Totallympics 55 Posted October 8, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2019 - 2020 Multi-Stage Event - 26 October 2019 - 7 March 2020 Official Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted October 8, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 8, 2019 So not only they will not remove the Alpine Combined, but they will improve the amount of races in the calendar, already 4 AC races for W and 3 for M this season with one big change : The starting order in slalom, The winner of the DH/SG will start first in the slalom and not 30th like it was before ! Quote Alpine Combined starting order The new format of the Alpine Combined features a speed run first (preferably a Super-G, but also a Downhill possible), followed by a slalom run. The starting order of the slalom run will not be reversed anymore, which means that athletes will start in the same order as they are ranked in the speed run. In the upcoming season, four Alpine Combined events will take place on the Women’s Tour in Val d’Isère, Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Crans Montana and La Thuile and three events on the Men’s Tour in Bormio, Wengen and Hinterstoder. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/news-2019-2020/updates-from-the-fis-autumn-meetings szy123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted October 8, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just now, hckosice said: So not only they will not remove the Alpine Combined, but they will improve the amount of races in the calendar, already 4 AC races for W and 3 for M this season with one big change : The starting order in slalom, The winner of the DH/SG will start first in the slalom and not 30th like it was before ! https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/news-2019-2020/updates-from-the-fis-autumn-meetings Glad they are keeping it alive, and intrigued to see the effect the format change will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJa 64 Posted October 8, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Although I haven't seen it in practice, but I'm already a big fan of Alpine Combined. I am begging you, FIS, not to recombine it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted October 8, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, NearPup said: Glad they are keeping it alive, and intrigued to see the effect the format change will have. Well, peoples cried that the AC strogly favored the slalom specialists, now I wonder if the same peoples will start crying the event will strongly favor the speed specialists... nah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted October 8, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just now, hckosice said: Well, peoples cried that the AC strogly favored the slalom specialists, now I wonder if the same peoples will start crying the event will strongly favor the speed specialists... nah But it kinda did. This seems like an excellent change though, making it at least look much more fair. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJa 64 Posted October 8, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Przed chwilą, hckosice napisał: Well, peoples cried that the AC strogly favored the slalom specialists, now I wonder if the same peoples will start crying the event will strongly favor the speed specialists... nah He hasn't been born like that yet, to please everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted October 8, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 8, 2019 There are already too many slalom/GS/parallel races if compared to the number of downhills/SG during a season, so nothing wrong with giving speed skiers a bit of advantage in the alpine combined... heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szy123 79 Posted October 8, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Wow, great to hear that they finally decided to fix combined rather than drop it. I love AC, tho the truth is that the races were favoring slalomists too much. I am unashamed, at getting nothing done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted October 8, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, hckosice said: Well, peoples cried that the AC strogly favored the slalom specialists, now I wonder if the same peoples will start crying the event will strongly favor the speed specialists... nah I feel this format is much more balanced. I really love watching the AC in major events (not so much in world cups) so I am glad it is sticking around. It is good to have one race in the program of major events that rewards all-rounders. szy123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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