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As Olympic athletes were beginning their second official competition day in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games on Sunday, Korean humanoid robot skiers were still warming up at Welli Hill Park ski resort in Dunnae for a different competition - a slalom tournament. On the sidelines of the main human Olympics, the Korean government has organised Ski Robot Challenge, the world's first ever ski tournament for self-operational humanoid robots. The robots are to battle it out in the slalom discipline on Monday.
The worlds biggest indoor ski resort opened it's doors to lovers of downhill winter sports last weekend in Harbin, China's 'Ice City' located on the border with Russia. The Harbin Wanda Indoor Ski and Winter Resort covers an area of over 860,000 square feet and boasts six different runs, with the longest stretching 1640 feet, the fourth longest in the world. Up to 3000 people can enjoy the facilities at any one time. Wang Jianlin, who is China's wealthist businessman, invested 40 billion yuan, or just under 6 billion dollars, to build the facility.
No, this isn't another dog costume contest. These are serious working pooches decked out in winter uniforms. The police mountain patrol dogs are part of Chile's national police. The Canine Training School of the Carabiniers of Chile, the country's national police force, presented special attire for their service dogs on patrol at the Farellones Ski Resort, located about 22 miles from the Chilean capital of Santiago, designed to protect the hard-working mountain police hounds from frost and possible injuries.
Skiers take the Roches Noires chairlift in the resort of La Rosière, Savoie, which leads to the start of the blue run on which French actor Gaspard Ulliel died aged 37. IMAGES
In Porté-Puymorens, in the French Pyrenees, a hundred people turn up for the opening of the first ski slope of the season, after a 20-month interruption due to the Covid crisis. IMAGES
Vienna (Austria), Sep 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christian Bruna) On Friday the first trial against Austria began at the Vienna Province Court for alleged negligence by the authorities that would have caused thousands of covid infections. March 19, 2020 in the Ischgl ski resort.FOOTAGE OF APPEAL FROM THE START OF THE FIRST TRIAL AGAINST AUSTRIA FOR AN ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE BY THE AUTHORITIES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THOUSANDS OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN MARCH 2020 AT THE ISCHGL SKI STATION.
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