To the: - Members of the Jumping Committee For information to: - National Ski Associations - Gian Franco Kasper - Sarah Lewis - Inggard Lereim, Medical Committee INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Blochstrasse 2 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee Switzerland Tel +41 33 244 61 61 Fax +41 33 244 61 71 Oberhofen, 19.10.2017 Minutes of the Jumping Committee Meeting Hotel Hilton International, Zürich-Airport (SUI), 06.10.2017 Dear Ski Friends, We have pleasure sending you today the Minutes of the Jumping Committee meeting held in Zürich (SUI), 6 th October 2017. You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Nordic Office in Oberhofen until 15 th November 2017. We would also like to take the opportunity of informing you that the minutes are available on the Member Services section of the FIS Website: www.fis-ski.com. Thank you very much for your valuable contribution. We wish you a nice autumn. Kindest regards, Walter Hofer Race Director Ski Jumping Enclosure: ment.
INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Jumping Committee Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting Hotel Hilton International, Zürich-Airport (SUI) Wednesday, 06.10.2017, 13.00 17.00 hrs, Conference Room Zurich AGENDA 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Members present 3. Approval of the agenda 4. Approval of the minutes of the Jumping Committee meeting in Portoroz (SLO), 26.05.2017 5. Reports, remarks and proposals of the Sub-Committees: 5.1 Jumping Hills Hans-Martin Renn / excused 5.2 Equipment and Development Bertil Palsrud 5.3 Officials, Rules and Control Ueli Forrer 5.4 Youth and Children s Questions Harald Heim 5.5 Analysis summer 2017 Paul Ganzenhuber/Walter Hofer - Grand Prix Walter Hofer - Continental Cup Men Horst Tielmann - Continental Cup Ladies Chika Yoshida - FIS Cup Ueli Forrer 5.6 Calendar Updates 2017/18 Paul Ganzenhuber/Walter Hofer - World Cup Ladies /Men Walter Hofer - Continental Cups and FIS Cup Sepp Gratzer 5.7 Calendar Planning 2018/19 Paul Ganzenhuber/Walter Hofer 6. Other items arising - Presentation Ski Flying World Championships 2018, Oberstdorf (GER) Florian Weidel - Presentation OWG 2018, PyeongChang (KOR) Inchul Han 7. Next meetings - FIS Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Sub-Committee meetings, Zürich (SUI), 13./14.04.2018 - Jumping Committee meeting during the FIS Congress, Costa Novarino (GRE), 15.05.2018 Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-2 -
All proposals and decisions of the Jumping Committee meeting are subject to the approval of the FIS Council on 18.11.2017 1. Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Mika Kojonkoski (FIN) welcomes members of the Jumping Committee, representatives of National Ski Associations and Organising Committees as well as a new Committee Member from Poland Adam Malysz and opens the meeting in conference room Zurich on Friday, 6 th October 2017, 13.00 hrs. 2. Members Present Ordinary Members Remarks Substitutes Mika Kojonkoski FIN Chairman Johnson Alan USA Jozifek Rostislav CZE Adam Małysz POL NN SWE Palsrud Bertil NOR Pertile Sandro ITA Petek Franci SLO Petrov Nikolay CAN Saito Chiharu JPN Salvi Franck FRA Schoedler Berni SUI Tielmann Horst NED FIS Continental Cup Coordinator Tusch Rudi GER Vashurin Evgeny RUS excused Nadya Bozhko Verveykin Andrey KAZ Vettori Ernst AUT Andreas Stjernen NOR Athletes Commission not present Sarah Hendrickson USA Athletes Commission not present Hans-Martin Renn GER ex officio for Jumping Hills excused Ueli Forrer SUI ex officio for Officials, Rules and Control Paul Ganzenhuber AUT ex officio for Calendar Planning Harald Haim AUT ex officio for Youth and Children's Questions Horst Huettel GER ex officio for Nordic Combined Andreeva Mila BUL Conference Zahari Sotirov Gao Xuedong CHN Conference not present Gaspar Piiu ROU Conference Florin Spulber Nazarova Lena UKR Conference not present Vangolu Sebahattin Yenay TUR Conference Walter Hofer FIS Race Director Ski Jumping Borek Sedlak FIS Assistant Race Director Men Ski Jumping Sepp Gratzer FIS SJ Coordinator/Equipment Control Horst Nilgen FIS Media Coordinator Ski Jumping Chika Yoshida FIS Race Director Ladies Ski Jumping Miran Tepes FIS Assistant Race Director Ladies Ski Jumping Aga Baczkowska FIS SJ Coordinator/Equipment Control / Minutes Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-3 -
