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Maribor hosted the 41st Golden Fox ski race this weekend.
To paraphrase Gary Lineker: "The Golden Fox is a simple competition; 70 women go racing down a slope and in the end, Anja Paerson always wins."
On Sunday, Anja Paerson of Sweden took the Golden Fox trophy for the third consecutive time, and won the slalom event for the fifth consecutive time. "It’s a special place for me," she later told reporters.
Meanwhile, Slovenia’s Tina Maze managed to win the giant slalom event on Saturday — to the absolute delight of the home crowd. But she fell to the inevitability of Paerson the next day, meaning that Slovenia’s eight-year dry spell on Pohorje continues.
The gorgeous weather (and Maze’s hoped-for win) made this year’s event a lot more enjoyable than previous ones. I was a bit surprised by the low turnout on Sunday, but was told repeatedly that it had a lot to do with ticket prices. Standing room was SIT 2000 (8 euros) while bleacher seats rang in at SIT 6000. (25 euros) Certainly high for local circumstances.
Either way: congratulations to Anja, this year’s (and next year’s) Golden Fox!
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I thought I had found a Slovenian only-music-all-the-time radio station until this weekend, when Tina Maze’s name was spoken about five times in between each song.
Which reminds me… Is it just me or there are Slovenian versions of pretty much every classic pop/rock hit out there? I always think “ah, I know this one” and then they start to sing… “ljubi tender, ljubi true…”
Good observations there, Heck! I have to admit, radio stations in the US have more music, less talk. Except in the morning, when everybody yaps all the time. It’s impossible to find a music station in the morning. I finally found one - it’s a student radio.
I guess part of the reason is also, that they have to pay the event organizers if they want to cover any of it.
I think there is actually a law that forbids a radio station to emit only music and no “speech”. Or something like that
see —> www.gov.si/srd/
for reference.
see —> www.gov.si/srd/eng/index.html
if you`re english