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From 18 to 21 of the month the technical meetings, the general secretary Sarah Lewis. "There will hardly be any calendar changes for downhill skiing, but several organizers may have problems." All the hypotheses on the track.
Monday 11 May 2020 5 minutes reading time
FIS is already at a crossroads, like hundreds of federations and organizers of every sport.
While moving the spring congress to September, practically one month after the start of the 2020/21 World Cup scheduled for 24-25 October in Soelden, the fate of the maximum circuit could already be decided in these weeks, towards a season that will be clearly conditioned by the Coronavirus emergency.
On May 25, the FIS board will discuss the various proposals that emerged in the previous days through the video conferences of the various technical committees, but as Sarah Lewis explained to "Blick", the international federation could take time to postpone decisions that could upset the calendar and all cup management. "It is very probable that specific measures will not be established and no changes to the calendar will be approved," the Secretary General of FIS told the Swiss newspaper, adding that he has "great optimism and positivity that the World Championships in Cortina can be held without problems." ".
The problems, however, are manifold and range from travel restrictions for athletes, technicians, skimans and all the "circus" of the white circus, to the problems related to the organizers and their ability to financially support their events, considering that the presence the public is at least at risk in any contest context. For example, a temple like Adelboden had already had various resource problems and it is clear that the FIS will have to evaluate each individual case in order to eventually adapt the calendar.
Mini World Cup, avoiding flying for the North American trip in late November-early December, or in Are and up to China for the pre-Olympic games? There is talk of the possibility of enclosing the struggle for the crystal ball at five to six major events, disputing multiple disciplines in the same locations and in some cases even with the male and female sectors together. "It would be a good idea, with longer breaks and a simplified organization," said Marco Buechel. A solution that could also allow you to save on order and logistics services, but there are those who also hypothesize much more extreme solutions, albeit objectively impractical.
Like Karl Frehsner, who among the thousand activities of a 360-degree sports life has guided the Swiss men's national team for almost twenty years, winning everything with Pirmin Zurbriggen and Peter Mueller, in addition to the women's one from Austria: “Alternatively at the World Cup, a series of competitions could be organized between European athletes. Even without a Mikaela Shiffrin, I think there would be great attention from TV and the public. And it would be much better than not seeing any race. "
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