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Men's World Cup Downhillers to auction Kitzbuehel downhill bibs

The International Athletes group on the Men's World Cup speed programme held their regular meetings with FIS in Kitzbuehel and approached FIS about doing something for the victims of the recent Haiti earthquake. The group lead by Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, have agreed with the Kitzbuehel Ski Club that ALL the racers will after their run take off their bib, sign it and hand it over to be auctioned off.

Talking to the team captains and managers at the second managers meeting in Kitzbuehel, Svindal told them that "we want all the bibs," and urged those present to go back to their teams and tell them what was happening. After the racers had left the podium, Guenther Hujara, race director for the Men's World Cup added his thoughts "We think this is a very good idea."

The auction will start on Saturday january 23rd at 6pm CET (5pm UK time) with a starting price per bib of one Euro and can be found under www.ebay.at; www.ebay.de or www.ebay.ch (Keyword: Downhillers for Haiti) INternet users have the opportunity to participate in this charity campaign and help victims of the earthquake in Haiti until Sunday January 31st 2010 at 11pm CET, 10pm UK time.