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The 2019-20 season, the next free world or Olympic events, will see & agrave; l & rsquo; introduction in the calendar of the World Cup for a new tour, which partir & agrave; from Scotland and snoder & agrave; for the rest between Sweden and Norway. The latter were the promoters of the proposal, which was approved yesterday afternoon during the autumn meeting of the FIS in Zurich.
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& Ldquo; Having got our tour, in one of the areas where & egrave; pi & ugrave; great passion for cross-country skiing, & egrave; fantastic. We will be able to showcase our sport & rdquo ;, he said & Aring; ge Skinstad, representative of Norway in the Committee of the FIS cross-country skiing. The same Skinstad also wanted to emphasize the & rsquo; importance of the departure from Scotland, which has so far never hosted a round of the World Cup: & ldquo; & Egrave; an important step towards the & rsquo; inclusion of other countries in the world of cross-country ski & rdquo ;.
Skinstad, who presented the draft to the committee together with the & rsquo; former Swedish skier Mathias Fredriksson, has therefore stressed the need & agrave; to add a high-profile event to a season devoid of World Cup and Olympic Games: & ldquo; In 2020 there will be the World Cup biathlon and ski flying. & Egrave; important that the fund offers an appointment of this magnitude & rdquo ;.
The director of the Norwegian national teams Vidar L ø fshus you & egrave; combined with expressions of enthusiasm for the new multistage test, which foresee & agrave; stages to Ostersund, & Aring; kings and Trondheim. To define a fraction starting in Sweden and arrived in Norway. The prologue will be held & agrave; probably in Edinburgh.
The tour should take place around the middle & agrave; February, starting on a weekend and the conclusion in the next.
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