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Dr. Elke Bechtold

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Stormy day: Swiss national ski team at the wind tunnel of AUDI AG

• Swiss Ski Team optimizes posture and tests new racing suits

• Bronze winner of 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships Beat Feuz at the wind tunnel

Ingolstadt, July 21, 2015 - Tradition and technology: Every summer, a delegation of the Swiss alpine national ski team tests the wind tunnel of AUDI AG. At the ultra-modern wind tunnel center in Ingolstadt, five athletes of the Swiss Ski Team benefited from the technological expertise of the four rings.

Besides Beat Feuz, who won bronze in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail/Beaver Creek (USA), his team-mates Jasmine Flury, Mirena Küng, Mauro Caviezel and Marc Gisin participated in this unique summer training. During the stormy event, the ski racers tested their new racing suits and generated conclusive data to optimize their posture on the ski slopes. The related video is available here.

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