Il servizio realizzato una settimana prima dell'inizio dei VII Giochi olimpici invernali disputati a Cortina nel 1956 parte dal luogo che divenne il simbolo della prima Olimpiade italiana, lo Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio, e documenta in anteprima i preparativi necessari all'accoglienza degli atleti e allo svolgimento delle varie prove.
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00:25We have arrived.
00:26The crisp air bids us farewell, while the little station comes alive with its usual spectacle.
00:34Just enough time to unpack our bags, then we begin our visit.
00:38Every winter Cortina experiences its most intense period of activity,
00:42but today is not like the other times we had the opportunity to spend a few days in the pearl of the
00:47Dolomites.
00:48Around us, the hours pass seemingly as usual, but the first impression doesn't last long.
00:53You just have to look around, listen to what other people are saying to realise that the atmosphere is different,
00:59because today Cortina means the seventh Winter Olympic Games.
01:04In seven days the curtain will rise on the grandiose event
01:06and in the splendid Ampezzo valley everything is ready to welcome the athletes who will take part in the races.
01:11And since this service wants to introduce you to Cortina on the eve of the event,
01:15Let's certainly start our tour from what has become a bit of a symbol of this White Olympics,
01:21the ice stadium.
01:22The idea turns out to be excellent.
01:24Inside we meet Dr. Fabian and Dr. Saini,
01:26respectively general secretary of the organizing committee and member of the executive committee.
01:30We ask the first one for some information on participation in the games.
01:34In terms of the number of athletes and officials present, the figure for now is around 1500 people.
01:42However, there are 33 registered teams, of which Argentina will not be able to participate.
01:47The 32 teams registered are certainly superior to those in Oslo, as in Oslo there were 32 teams
01:52only 30.
01:53But what is increasing here is the number of athletes, as the competition program is also larger.
01:59than any other Olympic Games,
02:02than any other previous Olympic Games.
02:04Thank you, Doctor. You, Doctor Saini, as a representative of CONI, will have to explain to us a little about CONI's efforts, the preparation of the
02:11tracks.
02:12There are nine fields where the competitions are held. The heart of the facilities is the Olympic Ice Stadium,
02:18where the opening and closing ceremonies will take place, and where the figure skating competitions will take place
02:24of ice hockey.
02:26Another notable facility made by CONI is the ski jump, which will be able to hold around 40-50 thousand people at the competition.
02:35special jump.
02:36Plus we have the Misurina facility, the snow stadium facility, the bobsleigh track, the descents,
02:45and all these facilities, with the exception of the bobsleigh track which was made permanent,
02:49They are all temporary facilities, with recoverable material that we will then use for other sports facilities.
02:54The ice stadium, which was built to hold approximately 5,000 people,
03:00will hold approximately 12,000 people on opening day.
03:03And here is the large amphitheatre that will host them, composed of four overlapping tiers covered in wood in the traditional style
03:09of the region.
03:12The view is perfect, both from the radio and TV booths and from any point in the stands.
03:17Two slopes measuring 60x30 metres, the bottom is made up of overlapping layers,
03:20of which the outermost contains 58 kilometers of serpentine pipes for freezing the runways.
03:25In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies, the stadium will host hockey tournaments and skating trials.
03:30artistic.
03:32The ice sprinters, however, will compete in Misurina, 13 kilometers from Cortina.
03:37The frozen surface of the lake, located at 1,755 metres above sea level,
03:41the northern part has been transformed into a perfect track with the regulation length of 400 metres.
03:45From the stands and terraces, 8,500 spectators will be able to watch the skaters sprint.
03:51And here is the meeting place for thrill seekers.
03:54On the Ronco track, one of the best in the world,
03:56The bobsleighers will launch themselves on their heavy boulders, hurtling down the slopes at a dizzying speed before the eyes of 5,000 people.
04:01which can be accommodated by the equipment placed along the route.
04:05The fruit of many years of experience and modifications,
04:08the sinuous ribbon of ice winds for 1,700 meters,
04:11with 152 meters of altitude difference and 16 curves, including the famous Cristallo and Antelao curves.
04:19But the real protagonists of the games will be the skis.
