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The FIS Autumn Conference just opened in Zurich and is already controversial to the demand of the US Federscians, of course, on the input of the direct concern, to compete Lindsey Vonn in the male descent of Lake Louise this season or next.
Tuesday 3 October 2017 4 minutes reading time
The toughest criticism comes from the Austrian male manager Andreas Pülacher who told APA: "Women do not fight in the ring against men and do not play tennis men's tournaments. And here the scenario is the same, but Vonn wants to compete only on a certain track, because he does not ask to do it to Beaver Creek, Kitzbühel or Val Gardena? If you were allowed to compete, it would be ridiculous. "
Equally as hard as the FIS Manager for Alpine Skiing Markus Waldner: "For me it would be no problem but if Lindsey falls to the first compression I do not want to be responsible. How would the athletes react? And is it just that you compete just to get under the spotlights? "
The US SKI Team is aiming to compete with Lindsey so that it does not alter the balance of the competition, for example by falling to 21, which would have little effect on the starting order since the best would have already come down. Lindsey could also be placed in the finish line, but if he finished in the top thirty positions he would not be counted on the World Cup overall.
According to Waldner there will be a counter-proposal that will be made to Austrian Patrick Riml, technical director of the US Alpine Skiing, namely that Lindsey could act as the last dumper with number 1 and in an exceptional case his time would be published. But on the other hand if Vonn went down the track he could not take part in the next fast racing races in Lake Louise, thus jumping to the stage he saw winning multiple times in his career, well 18.
According to the regulation, you can not try a run five days before the beginning of the race week on the same track and all of this, of course, can not be done for reasons of honesty and sportsmanship. Anyway, we will see that decisions will be taken by the FIS Congress in this regard: whether to make it run this year or next year's descent, as Lindsey has already announced that it will continue for another two seasons, or will definitely deny it possibility.
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