Guests Many guests of National Ski Associations and World Cup Organisers present at this meeting. 3. Approval of the Agenda The agenda was sent out on 01.09.2017. Walter Hofer proposes change of points 6 and 7 as well as inclusion of the following presentations into item 6 (on top of planned presentations from Oberstdorf and PyoengChang) - Update on the reconstruction of the flying hill in Iron Wood (USA) - In-run cover by Jan Kowal (POL) The Jumping Committee approved the agenda. 4. Approval of the Minutes of the Jumping Committee meeting in Porotorz (SLO), 26.05.2017 The minutes were sent out on 07.06.2017. No remarks have been registered at the FIS Office. The Jumping Committee approved the minutes. 5. Report of the Sub-Committees 5.1 Jumping Hills Miran Tepes reports on the findings of HS analysis and proposes recalculation of HS according to the attached list. The recalculation was carried out on the basis of inclination at HS with the following rule: normal hills new HS at 32 degrees large hills new HS at 31 degrees flying hills new HS at 28 degrees This would increase safety, especially during trainings, as well as facilitate jury work during competitions. see enclosure 1 Unanimously confirmed by the Committee. Walter Hofer informed about plans to organise a seminar on the use and implementation of the new software for hill construction. 5.2 Equipment and Development The Chairman, Bertil Palsrud (NOR) reports from the meeting in the morning of the 6 th October 2017: Some minor changes to ski jumping equipment and control procedures were introduced before summer 2017 to further reduce possibilities of suit manipulation and facilitate the work of equipment controllers. These were tested during the summer competitions and were confirmed by the Sub-Committee for Equipment and Development: - There shall be no suit plumbing anymore - Hip band was reconfirmed at tolerance of 0 cm, also for ladies - Parts of 4,7,9, and 10 of ladies suit must be minimum 5 cm wide at the waist seam - Underwear: consisting of two parts, with short sleeves and shorts; material homogenous elastic; thickness max. 3 mm, at seams and overlaps max. 5 mm; optional zipper allowed for underwear, middle of the front part zipper obligatory if back protector worn inside the shirt, full length. The Guidelines are available on the FIS Website Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-4 -
5.3 Officials, Rules and Control The Chairman, Ueli Forrer (SUI) reports: Courses 2017/18 - Judges Seminar Europe, Grainau (GER), June 29 July 1st 2017, was very successful, more than 60 participants - Judges Seminar ROU (September 20) combined with the competitions there - Judges/TD Courses Asia, Sapporo/Yamagata (JPN), November 23/25 2017 New courses 2018 TD course in Poland - 2018 TD/Judges course in Canada Nominations 2018 Ski Flying World Championships, Oberstdorf (GER) Technical Delegate TD Assistant Chief Distance Measurer Judges Bertil Palsrud, NOR Marko Mlakar, SLO Ole Walseth, NOR Jürgen Günther, GER Jaroslav Tucek, CZE Gianbattista Carli, ITA Nazym Nassyrov, KAZ Bostjan Ahacic, SLO Mattoon Dan, USA 2018 Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang (KOR) Technical Delegate TD Assistant Chief Distance Measurer Judges Franck Salvi, FRA Thomas Hasslberger, GER Fritz Pollhammer, AUT Jong Seon Mun, KOR Teppo Nieminen, FIN Erik Stahlhut, GER Yuji Nishimori, JPN Ryszard Gunka, POL Milos Kern, SLO 2018 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg-Goms (SUI) Technical Delegate TD Assistant Chief Distance Measurer Judges Christian Kathol, AUT Aljosa Dolhar, SLO Kolbjørn Asphaug, NOR David Piguet, SUI Jan Baier, CZE Asko Aalto, FIN Rüdiger Münch, GER Evgen Jesenko, SLO 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Seefeld (AUT) Technical Delegate TD Assistant Chief Distance Measurer Judges Ivo Greger, CZE Hubert Mathis, SUI Franz Rappenglück, GER Stefan Wolf/Hermann Gschwendner, AUT Josef Slavik/Stanislav Slavik, CZE Michael Herzig/Peter Kimmig, GER Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-5 -