04:22In the plain of Campo, about 2 km from the town,
04:24the snow stadium will be the starting point of the intermediate passages and the arrival point of all the races
04:28bottom.
04:28Two grandstands with a capacity of 10,000 seats flank a 44-metre wide track,
04:33closed at one end by a scoreboard on which times and results will gradually appear.
04:40A meeting with Colonel Fabre at the nearby military village
04:43It gives us the opportunity to conduct an interview on related services.
04:46In cross-country races we have a track grooming service,
04:50the temperature service, the news service, the health service
04:53and the connections service and the connections service.
04:59And what about the information service?
05:01Regarding the information service, every 5 km we have news posts that give the times,
05:06which are transmitted by radio and telephone and at the finish line, where they are communicated to the public.
05:11So the public can follow the progress of the race at any time?
05:14The public is kept informed at all times by noticeboards, mimeographed sheets and speakers.
05:21And what about the slope grooming service in case of heavy snowfall before the races?
05:26In case of heavy snowfall we have beaters who are equipped with lamps
05:31so that they can beat the slopes during the night in the predawn hours.
05:36And how many men do these services employ?
05:39Approximately 600 or more officers and petty officers.
05:41Mostly Alpine, of course?
05:43They are a training unit of the 5 Alpine brigades.
05:47Let's now look at the characteristics of the various slopes.
05:49The flag indicates the location of the snow stadium.
05:51This is the route of the 15km race with the dotted variant reserved for the combined event
05:57at the bottom of the jump.
05:58The 15 kilometre track runs on a single loop in almost entirely wooded terrain
06:03and the longest climb has a difference in altitude of 135 metres, while the overall difference in altitude is 415.
06:09The combined event track has almost the same characteristics, with the most difficult section being 150 metres.
06:15The total elevation gain of this race is 420 meters.
06:20The 30km will take place on two 10km loops, to be repeated in order
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06:30The first of which is in wooded terrain and the second in undulating grassy terrain.
06:35The difference in altitude of the longest climb is 150 metres, the total difference in altitude is 805 metres.
06:39Adding a third 5km loop creates the 50m race route.
06:43The athletes will travel it like this
06:4610 kilometers, 20, 25, 35, 40
06:51and 50
06:53The added loop winds through undulating grassy terrain.
06:56The longest climb, which is tackled twice, has a difference in altitude of 150 metres, while the total difference in altitude is
07:021300 meters.
07:08The 4x10 kilometer relay route is very simple, with each leg completing this lap.
07:13The double-lane track runs almost entirely through wooded terrain, with a maximum difference in altitude of 86 metres and
07:20total of 275 meters.
07:24We end with the women's races which include the 3x5 kilometre relay, each section a lap which we see here in sections
07:29full and the 10km long distance test, the lap extended by the dotted line.
07:34For both races the terrain is partly wooded and partly grassy, ​​with the same difference in altitude.
07:39longest climb 74 meters, while the total is 170 meters for the relay and 250 for the
07:4510 kilometers.
07:46This is the set of all the slopes whose complete development is 38 kilometers.
07:50To better illustrate its characteristics we took pictures in some places, here for example near the Snow Stadium,
07:56where all the races will take place.
08:12All races will take place at this point, except for the women's relay.
08:36This trait is characteristic of the men's relay.
08:47A particularly interesting point is this one, where the 30 and 50 kilometre race courses intersect twice for
08:53the bobsleigh track is halfway between bridges.
08:56We conclude our review of the cross-country ski trails by moving on to the Alpine specialities with the men's downhill skiing which
09:01starts from the base of Tofana di Mezzo.
09:03The trail immediately descends steeply, entering a narrow gully that leads to the Duca d'Aosta refuge.
09:13It then turns right through a wooded area that will put the athletes' skills to the test.
09:19The second half of the track, whose total length is 3160 meters, descends quickly with a series of undulations
09:26up to the finish line located near the first houses of Cortina with a difference in altitude of 902 metres.
09:30The women's downhill will take place along the famous Tofane gully slope.
09:37Starting just above the Duca d'Aosta refuge, the route does not initially present any great difficulties, which however increase a little further on.
09:44forward where the steep gully narrows as it passes through the woods.
