Desolate conditions

Tripping hazards on the track for Carinthian track and field athletes

The VST Völkermarkt facility.(Bild: VST)

Desolate running track: the track and field athletes in Völkermarkt are moaning about the unacceptable training conditions. An expert would have taken radical measures. In addition: the costs have exploded so brutally. On a positive note: the Villach-Lind stadium is getting a facelift.

Olympic heroine Steffi Graf once did her first laps on the Völkermarkt running track. If the 800-meter silver medalist from Sidney 2000 saw the current conditions in her home town, it would probably turn her stomach. . .