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The FIS Council held its autumn meeting at the headquarters of FIS in Oberhofen, Switzerland, for the whole day of Sunday, November 3 and addressed a full agenda, including preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, reports organizing committees for future FIS World Cup, the appointment of technical proposals of the technical committees with FIS calendar updates and rules, as well as preparations for the 49th International Congress of 2014.
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The main decisions of the Council in Oberhofen were as follows:
Decisions directly related to FIS competitions
Calendars of the World Cup since 2013/2014 al 2016/2017
Were approved minor changes to the calendars for the 2013/2014 season proposed by the respective technical committees have been approved.
Of these changes, the most notable is the shift of the Team Event of alpine skiing from Moscow to Innsbruck February 25, 2014.
World Senior and Junior World Championships
The calendar of the 2015 World Cup in Falun (Nordic skiing), Vail / Beaver Creek (Alpine skiing) and Kreischberg (freestyle / snowboard) were approved.
A Falun the 30 km and 50 km men women continue to be held as a mass start and not with departures at intervals.
The program of the World Vail / Beaver Creek has been modified to allow two days of testing of descent for both men and donnbe.
The Board has appointed the following venues host:
- Rasnov (Romania), World Junior Nordic skiing in 2016 following the success of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2013
- Klinovec (Czech Rep.), junior snowboard World Cup 2017
- San Sicario (Italy), World Junior Grass Skiing 2014
Olympic Winter Games
The report on the state of preparations for the 2014 Sochi persuaded the Federal Council that the first Winter Games into a great nation of winter sports such as Russia will be a great success.
Cash Prizes World Cup 2013/2014 and 2015 World Championships
The minimum values ​​of prize money for the World Cup season 2014/2015 and 2015 World Championships have been confirmed to the same levels of 2013/2014.
Technical Committees
They were introduced a number of adaptations to technical regulations, details of which were published in the reports of the Disciplinary Board. In addition:
Ski Jumping
The Council will present the Committee's proposal ski jumping at the FIS Congress for examination'' IOC'' s inclusion of the mixed team event in the program of the Olympic Winter Games in 2018.
Nordic Combined
The rules for the triple Nordic combined were adopted and the Committee commended for'' approach which is committed to promote and develop the discipline.
Other decisions
The FIS will submit a proposal to the other six International Federation of Winter Sports to sign a resolution against the dispute of the World Cup during the winter sports season in 2022.
Affiliation of new members - Composition
The Council accepted the requests for provisional membership of Paraguay and Guyana,'' subject to the approval of the FIS Congress in 2014.
FIS Committees - Athletes Commission
Those elected in the Athletes Commission that assist the Executive Board or the main technical committee have the right to vote regardless of their nationality.
FIS World Snow Day
The third World Day of snow will take place January 19, 2014 after the success of the inaugural event in 2012. To date, more than 650,000 participants took part in the event.
49th FIS Congress 2014 in Barcelona
The Council prepared the FIS Congress 2014 to be held from 31 May to 5 June in Barcelona.
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