09:53The final stretch is also very fast, where despite the relative brevity of the race, tiredness could play a role.
10:00extreme close-up.
10:01Length 1800 meters, altitude difference 500.
10:09Col Druchet slope A will be the scene of all the special slalom tests.
10:12Men for whom the difference in altitude is 251 meters with 75-80 gates will start immediately below the refuge
10:18passing in one heat to the right and in the other to the left of the grove that appears after the start.
10:23After the trees the slopes join together and here is the starting point of the women's courses which include 176 metres
10:29of difference in height and 45 gates.
10:31From this point the track is common, wide enough to contain the tracks of the two tests foreseen by the regulation in parallel.
10:38for each race.
10:45On Mount Faloria, that is, on the opposite side of the valley, is the giant slalom course.
10:50The Ilio Colli track starts a few metres below the top of the Faloria roundels and winds towards
10:55north first on open ground then through woods.
10:57The two races, men's and women's, will take place on the same track but the second will start lower down, saving the
11:04athletes a very difficult stretch.
11:06The arrival is at Pian della Bigantina.
11:08The length is 2660 meters for men and 2280 meters for women.
11:14The difference in altitude is 623 and 495 metres respectively.
11:26Last stop in Zuel where the gigantic shape of the Italia ski jump looms out at us from the depths of the forest.
11:31Having to accommodate the special jump as well as the combined one, the critical point is only 72 metres from the tooth but the
11:36the realization is one of the best in the world
11:38and around 60,000 people will be able to follow the spectacular flights of the snow angels.
11:43The launch pad starts at 50 metres from the ground, is 86 metres long and 5 metres wide, the arrival pad is at
11:48a development of 128 meters reaching 40 meters in width at the final part.
11:53Everything is now ready, the White Olympics machine is just waiting to get moving.
11:58And in the eyes of the enthusiasts who had followed the development of the ski jump with the same anxiety as the technicians
12:03the slender figures of the jumpers finally appeared, silhouetted against the sky of the Cortina valley.
12:08With them we begin the review of our Azzurri who are already experiencing the nervous minutes of the pre-match in Cortina.
12:13With these athletes aiming to conquer something that is the basis of human dreams,
12:17to soar in the air for as long as possible, to row in the void over dizzying steep slopes
12:22caressing for a few moments the illusion of a pure, intoxicating flight.
12:37But every illusion is short-lived and paid for dearly.
12:40Tito Tolin and Enzo Perin could tell you this as they climb back up to the top of the ski jump.
12:45Up there, a veteran of the Azzurri, Alfredo Prucker, awaits them.
12:47However, one should not cultivate excessive ambition in this typical Nordic specialty.
12:50Coach Schelderup knows this well.
12:52In the arid arithmetic of a scoreboard, hopes that are not of an honorable affirmation vanish.
12:57for our jumpers and combined athletes.
12:59Zandonella and Pennacchio, however, don't care and continue training.
13:09Like the good Pedrana
13:14and above all Aldo Trivella, an elderly and robust champion of excellent quality.
13:23Other fabric and other samples.
13:26Champions of tomorrow, perhaps.
13:27For today, only those hoping for the least disastrous and painful falls possible.
13:32In short, cheerful social life mixed with sporting ambitions from the environment and especially from the surrounding area.
13:38In fact, Bolla, Montemurro, Federici, Macchietto, Branduardi, Magnacco, Crotti, Alberton, Ferraris, Darin, Furlani, Agazzi, Tucci, Gerli, Bedogni, Tomei and Oberhammer.
13:47Here are the Hockey Azzurri.
13:48Intense preparation, fast passes, shots on goal, freeing yourself from markers.
13:52Hours and hours of training every day to reach the level of fitness needed to contain the assaults of those who
13:57He is truly a master in hockey.
13:59Ten teams will compete for victory on the fast and lightning-fast courses of the small disc.
14:04And all of them are combative teams, masters of the most insidious secrets of the game.
14:12Next to his boys, in a corner, the coach, the Swiss Bibi Torriani, it's time to become indiscreet.
14:19Dear Torriani, so we can start training here in Cortina. What do you think of the stadium?
