the FIS chairman, swiss Gian-Franco Kasper , 75, was forced earlier this week to stir in the middle of after giving the special statements of the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper in an interview.
on Monday published an interview with Kasper, inter alia, kehai, that the dictator you can organize a sports competition without asking the people.
– Business point of view to say, that I want to go to dictatorships. I don't want to argue with environmentalists.
in Addition, Kasper spoke of ”so-called climate change,” and the justification of climate change to downplay it, that Pyeongchangin olympics was snow and frost.
Gian-Franco Kasper explained that he did not mean his words literally. Protect Our Winters -organization said sources leaning, that the FIS leadership has for years actively ignoring the causes of climate change. EPA/AOPKasper message later the FIS bulletin requesting comments sorry, because they do not in his view been intended to be taken seriously.
I Take full responsibility for this misunderstanding and I'm sorry that it has taken attention away from the world cup athletes.
Punch the original interview was done, inter alia, the alpine skiing world cup events.
the Difference between requiredPunch apology is not enough for everyone. Protect Our Winters -organization required on Saturday published a statement Punch of a difference.
Double olympic medalist Enni Rukajärvi is one of Protect Our Winters -organization of the ambassador of Finland. AOPthe Protect Our Winters is an international non-profit organization. The English release was published also in the organisation of the Finnish branch of the site.
Organization, FIS:no insiders have told us for years that the federal executive not recognized by the scientific community of evidence of climate change and Kasper had fresh comments are proof of that.
– the FIS should work with facts and not guesswork, opinions and lies basis.
– the IPCC's recent report, we have 12 years time to grasp the causes of climate change, so that we can ensure that we have a ski industry still remaining in 2100.
Report, you can read among other things in this case.
the Protect Our Winters -organization of the ambassador of Finland, among others, snowboarder Enni Rukajärvi , blocking in the back of the race for the secretary-general Aino-Kaisa Saarinen , paralumilautailija Matti Suur-Hamari , national team skier Martti Jylhä and ex-freestyle skier Pekka Hyysalo .