the first artificial ice rink for the luge, skeleton and bobsleigh sports in Austria and is in place Innsbruck -Igls.

Path data

The bobsled track has a total length of 1270 m and has a total of 14 curves with gyro. The ice surface is approximately 5500 m². The maximum height of the curve is 7 m and the total length of the installed cooling tubes is about 80 km.

History

In 1935 the World Championships for the first time went to Innsbruck -Igls. At the time, the route of the Roman road to the valley station of the Patscherkofelbahn. Due to several accidents in the target curve has the web closed many years later. As the Olympic Winter Games was awarded 1964 Innsbruck, began in 1962 with the construction of the Olympic bobsled run Igls. There were built below the Patscherkofel two separate ice rinks made ​​of concrete. The bobsled track had a length of 1506 m and 13 curves.

For the Olympic Winter Games 1976 were built in 1973/74 a skating rink. This estate has been expanded over the following years. Next to the Bobcafé has extended the outlet a further curve 1981. The new women's start is laid in the 1990/91 season in the fifth curve. 1998 has completed the extension target outlet. In 2004, the general renovation of the concrete tube has been completed.