14:24The stadium is very beautiful. The ice is very fast.
14:28What is the Italian team's program?
14:30The Italian team's schedule is very demanding. We work two hours in the morning and another hour after lunch.
14:36How are the athletes doing?
14:37The athletes are in very good shape, but there are four who got injured.
14:41Yes, Tucci, Oberhammer, Montemurro and Tomei, but all four will recover soon.
14:45Let's hope so.
14:46And last grammar question, what are our hopes for the Olympics?
14:50Let's hope everything goes well and that we don't have a too strong group.
14:54Yes, since the tournament will be a group stage, we will enter a group where our opponents are not too strong.
14:58strong, does this mean?
14:59Yes please.
15:01Thank you very much Toriani and good luck.
15:02Thank you.
15:04In addition to daytime training, in the evening and many times a week, the Italian team is involved in real
15:09matches against foreign teams.
15:12The crowd cheered for the entire hour and their enthusiasm even won the penalties for Gero Notturno.
15:18And now the spotlight is on.
15:20Grace replaces strength.
15:21Manuela Angeli, second of our selections for figure skating.
15:25At the pure freshness of his 16 years, the very difficult task of defending our prestige.
15:55One year older and in possession of the Italian title of first category champion,
16:00seventeen-year-old Fiorella Negro, also attentive and scrupulous,
16:04Every day, like a school principal, she reviews the grammar and syntax of the art of skating.
16:13Nothing to complain about, she's so good that even the cameraman asked for an encore.
16:30As the Dolomite legends bind with an invisible thread peaks and spires, gullies and overhangs,
16:36so on the airy thread of a squiggle of patimo we arrived at Misurina.
16:40And even on the frozen surface of the lake, dreams and hopes chase each other.
16:43They are specialists in the 500, 1500, 5000 and 10,000 metres.
16:48Caroli, Citerio, Tomasi.
16:50If for the lake nymphs winter means time that stops,
16:53for our speed skaters time means a tenacious opponent
16:57and always present in the inexorable hands of the chronometers.
17:11An opponent to be faced without arrogance, but with rhythmic, elegant boldness.
17:18Rhythm, ease and power.
17:20The same goes for cross-country skiers.
17:22Gentlemen who with absolute indifference tackle walks lasting miles and miles.
17:2615, 30, 50, 4x10 relay.
17:30Real snow marathons.
17:32Hours of effort made in complete solitude,
17:35struggling only with his own body, with his own unshakeable will.
17:40Long discussions, consultations of international results,
17:43meticulous comparisons and judgments,
17:45they brought 12 athletes to the brink of the Olympics.
17:47In this specialty, which for years, one could say forever,
17:51It is the right and logical prerogative of those who have been dealing with it since childhood
17:54the flat prairies of the northern lands.
17:57But from the elderly De Florian to the recruit Schenatti,
18:00We are certain that every effort will be made to challenge the Russians and Scandinavians.
18:07This is perhaps the gist of the discussions between athletes and coaches,
18:11or perhaps simply the realization that cross-country skiing is a tough and tiring discipline.
18:16Duras perhaps yes, but also pleasant, at least for Rodighiero Rizzieri,
18:19who trains the smiling illegal from Taffra and her companions,
18:23little Rita Bottero, Anita Parmesani, Anna Tosello
18:27and the eternal second of Italian women's cross-country skiing Fides Romanin.
18:33The latest international meetings have said nothing
18:35on the state of preparation of our lovely mile-grinders,
18:39that all nice and robust mountain women,
18:41However, they have proven to be particularly sensitive to cold attacks
18:45and were thus unable to participate in any competition.
18:48This is why the slopes of Cortina are seeing more and more skiers
18:51a compact row of cute daughters,
18:53intent only on asking for a prediction at the light hiss of the skis
18:57who tackle the snowy slope quickly and safely.
19:00It's a difficult prediction,
19:02So let's try not to be too indiscreet
19:04and let's just observe them.
19:30A stack of thin skis with solid bindings that stiffen the foot
19:35in a very firm grip he introduces us to another clan of blue Olympic players,
19:38in the kingdom of downhill skiers.
