Closing down the streets of Innsbruck for
the Nordic Race
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OUCH!!!!
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The local band and police officers by country prepare for the opening parade.
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Teams Austria, USA, Ukraine and Ungarn
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Snowboarder Tessa Escobar of San Francisco PD checks out the course with Reini.
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Helmuth Smetanig, GEK, Austria, carves a smooth turn.
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The ladies prepare for G.S.
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Snowboarders prior to the G.S. start.
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Werner Schabauer of Vienna, Austria at the G.S. start. |
Chief of Course Reinhard Rudigier discusses issues of course maintenance. |
Jackie Graf, Mill Valley PD gets to know the course maintenance workers - The Austrian Army |
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Police Director & President of the Innsbruck Police Sports Club, HR Mag. Arnold Stattmann addresses the parade participants and spectators from all over the world in front of the "Golden Roof" at historic Downtown Innsbruck.
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Nassau County Police Officer Steve Fritzpatrick and N.Y.P.D. Lt. Kenneth Kobetitsch present a plaque honoring those police officers who died on 9/11. Accepting the plaque are Dr. Ernst Strasser, Federal Minister of Interior, Police Director HR Mag. Arnold Stattmann, Dr. Herwig van Staa, Mayor of Innsbruck and to the far left, Oscar Strohmeyer, Commander of the Gendarmarie. |
A portion of the United States contingent prepare to depart on the parade at the "Landhausplatz" to the "Golden Roof".
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