Within the International Federations
Within the International Federations Towards a new Winter Festival Fédération Internationale de Ski by Sigge Bergman (FIS) former Secretary-General of the FIS When summer sunshine is warming Europe the World CUD will provide the climax of the and the beaches are filled with enthusiastic season. The first will be in Laax (SUI), 5th swimmers, the ski officials the world over are December (Men), and Val d’lsére (FRA) 7th- seated around green tables in the South and 8th December (Women). Thereupon and up to in the North, putting together competition 18th-19th March, when the Cup final will be programmes for the coming winter. And at the organised in Furano (JPN), the élite will meet same time, the competitors start their training in all the 69 events (Men 38, Women 31) at 35 on snow-either in Australia, in Chile or, if they different competition sites in 11 countries and wish to stick to Europe, on the glaciers of the on three continents. It will be of a very special Alps and of Norway. interest to follow the cup events on the future Olympic venues in Sarajevo. The working schedule of modern skiing com- prises all the months of the year. The Men’s Cup programme contains new In lnterlaken (SUI) the Alpine competition events: the “Super G” will have its world programme has been put into shape. As the première, as will also the new combined season 1982/83 does not include Winter events : Downhill-Super G and Slalom-Super Olympics or World Ski Championships (WSC), G. As distinguished from former events of the 603 same kind, each combined competition, also A new evidence of the extension of skiing all those for women, will be organised at the same over the world was given at the latest FIS site.
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