19:42The very blonde Maria Grazia Marchelli, soon to be a lawyer,
19:45perhaps try to convince the skis not to create quibbles,
19:48but the colleagues don't get emotional and Vera Schenene, the little Piedmontese mascot, smiles.
19:52Cristina Ebler reserves and is consoled by Anna Pellissier,
19:55while Giuliana Minuzzo-Cenal is perhaps thinking of a medal to offer to her baby girl who is just a few months old.
20:00Carla Marchelli, in order not to waste time, had gone to get coffee in full work attire.
20:05We gave priority to the ladies, as a matter of courtesy.
20:08The gentlemen are Alberti, Bruno and Gino Burrini, Ghedina, Miglianti, Pedroncelli, Pompaning and Zecchini,
20:13all under the supervision of coach Lacedelli.
20:18However, training sessions will be shared, even if the race routes will be very distinct and different.
20:22Unlike the cross-country skiers, the downhill skiers participated, and with honour,
20:26at the recent international competitions in Switzerland.
20:41The most beautiful statement is that of mother Giuliana Minuzzo.
20:45It goes without saying that, taken by her while she is embroidering the slalom track,
20:49everyone expects the greatest satisfactions.
20:51The average age of the champions is around twenty years old.
20:54Is it any wonder then that after so much competitive effort, a jovial laziness wins?
21:07For those who are towed by a car, there are those who arrive by car,
21:10even if it's not exactly a supercar.
21:13But they are the rough ones of winter sports,
21:15men who disdain certain softnesses,
21:17thesis only in search of maximum speed within hundredths of a second.
21:22Bobsleigh riders, last epigones, recent transformation and in a purely competitive sense,
21:26of the old, very old, familiar fun of sledding.
21:30Boba 2 and Boba 4, Conti and Dallacosta, Monti and Zardini, Scheibmeier and Zambelli.
21:35These are the names of the duos, illustrious names that include world champions.
21:40Alverà , Conti, Dallacosta and Daprà , Dino and Giovanni De MartÃn, Girardi and Mocellini,
21:45Monti, Pierdaca, Tabacchi and Zardini.
21:47These are the names of the quaternions.
22:12With the vision of the crews recklessly tackling curves and counter-curves,
22:17touching 150 km per hour,
22:19Let's leave the smiling or worried faces of our champions for this evening
22:23who have the honor of defending our blue symbol in the light of the Olympic torch.
22:27We will soon see them again engaged with all their strength
22:30to conquer that golden medal, a faithful symbol of strength and purity.
22:35Their exploits will fuel everyone's memories for years and years.
22:39Perhaps they will enter the fairy tales that grandmothers still tell in the Alpine villages and to their amazed grandchildren.
22:45Their faces will be deeply engraved in everyone's memory,
22:48but above all in the childish minds of the kids who on the edges of the slopes
22:52they will experience the most intense moments of the most beautiful enthusiasm
22:55and that in the not too distant future they will try to emulate the same exciting feats.
23:00All that remains for us to say to both of them is good luck to the sportsman.
23:11At an altitude of 2200 metres on Mount Faloria there is a TV installation.
23:16Through these bridges and those of Mount Visentin at 3000 meters,
23:20The images of the Olympics will be broadcast across the entire national and international network.
23:24For a small group of technicians the barracks will be home
23:27and patient hours of listening and checking will constitute the daily work.
23:31The exceptional nature of the event finds Rai TV engaged in an undertaking of unprecedented proportions.
23:36The technical and logistical effort that it entails
23:39can only be minimally compared to that claimed
23:42on the occasion of broadcasts that have been very successful in Italy and abroad.
23:47The production of these broadcasts will subject men and services to highly significant performances.
23:52The difficulties of connections must be compounded by logistical ones.
23:56The transport of the material, mostly heavy and extremely fragile,
23:59will ask for the passionate contribution of all the staff.
24:03Cable cars and chairlifts will take you to high altitudes.
24:07Then we will resort to sleds and long, exhausting marches on soft and therefore treacherous snow.
24:19The cameras on Col Drusce will be placed at strategic points along the passages
24:25on almost inaccessible positions through itineraries on which the use of sleds appears inadequate
24:30and so on the Tofane ravines to resume the most exciting phases of the downhill.
