The FIS will ask the IOC to put the team sprint in the Olympic program

La Fis chiederà al Cio di inserire la team sprint nel programma olimpico
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The FIS will ask the IOC to put the team sprint in the Olympic program

As anticipated in the spring in the subcommittee at the FIS Congress in Barcelona has decided to submit two requests to the IOC regarding the development of the Nordic Combined Olympic Games.

First you ask the International Olympic Committee to introduce the team sprint in the program Pyeong Chang 2018. Upon approval, the test in pairs (included in the program of the World Cup in 2013) would bring to four the number of races in five circles. It will also required to expand the share of recordable granted to Nordic combined athletes, fixed in 55 units Sochi 2014. ask the FIS to raise to 65 the number of Combiners present in Pyeong Chang 2018. The decision of the IOC about the'' should arrive by August 2015.
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