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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. Eight such places have been reserved: Council meeting, when the Japanese member Val d’lsère. Madonna di Campiglio, Wengen, Yoshiro Ito reported that he plans to create a Kitzbühel and St. Anton ; for ladies Val d’lsére, “Far East Alpine Junior Cup” for young skiers Piancavallo, Schruns and Les Diablerets. from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China and Super G (“G” for giant) is a giant slalom with Korea. The Council has assured Mr. Ito of “the considerably higher vertical drop (500-600 m) full support of the FIS”. than the present giant slalom (300-400 m). The winter of 1983 of will be a historic year. The number of gates shall be 10 % of the The Ski Associations of Finland, Norway and vertical drop, with a tolerance of ± 5. Through Sweden - all three pioneers in the history of this arrangement, the speed of the Super skiing-will celebrate their 75 years jubilee. At G-course will be higher than that of the normal the same time the Society for Promotion of giant slalom course. Skiing in Norway will be one hundred years old The men’s programme for the coming season and plans to celebrate this jubilee in-connec- will comprise 11 downhills, 11 slaloms, 7 giant tion with the Holmenkollen events 6th-13th slaloms, 5 Super G, 5 combined and 1 parallel March 1983. slalom (valid only for the Nations’ Cup) ; for ladies 8 downhills, 8 slaloms, 10 giant slaloms The skiers look forward to yet another Winter (no Super G), 4 combined and 1 parallel. Festival. S. B. In the over all World Cup, the competitors may count the five best results (women the 4 best ones) in downhill, slalom and giant sla- lom/Super G and the three best results of the combined event. The introduction of the classical combination downhill-slalom as a separate event included in the World Ski Championships (première in Schladming 1982) and the inclusion of Super G in the cup programme is regarded as. “a valuable attempt to counteract the trends towards extreme specialisation” (FIS President Mr. Hodler). Super G should also, it is thought, induce the slalom specialists to try the downhill and vice versa. Many think, however, that a campaign against specialisation does not harmonise with the International Amateur fact that today we live in an age of specialisa- Athletic Federation tion. The FIS Congress 1983 will take final (IAAF) stand in this matter. As for the introduction at the WSC 1982 of the Alpine combination as a separate event, the ● IAAF World Cup was formally established at FIS President in the FIS Bulletin declared that the federation’s Annual Congress in Montreal, “the new event was a success thanks to the 1976. The basis of the competition was to be the great number of entries, the interest shown by participation of eight teams - the five continents the public and due to the fact that suspense and of Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Oceania, interest remained alive until the last competitor as well as the USA and the two leading nations had started. ” from the Bruno Zauli Europe Cup. It was aimed at bringing together in competition athletes from As for other innovations of the WSC pro- all continents. gramme in the winter of 1982, the premiere of team competitions in jumping and Nordic Following in the footsteps of Düsseldorf, Mon- combination turned out a success. It is still an treal and-Rome, the city of Canberra (AUS) will open question whether these two competitions be the host for the World Cup IV, a decision and the Alpine combined event will receive taken at the last meeting of the IAAF Council in Olympic status or not, but it is certainly the Kingston (JAM). The competitions are to take ambition of the FIS that it will be so. place from 5th to 7th October 1985. 604 ● Ramona Neubert (GDR) bettered her hep- tathlon record on 20th June 1982 in Halle (GDR) by 55 points with a score of 6772 points. ● Kristina Lillak (FIN), age 21, bettered the women’s world record in the javelin event with a throw of 72.40 m on 29th July 1982 in Helsinki (FIN). ● Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) broke the world record in the decathlon with 8723 points on 15th August 1982 during the Federal Republic of Germany’s national decathlon championships in Ulm (FRG). 100 m : 10.74, long jump : 7.85 m, shot put : 16 m, high jump : 2.15 m, 400 m : 47.64, 110 m hurdles: 14.64, discus: 44.92 m, javelin : 63.10m, pole vaul:4.60m, 1500 m:4:15.14. The women's record in the long jump was broken by Vali Ionescu (ROM) with a distance of 7.20m. during the Rumanian Champioships in Bucar- est on 1st august. Fédération Internationale des Societes d'Aviron The 13th European Athletics Championships (FISA-Rowing) inaugurated Athen's (GRE) new Olympic sta- dium. 80,000 spectators attend the outstanding opening ceremony on 6th September. IOC ● The Federation’s annual issue has been President Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, Greek published. It contains up-to-date appointments IOC member N. Nissiotis, President and Secre- and addresses, the list of international judges and tary General of the Greek Olympic Commitee, referees, the results of the 1981 World Cham- G. Athanassiadis and N. Filaretos, IAAF Presi- pionships and the annual report of the FISA by dent P. Niebolo and many other international President Thomas Keller. He underlines the sports figures from around the world applauded decision taken by the Executive Bureau to some 1902 athletes who competed in this major particularly support the development of rowing athletic gathering. in Latin America and in Asia. 605 ● Results of the XIIlth Juniors World Rowing Girls Championships which were staged in Piediluco 1OOOm: (ITA) from 3rd to 8th August 1982. Sculls : 1. Peters (GDR), 4’4”07 : 2. Trifonova Boys (URS), 4’8”72 ; 3. Larsson (SWE), 4’10”88. 1.500 m. Double sculls : 1. Schade/Pieloth (GDR), Sculls: I. Lenge (GDR), 5’21”12 ; 2. Savino 3’34”50; 2. Zimmer/Weber (FRG), 3’39”18 ; 3. (ITA), 5’24”57 ; 3. De Leef (BEL), 5’24”74. Motretchko/Malick (URS), 3’42”03. Double sculls : 1. Bohlmann/Guldempfennig Uncoxed pairs : 1. Bytchenkova/German (URS), (GDR) 5’05”; 2. Frattini/Borio (ITA), 5’08”47 ; 3’47”50 ; 2. Goralik/Hosenke (GDR), 3’50”60 ; 3. Bannasch/Schropfer (FRG) 5’10”30. 3. Neu/Reichelt (FRG), 3’54”05. Uncoxed pairs Uncoxed quadruple sculls : 1. GDR. 3’25”76 : 2. 1. Eichwurzel/Wegmann (GDR), 5’13”78 ; 2. FRA. 3’27”06 : 3. HOL. 3’27”40. Carando/Torta (ITA), 5’16”02 ; 3. Stcherbij/Wo- Coxed fours: 1. URS, 3’32”30 ; 2. FRA, lokh (URS), 5’21”27. 3’33”32 ; 3. BUL. 3’34”45. Coxed pairs : Eights: 1. GDR. 3’12”64: 2. FRG, 3’17”05: 3. 1. Zotov/Vinogradov (URS) 5’23”42 : 2. Vetters/ Seite (GDR). 5’29”43 : 3. Capuano/Strazzullo URS, 3’17”12. (ITA), 5’32”34. Uncoxed quadruple sculls : 1. GDR, 4’33”33 ; 2. ● Rowing will be introduced for the first time URS. 4’35”74 ; 3. BUL. 4’36”02. this year. to the IXth Asian Games which will be staged at New-Delhi (IND) on 19th November to Eights: 1 FRG.4’27”90:2.USA,4’29”05:3. 4th December. A lake near Jaipur south-west of FRA, 4’29”39. Delhi has been selected for the regatta course, Uncoxed fours: 1. GDR, 4’42”34 ; 2. FRG. with a view to establishing a National Rowing 4’46”80 ; 3. TCH, 4’48”53. Centre there. Coxed fours: I. GDR, 4’55”94 ; 2. URS, The competition will be organised on 21st to 4’58”34 ; 3.