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Less than a week after the FIS Congress in Cancun, begin to leak some possible regulatory changes with regard to cross-country skiing. So far, more & ugrave; They are two significant.
Tuesday 31 May 2016 2 minutes reading time
The first concerns the quota of each nation: to limit the excessive power of Norway, the FIS seems determined to limit to six the number of athletes at the start of the individual races of the World Cup. This limitation & egrave; gi & agrave; this, but the current regulation provides some additional nominal shares for the holders of the World Cup, and the cups of specialty & agrave; and for the Continental Cup leaders.
Should it be confirmed, such a change would force more & ugrave teams; strong to exclude some of its protagonists. Suffice it to say that Norway, true cause of this possible change in the state of Lillehammer Skiathlon last December, has placed seven athletes to the first eight places.
The second & egrave; instead an attempt to preserve the classical technique. Some evidence in fact alternately, may also have different areas in which the thrust slip would be forbidden. We memorize options It means that all cross-country skiers would be forced to compete with the wax seal and, consequently, to maintain a traditional style of the classic technique.
In a week these and other possible changes will be discussed at the FIS Congress in Cancun that ufficializzer & agrave; The regulation for the 2016-17 season.
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