2019 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, tbc Technical Delegate TD Assistant Chief Distance Measurer Judges Giambattista Carli/Martino De Gringis, ITA Jarle Solbu/Jørn Larsen, NOR David Amstein / Rico Parpan, SUI Aljosa Dolhar, SLO Jan Jelenski, SVK tbc FIN CZE GER POL SLO E-learning for officials is an online tool for Judges and TD s - All in all a helpful working tool for education, for training and as reference book, all papers are available online (ICR, checklists, deduction list, list of practical things, equipment control, helpful examples for TD s; judging examples for judges (videos) for each deduction category - E-learning for judges first used at the seminar in Grainau June 2017, successfully implemented - three examples (videos) for each group of deduction - theoretical judge test for candidates online - E-learning for TD s 95% completed - missing some pictures from winter environment World Cup Rules Walter Hofer proposes the following change in the World Cup rules to be reconfirmed after it was successfully tested during summer 2017: 4.2.1.3 Qualification round 4.2.1.3.1 Qualification Ski Jumping The qualification round reduces the number of participants to 50 (40 for ladies). All jumpers except the present top 10 in the current WCJ standings must participate in the qualification round. Confirmed by the Jumping Committee by vast majority. Modification of the existing starting procedure as a further safety precaution On behalf of RD Assistants Miran Tepes proposes a modification of the existing starting procedure as a further safety precaution. This would imply an automated restart for an athlete should the wind condition change dramatically (sudden wind gusts) after start signal had already been given. So far this was possible with the jury/coach decision (human factor). This would then be communicated to the coaches at the coaches stand, as their wish is not to disturb the athletes at start themselves. Paul Ganzenhuber comments that this proposal should go back to the Sub- Committee to be thoroughly analysed first, and then if accepted discussed at the Jumping Committee meeting, which was unanimously supported by the Committee. 5.4 Youth and Children s Questions The Chairman, Harald Haim (AUT) reports: see enclosure 2 Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-6 -
5.5 Analysis summer 2017 - Analysis Grand Prix 2017 see enclosure 3 Walter Hofer, Race Director - Analysis COC Men, summer 2017 see enclosure 4 Horst Tielmann, COC Coordinator - Analysis COC/FIS Cup Ladies, summer 2017 see enclosure 5 Chika Yoshida, Race Director Ladies Ski Jumping - Analysis FIS Cup competitions, summer 2017 see enclosure 6 Ueli Forrer, FIS Cup Coordinator 5.6 Calendar Updates 2017/18 Paul Ganzenhuber/Walter Hofer The calendars are available on the FIS Website: http://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/document-library/ski-jumping/#deeplink=calendar - Calendar World Cup Men 2017/18 Remarks - Willingen introduction of new tour Willingen Five with extra prize-money of EUR 25.000 for the winner. Request to the Committee for an exception: the Friday qualification would count for both Saturday s and Sunday s competition. Unanimously confirmed by the Committee. - RAW-AIR: same event order as last year with slightly altered travelling schedule; departing Oslo and Trondheim after the competition. - Calendar World Cup Ladies 2017/18 Remarks - Introduction of a new series for Ladies: Lillehammer Triple with EUR 10.000 extra prize-money to be divided between the top-3 of the overall classification. - Calendar Grand Prix 2018 Remarks - inclusion of Einsiedeln on 4th August - Courchevel: request for an exception for ladies event to be held on the big hill due to venue reconstruction works. Unanimously confirmed by the Committee. - venue tbc: between Chaikovsky and Sochi - new venues Rasnov and Liberec - Klingenthal: on condition of providing wind nets 5.7 Calendar Planning 2018/19 The calendars are available on the FIS Website: http://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/document-library/ski-jumping/#deeplink=calendar - Draft Calendar World Cup Men 2018/19 Remarks - re-introduction of Liberec into the World Cup calendar Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-7 -
