Red Bull Crashed Ice Getting Set for Munich Event

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World Champions Derek Wedge of Switzerland, Martin Niefnecker of Germany, Scott Croxall of Canda and Marco Dallago of Austria rapel down from the roof of the Olympic Stadium prior to the second leg of the Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Munich, Germany on January 7, 2016.
World Champions Derek Wedge of Switzerland, Martin Niefnecker of Germany, Scott Croxall of Canda and Marco Dallago of Austria rapel down from the roof of the Olympic Stadium prior to the second leg of the Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Munich, Germany on January 7, 2016.
World Champions Derek Wedge of Switzerland, Martin Niefnecker of Germany, Scott Croxall of Canda and Marco Dallago of Austria rapel down from the roof of the Olympic Stadium prior to the second leg of the Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Munich, Germany on January 7, 2016.
World Champions Derek Wedge of Switzerland, Martin Niefnecker of Germany, Scott Croxall of Canda and Marco Dallago of Austria rapel down from the roof of the Olympic Stadium prior to the second leg of the Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Munich, Germany on January 7, 2016.

Reigning Ice Cross Downhill World Champion Scott Croxall of Canada was chased across the iconic transparent roof covering the grandstands at Munich’s Olympic Stadium on Thursday by three top European racers hoping to dethrone him this season ahead of the weekend’s racing.

MUNICH, Germany – Three former world champions from Europe playfully “chased” Scott Croxall across the famous roof on Thursday before the four top Ice Cross Downhill athletes abseiled together down into the stadium ahead of the second Red Bull Crashed Ice stop of the 2015/16 world championship season. Germany’s Martin Niefnecker (2010), Switzerland’s Derek Wedge (2013) and Austria’s Marco Dallago (2014) are all trying to take away the title back from Croxall, who won it in 2015.

The thrills and spills of the weekend’s racing next to the Olympic Stadium kicks off with the team competition on Friday evening, when two teams of three athletes each will be barreling down the 370-meter long and five-meter wide ice track, followed by the individual competition on Saturday. The track features a dazzling 20-meter jump — the longest ever — just before the finish line that should cause plenty of upsets.

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