And of course when it comes to parallel events, they have stupid rules everywhere. Snowboard has only one run and alpine has 2 runs in the 1/16 and afterwards one runs only. It isn't difficult to figure out that in the first round you should have only 1 runs, so that the back athletes have a chance at an upset, but from the 1/4 onwards, or the 1/2 if you like, there should be 2 runs, so it's most fair for all athletes that have reached the stage for a potential win. But of course FIS cares for the TV time more, so that everything finishes in an hour or so...