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In addition to the calendar 2014/15 a number of decisions were taken by the committee of Cross Country Skiing at the 49th FIS Congress in Barcelona.
Thursday 12 June 2014 3 minutes reading time
Still on the calendar, the new for the 2015/16 season will be return to Canada in the cup final, but the final program will be presented at the conference in Zurich in October.
'' It was also supported the proposal to limit changes in ski races mass start long distance, it will be In fact, only one change can ski for women in the 30 km and two changes for men in the 50 km. Through the sponsor will Helvetia introduced a prize of 9999 Swiss Francs for the best athlete and the best athlete under 23 on position in the overall standings of the World Cup at the end of the season.
As for the false start in the sprint races, have changed the rules: the first false start of an athlete will a written warning to all athletes, while the second is false, anyone'' s athlete will receive '' other a written reprimand and will be automatically placed last in the ranking of the battery.
Decisions have been made also about the harsh conditions of snow, saw what that is success last season with the lack of snow and harsh conditions on some occasions. For the departure in case of prohibitive conditions will used a standard starting order, with the first 15 of the red group which will start in reverse order, and the other athletes in the red group that intermittent with departures from the fifteenth to the first.
They also set out the new rules to ensure that the FIS aid the local organizing committees of the World Cup for the production, storage and transport of the snow. '' It was improved the system for the snow report and have changed the rules to allow more easily replaced by a location to an'' other than a stage of the World Cup
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