- Draft Calendar World Cup Ladies 2018/19 6. Other Items Arising Remarks - reschedule of Rasnov from the first weekend in January, just before WSC Seefeld (AUT) - introduction of Russian Tour for the Ladies: two weekends with four competitions in Nizhny Tagil and Chaikovsky, with special travel arrangements between the two, extra social programme and accommodation in-between covered by the OC, final competition for top- 30 planned on the big hill, extra prize-money for the overall winner/s of the series. - Paul Ganzenhuber informs about the planned tour for the Ladies in the season of 2018/19: Villach (AUT) / Predazzo (ITA) / Ljubno (SLO) - tbc - Presentation Ski Flying World Championships 2018, Oberstdorf (GER) - Presentation OWG 2018, PyeongChang (KOR) - Update on Flying Hill reconstruction in Copper Peak, Ironwood (USA) - Presentation of in-run cover ideas by Jan Kowal (POL) The presentations are available on the FIS Cloud: https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/i7aeub2d3hye8mu 7. Next Meetings The next meetings will take place as following: - FIS Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Sub-Committee meetings, Zürich (SUI), 13/14.04.2017 - Jumping Committee meeting during the FIS Congress, Costa Novarino (GRE), 15.05.2017 8. Closing of the Meeting The Chairman thanks the members for a very constructive collaboration and closes the meeting on 6 th October 2017 at 15:20 hrs. Minutes Jumping Committee Meeting, Zürich (SUI), 06.10.2017-8 -
New HS points for the FIS WCJ + GP + WCS + OWG and COC Ski Jumping Hills 2018 Place K old HS β - gradient at K βl - gradient at HS new HS difference Almaty 95 106 32,51 30,2 100-6 Almaty 125 140 33,50 30,2 138-2 Almaty 60 66 33,81 30,8 64-2 Bischofshofen 125 140 35,00 31,6 142 2 Broterode 105 117 34,40 31,9 120 3 Chaikovsky 125 140 33,80 31,0 140 0 Chaikovsky 95 106 32,70 29,4 102-4 Chaux-Neuve 106 118 33,23 30,5 115-3 Courchevel 90 96 36,00? 96 0 Courchevel 125 132 37,50? 132 0 Einsiedeln 105 117 33,90 31,4 117 0 Engelberg 125 140 34,80 32,2 140 0 Erzurum 95 109 34,25 32,0 109 0 Erzurum 125 140 34,57 32,0 142 2 Falun 90 100 32,50 30,2 95-5 Falun 120 134 33,20 30,6 132-2 Frenstat 95 106 34,00 31,5 104-2 Garm.-Partenkirchen 125 140 34,70 32,2 142 2 Hakuba 90 98 36,50? -98 Hakuba plastic 120 131 37,50 33,0 134 3 Harrachov 125 142 34,50 32,1 142 0 Harrachov 185 205 34,50 32,3 210 5 Hinterzarten 95 108 35,00 32,0 108 0 Hinzenbach 85 94 32,00 30,2 90-4 Innsbruck 120 130 34,34 30,2 128-2 Iron Mountain 120 133 35,90 31,9 135 2 Klingenthal 125 140 34,50 32,5 142 2 Kranj 100 109 34,30 32,3 109 0 Kuopio 120 127 34,75 33,7 130 3 Kuusamo / Ruka 125 142 38,00 32,3 145 3 Lahti 116 130 34,70 32,2 132 2 Lahti 90 100 33,00 30,7 97-3 Liberec 90 100 37-35 32,4 100 0 Liberec 120 134 38-35 32,5 136 2 Lillehammer 90 100 34,00 31,4 98-2 Lillehammer 123 138 34,50 31,9 140 2 Ljubno 85 95 32,80 31,4 94-1 Nizhny Tagil 120 134 33,50 31,1 134 0 Nizhny Tagil 90 100 32,80 30,0 96-4 Notoden 90 100 32,60 31,4 98-2 Oberstdorf 120 137 35,50 33,6 140 3 Oberstdorf 95 106 34,50 32,0 106 0 Oberstdorf 200 225 33,90 31,4 235 10 Oslo - Holmenkollen 120 134 33,20 30,2 132-2 Oslo - Midtstubakken 95 106 34,00 30,9 103-3 Otepää 90 100 34,00 31,2 97-3 Planica 95 104 35,17 30,9 101-3 Planica 125 139 33,55 30,9 138-1 Planica 200 225 34,14 30,6 240 15 Predazzo 120 134 34,90 31,7 135 1 Predazzo 95 106 35,00 31,4 104-2 Pyeongchang 125 140 35,00 32,0 142 2 Pyeongchang 98 109 34,00 32,0 109 0 Ramsau 90 98 36,00? Rasnov 90 100 33,00 31,0 97-3 Rena 124 139 34,50 32,0 142 3 Rena 90 111 34,50 31,6 109-2 Sapporo 90 100 34,50 32,0 100 0 Sapporo-new 2017 snow 123 137 34,00 31,3 138 1 Sapporo plastic 120 134 37,00 32,1 136 2 Schonach-Schönwald 95 106 32,30 29,6 100-6 Seefeld 99 109 33,30 31,0 108-1 Sochi 125 140 33,6 31,0 140 0 Sochi 95 106 33,6 30,3 102-4 Stams 105 115 38,00 33,0 116 1 Szczyrk 96 106 34,00 31,5 104-2 Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf 195 225 35,00 30,4 235 10 Tittisee/Neustadt 125 142 35,00 32,0 142 0 Trondheim 90 105 33,80 30,0 100-5 Trondheim 124 140 33,30 29,7 138-2 Vikersund 195 225 35,00 31,7 240 15 Villach 90 98 36,00 32,5 98 0 Whistler 95 106 34,00 31,5 104-2 Whistler 125 140 35,00 32,5 142 2 Willingen 130 145 35,00 32,5 148 3 Wisla 120 134 34,80 32,3 134 0 Zakopane 120 134 35,50 33,0 137 3 Zao 95 106 33,00 30,1 102-4
