Alpine Skiing 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[phelps 7,711]

Nadia Fanchini surprisigly thrashed out Sofia Goggia (actually, she finished 3rd, beaten also by Nicol Delago) in the women's Downhill at the Italian Championships...

[phelps 7,711]

this is a video of Kristian Ghedina coming down the new Vertigo Piste in Cortina, which will be the 2021 course for the men's speed events (even if I think that in 2021 they will start from a slightly higherr point than what they did in this video and at the recent Italian championships, otherwise we can already say that's too short for a world cup/world championship event...the Italian title was won in 1.26.x if I remember correctly)...

 

[Monzanator 4,530]

Not bad for a pensioner...

 

https://celebmafia.com/lindsey-vonn-si-swimsuit-2019-1971356/

 

[Wumo 3,003]

The proposals from the Alpine Skiing Commitee:

(Source: fis-ski.com)

 

Start Field Reduction
To keep building on the start field reduction process that was initiated last year for the Men’s Alpine World Cup events, stricter criteria have been set for athletes to be able to be in the start field. It will not be sufficient anymore to have a maximum of 80 FIS points.

Each National Ski Association will be able to enter one competitor for FIS World Cup races as long as he is ranked within the first 150 athletes of the valid FIS point list of the event concerned or within the first 30 of the World Cup Starting List (WCSL). 

To be able to start in the parallel events, athletes will need to have no more than 140 FIS points in one of the five alpine events (SL, GS, SG, DH, AC). These changes, if approved, will result in an average reduction of 10 athletes per race. These changes will only be applied to the men’s competitions.

 

Parallel Format

The new Parallel (PAR)- formerly known as City Event or Team Event- has been revised in an effort to produce a format that is fair for athletes and interesting for fans at the same time. The format will feature a single qualification run for the best 30 competitors according to the actual Parallel World Seeding List (PWSL). The first 16 ranked athletes from the qualification run will qualify to the round of sixteen. All heats will have a “run and re-run” format to ensure fairness and integrity.

 

Calendars

Additionally, the calendars for the 2019/20 season – featuring three Alpine Combined for the men’s tour and four for the ladies – were presented, as well as the drafts for the next three seasons. They will be confirmed on Sunday by the Council and will be made available afterwards.

The Alpine Combined has been considered once again and the goal is making it more attractive in term of structure of the program itself. This implementation contributed on the enlargement of the calendar with 43 races on the ladies’ side and 46 for the men for the 2019/2020 season. 

 

Few dates and venues are still in open discussions: 

Oslo (SWE) declined the intention of hosting the city event January 1st and Davos (SUI) candidate itself. The final decision will be made July 10th. 

Yuzawa Naeba (JPN) will agree or disagree to host two Giant Slalom instead of one Giant Slalom and one Slalom. The final decision will be made June 10th.

 

[heywoodu 15,177]

Yay, less athletes in World Cup races, finally, that's what everybody wanted!

 

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[heywoodu 15,177]

8 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

Few dates and venues are still in open discussions: 

Oslo (SWE) declined the intention of hosting the city event January 1st

 

Stupid Swedes, annexing capitals of other nations

[Dragon 1,850]

37 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Stupid Swedes, annexing capitals of other nations

Be careful, The Belgians are massing on the border....

[heywoodu 15,177]

4 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Be careful, The Belgians are massing on the border....

Correction: they are massing on what they think is the border, but what in fact is simply a sign "Welcome to the Netherlands" we cleverly placed somewhere in some random forest far away from the border, because the Belgians won't notice anyway and invade themselves.

Edited June 1, 2019 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Yay, less athletes in World Cup races, finally, that's what everybody wanted!

 

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"These changes will only be applied to the men’s competitions."

Ah, so obviously the problem is that men's skiing is too competitive. I guess this is another briliant "gender equality" policy that we will see more of.

[hckošice 14,930]

So the Alpine Combined will remains in the program, but in new format. The 1st run being the Slalom and only the top 30 from this slalom run will qualify for the 2nd run (Super-G).