24:36Here too the chairlift will be a precious ally of the technicians,
24:39but further up the steep slopes of the rock it will be the muscles that complete the work.
24:44Further hours of assembly, cable arrangement and bridge orientation will be added to those of transmission.
24:50To the physical effort will be added the psychological one.
24:57The Ampezzo Valley and therefore all the sports facilities where the Olympics will take place
25:02they appear very decentralized compared to normal transmission possibilities.
25:06Connecting Cortina to the national grid required many months of careful study.
25:11A production centre has been created in Cortina, very similar to the large studios currently in operation,
25:16in addition to the external teams that will be permanently located in Cortina and Misurina.
25:20Although it is an event of exceptional importance,
25:24the Olympics could not compromise the needs of other sectors
25:27removing mobile equipment from normal operation.
25:30However, there will be three away teams,
25:33apparently insufficient for the needs of the vast program,
25:36but thanks to the passionate dedication of the technical staff
25:39sufficient for the production of the most important reports.
25:43Where insurmountable technical and time obstacles allow,
25:47in fact all the most attractive races will be broadcast live,
25:50from downhill to slalom,
25:52from cross-country races to ski jumping races,
25:54at the Misurina speed trials
25:56to conclude with the demonstrations held at the ice stadium.
26:20Nor will the end of broadcasts mean rest,
26:23nor even the acute need for a moment of relaxation,
26:25that the equipment needs overhauling and tuning,
26:28that everything will have to be redone, dismantling the work done
26:31to repeat it elsewhere on other slopes with the addition of other difficulties,
26:36with the biting cold of the morning hours.
26:38For days a painstaking and patient work, done and undone,
26:42all under the pressure of increasingly stingy time
26:44and in very difficult environmental conditions.
26:47Buses are moving on roads made treacherous by the frost,
26:50one is set up at the ice rink for evening broadcasts,
26:53still orientations, we converge on Faloria,
26:56where the test signals from the cameras arrive.
27:05Meanwhile, work in the studios is feverish.
27:07A real high-performance one
27:09who will prepare the film on which the operators
27:11they will have set the phases of the daily races,
27:13slow motion, control room, recording room and a small studio
27:17they will work continuously to give the evening
27:19the summary of the day in the two national editions
27:22and in the one directed abroad.
27:32Meanwhile, in Zuel, everything is ready for the broadcast of the special jump.
27:36The transport of the material is finished and so is the assembly.
27:39The work that will translate this common effort into images begins.
27:43Careful choice of framing
27:44and keeping it moving.
27:46Lightning strike to execute a break, feverish research
27:48of the cause of an alteration of the image
27:50and subsequent fine-tuning.
27:54And after Zuel to Misurina for the ice speed races.
27:57Here too the same problems are added to the discomfort
28:00of a temperature with peaks of 20 degrees below zero.
28:06This is the effort of Rai TV
28:08that engineer Magelli, head of TV technical services in Cortina
28:11interviewed by us, he will briefly summarize.
28:13Engineer Magelli, what were the technical means?
28:17ready for the direct resumption of the games?
28:19Filming of the Olympic competitions
28:21will be carried out with three mobile crews equipped with 10 cameras.
28:25Furthermore the ice stadium has been prepared
28:27a special studio for direct interviews
28:31and set up a telecine to be able to ensure in the evening
28:34the broadcast of filmed services during the day.
28:36How will the connection to the TV network be made?
28:40Locally generated signals will be sent
28:43by means of separate Alfa Loria video bridges
28:46and from there through a network of drawbridges
28:48on Col Vicentin, on Monte Venda and on Penice
28:52they will be sent to Milan.
28:54From Milan they will be fed into the national network
28:56and sent to Eurovision networks.
28:58Engineer, what were the main difficulties you encountered?
29:01It was necessary to build pitches
29:03for parking buses and cars,
29:06build turrets for the positioning of cameras and bridges,
29:09carrying materials on shoulders on sleds, chairlifts and cableways,
29:15It was necessary to string kilometers of cables and power lines,
29:20transformation cabins and even a development and printing plant
29:23with its own assembly department.
29:47Subtitles author and proofreader by QTSS
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