SHORT SUMMARY Sub-Committee Youth and Children for the meeting of the Jumping Committee on Wednesday, 6 th October 2017, Hotel HILTON, Zürich (SUI) FIS YOUTH CUP In summer 2017 again only one competition took place in Hinterzarten (GER) which was very well organized. 46 participants from 13 nations were above the long term average. Especially the number of girls (21 from 8 nations) was very positive again. It became obvious that we have to take care about the education of coaches concerning the equipement rules. FIS SCHÜLER GP RUHPOLDING Also the competitions in Ruhpolding were a big success. Training, two competitions and some additional program was held and the young athletes liked it a lot. 74 participants from 13 nations in the age 11 to 13 years (18 girls) competed in 4 age groups and the numbers were higher than last year. Thanks to the organizers of these two events for their support. Hopefully we can carry on with this in the next years in the same way and with the help of FIS. DATES SUMMER 2018 Schüler GP Ruhpolding: 20.-22.7.2018 Youth Cup Hinterzarten: together with Summer GP (not confirmed yet) Once more there is the invitation tot he NSA s to organize youth competitions (especially a Winter Youth Cup would be more than necessary). LADIES 54 ladies from 9 nations participated in the 8 competitions of the Ladies Alpen Cup which is open for all. In 6 FIS Cups we saw 64 ladies with points and in 4 COC competitions there were 50 ladies with points. These numbers also seem to be quite stable. NORDIC COMBINED LADIES Following the Strategic Paper from last year there will be held the following competitions in the upcoming winter: Youth Cup: 2 events (CZE,NOR) OPA Juniorinnen: 8 events (open for all nations) Junioren WM: Test competition (HS72/5km) COC: 3 events (EST, NOR, RUS) Once again we have to point out that there must be a very close cooperation between the two disciplines. Please send feedback, suggestions or complaints to: h.haim@schigymnasium-stams.at Mag. Harald HAIM 6.10.2017
Analysis of Grand Prix series 2017 In general the Grand Prix series was excellently organized and carried out. The number of participants and nations is still growing. In Klingenthal at the final event 21 Nations were entered. WISLA - starting time before 6 p.m. is not suitable without wind protection. HINTERZARTEN - no remarks COURCHEVEL - problems with the lift - the hill certificate was a temporary solution only, the organiser is obliged to address the Sub-Committee for Jumping Hill with this issue for a final solution - Equipment Control room was not prepared on time HAKUBA - start time for both competitions should be after sunset when the situation at the hill is more stable. - Equipment Control container should be closer tot he Exit gate area. - translater in the Jury room is mandatory in order to be able to communicate with all members of the Competition Management CHAIKOVSKY - windy weekend - wind nets tested during the weekend, the new one between the both hills worked out pretty well, but the rest of the wind nets (for normal and large hill) should be at least 1-2 m higher - marking of the hill for summer season should be fixed
HINZENBACH - HS markings has to be adjusted KLINGENTHAL - wind net on left and right hand site of the take off area is mendatory
FIS Continental Cup Ski Jumping M- Analysis Summer 2017 Horst Tielmann 04.10.2017 Summary and General Remarks All planned COC SJ-M summer competition could be realized A highlight was the new BESKIDY TOUR with three competition in three days in two countries (POL, CZE) The tournament was very well organized and we got a good feedback from all involved parties as athletes, teams and organizer. In total we saw attractive competitions with strong teams and athletes - 8 different organizer over Scandinavia, Central and Southern Europe - 13 competition - 20 participating nation - 10 different winners - 9 different nation on podium - 11 different nation ranked in top 6-17 nation ranked in top 30 This shows that the Continental Cup is a very strong series behind our WC/SGP In large part the competitions were good organized, but still there is room for further improvement in infrastructure Remark to the NSA: - some nation entered sometimes too late for the competition and this brings accommodation problems for the organizer because of summer / autumn vacation time ect. Individual Remarks Kranj SLO - room for equipment control should be more close to the exit gate - mixed zone must be better organized BESKIDY TOUR Szczyrk POL - exit gate and mixed zone should be on the opposite side (downwards left) Wisla POL - speed measurement devices from OC did not work proper (changed to EWOXX) Frenstat CZE - walkway from exit gate to chairlift / public crossing - should be a solid bottom in the waxing tent Stams AUT - equipment control platform on the top should be more solid and better protected to all sides Trondheim NOR - meals for the teams could be better arranged in hotel Panorama (time and quality) Rasnov ROU - same remarks as in FIS Cup (Ueli Forrer) Klingenthal GER - the performance of the chief of competition was not good (TCM and also communication)
