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SAALBACH, Austria - The snow fell on Saalbach on Friday, dusting the Austrian valley white for the World Championship men's giant slalom and briefly disguising the issues facing the sport in an increasingly warm and hostile environment."We know about global warming," Susanna Sieff, Sustainability Director for the International Ski Federation told AFP. "We have to struggle with this. And let me say we are the first victim.
"This is a positive," said Ursula Bittner of Greenpeace Austria, who nevertheless called for more "transparency" from the organizers regarding the "green label".She also said the FIS calendar posed a problem.Alpine, nordic and freestyle skiers and snowboarders spend their winters criss-crossing the globe to some 330 FIS World Cup events.But as the planet warms, more and more often they arrive at an event to find it cancelled for lack of snow.
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