Cross-Country Skiing 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[NearPup 3,615]

From the article about the Cross Country committee: the FIS is finally changing the terminology "ladies" to "women". About time (ladies is the female version of "gentlemen", not "men", always found it a bit annoying that they had men's and ladies' events).

Edited June 1, 2019 by NearPup

[heywoodu 16,142]

19 minutes ago, Nate River said:

From the article about the Cross Country committee: the FIS is finally changing the terminology "ladies" to "women". About time (ladies is the female version of "gentlemen", not "men", always found it a bit annoying that they had men's and ladies' events).

Can I get a place in this committee? This sounds like rather easy money  

[Federer91 3,080]

The world is going to be a better place now.

[heywoodu 16,142]

6 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

The world is going to be a better place now.

There's also this one.

 

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Editorial changes – ladies to women, he/she to gender neutral expressions

 

The them and they of the FIS Committee have earned their money for the year.

 

I do wonder what this one means:

 

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The nominations for technical delegates for the upcoming seasons are gender equal. This is not only due to the wish to implement more female experts in official positions but also because of the level of competence of the female applicants.

 

Surely they're not specifically going to do everything to have a 50/50 balance, but they'll simply look at whoever is the best person for the position, regardless of being male/female/anything else?

Edited June 1, 2019 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,142]

Oh fuck me.

 

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World Cup calendar 2019/2020

- Minor changes of the World Cup calendar include: sprint F in Planica, Individual C competitions in Nove Mesto (replacing relay) with pursuit C on the second day.

- Program Ski Tour 2020 finalized

- Québec city/Minneapolis Sprint Tour finalized (Sprint C, sprint F, Sprint F – 50 World Cup points per race

- In the final version of the 2019/20 World Cup calendar the Committee agreed on including the first ever Cross-Country mixed relay race as the final World Cup race in Canmore (CAN) in 2020. The race format is defined with 4x5km C/F.

And 'boooo!' to replacing yet another relay.

 

The worst change in my opinion though:

 

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The final race of the Tour de Ski – the famous Alpe Cermis climb – will be held in a mass start format.

 

What the hell. The cool thing about the final Alpe Cermis climb, apart from the climb itself, is that whoever finishes first wins the Tour de Ski. Easy. Why complicate things?

[Dragon 2,058]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Can I get a place in this committee? This sounds like rather easy money  

Wimbledon tennis still has Gentlemen's and Ladies' events. 

[Federer91 3,080]

14 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What the hell. The cool thing about the final Alpe Cermis climb, apart from the climb itself, is that whoever finishes first wins the Tour de Ski. Easy. Why complicate things?

 

Yeah, now it's going to be way harder to see who are battling for what position, what difference is needed etc. I know they probably want a head-2-head fight and not only single people climbing the hill, with the intervals between them, but it really gives away the fight to chase your opponent.. 

Edited June 1, 2019 by Federer91

[heywoodu 16,142]

7 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

Yeah, now it's going to be way harder to see who are battling for what position, what difference is needed etc. I know they probably want a head-2-head fight and not only single people climbing the hill, with the intervals between them, but it really gives away the fight to chase your opponent.. 

Those single people closing in on each other or moving away from each other was what made it so epic in my opinion. Pretty much the only XC race where you can so clearly see the suffering of one person at a time.

 

Plus it was literally the only pursuit on the entire calendar I liked in pursuit format