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Summary Report Ladies Ski Jumping, Summer 2017 Grand Prix Frenstat (CZE) Athletes: 51 Nations: 14 Great events with a lot of spectators and good atmosphere. Organization worked very well. Need to be updated - lined floor for waxing tent - athletes corridor and spectators crossed by the mix-zone area - internet for media didn t work properly, connection broke down many times COC Oberwiesenthal (GER) 18-19.08.2017 Athletes: 30 Nations: 12 Data service by Swiss-Timing with wind and gate compensation Need to be updated - Chief of competition Continental Cup Ladies was also race secretary for Grand Prix Nordic Combined, this positions should be held by different people COC Trondheim (NOR) Athletes: 31 Nations: 12 Wind/Gate compensation Ewoxx Very good cooperation with OC FC Villach (AUT) 01-02.07.2017 Athletes: 35 Nations: 9 No special remarks Good cooperation with OC FC Rasnov (ROU) 21-22.07.2017 Athletes: 21 Nations: 8 Wind/Gate compensation by Ewoxx Good cooperation with OC On second competition day, during final round, watering system in the in-run stopped working and the round had to be re-started FC Kandersteg Athletes: 40 Nations: 11 Well organized There was an electricity short cut, as a result start of the rounds were delayed
FIS Cup Analysis Season 2017/18 2017 Summer Ueli Forrer Dachsen, 29.09.2017 General remarks This Summer Season we had only four FIS Cups organizer, last year six. The number of participants was in average slightly lower then last year but still nearly to 80 athletes per competition. The same nations as in previous years have sent a high number of athletes to the different competitions (AUT, POL, SLO, GER). FIN is new in the top ranking. 19 Nations made FC points, only three were without points. Villach and Kandersteg were extremely good organized competitions. The sportive part of competitions was on all places good organized. The preparation of the competitions was not everywhere as we expected. Also in infrastructure is place for improvement at certain places. The athletes complied much better with the regulations so that we had less disqualifications FIS Cups are a good platform to test the work of officials Video distance measuring / Data service (EWOXX) - No problems and a very good cooperation - The cooperation of all team leaders was very good and they were always ready to help. Villach (AUT) HS 98 01./02.07.2017 Kuopio (FIN) HS 127 12./13.08.2017 Kandersteg (S) HS 106 16./17.09.2017 Rasnov (ROU) HS 100 21./22.09.2017 Number of participants Nations with points 13 77 7 10 57 10 16 98 9 17 83 11 Individual Remarks concerning the organizers Villach (AUT) Very good and stable organization Preparation in the weeks before competition excellent Competitions well organized Food for jumpers at the hill available free of charge Very good accommodation for officials
Kuopio (FIN) The extension of Hill Certificate in the last minute caused some problems in preparation of the competition This year no COC and so less participants as in the previous years Due to a very bad weather forecast for Sunday we decided to run both competitions on Saturday (Training in the morning, first competition over Lunch time and the second competition in the evening). Number of people in the organization very low Infrastructure on a minimum size, but ok Food free of charge available for the jumpers The hill in general was in good conditions, the mats in the outrun are getting older and should be replaced in the coming years Kandersteg (SUI) Kandersteg organized the first time a FIS Cup The organization was very professional and you could not see that is they did it the first time. The staff always ready to help und to solve problems in a short time The athletes got food and beverage free of charge Rasnov (ROU) The organizer organized a jumping week with Carpath Cup, FIS Cup (men and ladies) and COC. All in all it was good organized and they are willing to do the best But the organizer should take more care of the infrastructure so that the facilities will remain in good condition for the future