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.