Alpine SkiingTed rekindled the controversy
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Despite its extraordinary results in the World Cup and the three gold medals'' world last season's Ted Ligety still does not like the rules of skiing that the FIS has imposed the'' last year in an attempt to make the sport safer .
Wednesday 2 October 2013 4 minutes reading time
"There were many voices against the new regulations that have been raised, for a variety of reasons," said Ligety'' s Monday's meeting of the U.S. Olympic Sports Park City -. The number one reason is that I do not think the security issue is actually a valid question to which they went to meet with these new skis. I also think that it is an unfair situation one in which a governing body makes the rules that favor completely certain athletes and do not encourage others.
"Also - Ted continues - for real disadvantage the new generation of skiers coming.'' Quest year there will be 16 year old skiers use the same skis that we have used in the'' World Cup last year and for me they are difficult to use over and over again. This definitely does not help the development of our sport. "
The regulations for the giant have increased the minimum length of the skis (185 to 195 cm) as well as their radius of curvature (27 to 35 meters). Ironically, Ligety said that the changes promote his style of skiing but said he was angry because they hurt skiers with different styles.
"In giant new rules definitely favor me. They promote the skiing of who can make curves more pronounced, and this is definitely one thing that I can do," says Ligety -. But look at one Massimiliano Blardone. He was third in the ranking of the giant'' and the year before last season was the thirteenth. He needs a more upright and cut off the top of his curve, and then accelerate violently out of the corners. This technique does not work with new materials. There are definitely guys who have had their careers ruined by the new skis. "
Ligety the'' last year had attacked the FIS on its official website calling'' the governing body of skiing a "dictatorship" and insisting that the new rules will ruin the sport. When asked what changes he would have done, Ligety said they would prefer there are no rules.
"'' It has been shown that the FIS was wrong each time has made new rules on skis - says Ted -. Before they made the biggest skis, and this made them more aggressive and caused more injuries and now they are making them more narrow. They pull out all these ideas without adequate testing and after a couple of years'' come back. I think it would be better if they were not caught up in all this leaving it up to the ski companies to make the rules ... I do not think there is more security. skiing has instead become more dangerous because it takes more muscle preparation for bending with these materials. "
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