Minutes of the 81St Nordic Combined Committee Meeting Hotel Croatia, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO), 31St May 2019
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To the INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION - Members of the Nordic Combined Committee Blochstrasse 2 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee For information to: - National Ski Associations Switzerland - Gian Franco Kasper Tel +41 33 244 61 61 - Sarah Lewis Fax +41 33 244 61 71 - Member Athletes Commission - Inggard Lereim, NOR (Medical Committee) Oberhofen, 12.07.2019 Minutes of the 81st Nordic Combined Committee Meeting Hotel Croatia, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO), 31st May 2019 Dear Ski Friends, We have pleasure sending you today the Minutes of the 81st Meeting of the Nordic Combined Committee held in Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO), 31st May 2019. You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Nordic Office in Oberhofen until 15th August 2019. 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 and beautiful summer. INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Lasse Ottesen Race Director Nordic Combined Enclosure: ment. INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Nordic Combined Committee Hotel Croatia Cavtat, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO) Friday, 31st May 2019, 08.00 – 12.00 hrs, Conf. Room “Libertas” AGENDA 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Members present 3. Approval of the agenda 4. Approval of the minutes of the Nordic Combined Committee meeting in Zurich (SUI), 28.09.2018 5. Report from the past season - Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control - Sub-Committee for NC/SJ Youth & Children’s Questions - Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined World Cup - Continental Cups - Youth Cups - Equipment control - Other important reports 6. New proposals “Funnel System” discussion and decisions - Rules - Calendars 7. Proposals to the FIS Council 8. TD Nominations 9. Other items arising 10. Next meetings • FIS Autumn meetings in Zurich (SUI), 01.-05.10.2019 • FIS Congress, Royal Cliff (THA), 17.-23.05.2020 Presentations: Thursday, 30th May 2019, Conf. Room “Ragusa” Presentations for Cross-Country, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Committee Members Future Organisers (to be presented by NSA or LOC): - 14:00 hrs: Riedel, Inrun tracks - 14:10 hrs: Alpina, plastic mats for Jumping hills - 14:30 hrs: WSC 2019, Seefeld, AUT - 14:40 hrs: JWSC 2019, Finland - 15:00 hrs: WSC 2021, Oberstdorf, GER - 15.10 hrs: OWG 2022 Beijing, CHN Minutes 81st Meeting Nordic Combined Committee, Zürich (SUI), 31.05.2019 - 2 - All proposals and decisions of the Nordic Combined Committee are subject to the approval of the FIS Council in Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO), 02.06.2019 1. Opening of the Meeting The on behalf of Chairman Horst Hüttel (GER), who was excused due to illness, Lasse Ottesen and Eric Lazzaroni (FRA) welcomed all members and guests to the 81st meeting of the Nordic Combined Committee. 2. Members Present Remarks Substitutes HUETTEL Horst GER Chairman, excused ABE Masashi JPN present BORGEN Paul Einar NOR present BUKOVNIK Janez SLO present CHASHCHYN Leonid BLR present CHUDY Peter SVK excused Tomas Karoly DAKINE, Abdelhak MAR absent DEMONG, Bill USA present DUBROVSKI Stanislav RUS present HEILIG John CAN excused Nikolai Petrov KEMPF Hippolyt SUI present KOYUNCU Özkan TUR present LAZZARONI Eric FRA present MICHALCZUK Jakub POL present PELKONEN Jyri FIN present PERTILE Sandro ITA present SLAVIK Tomas CZE present TAHK Suzanne EST present VERVEYKIN Andrey KAZ present YOU Juhee KOR absent CSAR Günter AUT for S.C. NC for Rules & Control, present HEROLA Ilkka FIN for Athletes’ Commission, present LEINAN LUND Mari NOR for Athletes’ Commission, present HAIM Harald AUT Ex officio for Youth & Children’s questions ULVANG Vegard NOR Ex officio for Cross-Country, not present KOJONKOSKI, Mika FIN Ex officio for Ski Jumping, not present OTTESEN Lasse FIS Race Director GRAVE Jan Rune FIS Assistant Race Director KRAUS Guntram FIS Coordinator / Equipment Control NEUMAYER Michael FIS COC Coordinator TEGETHOF Silke FIS Media Coordinator AARHUS, Harald Honorary Committee member Guests Karin Orgeldinger (GER), Seppo Linjakumppu (OC Ruka), Erik Andresen (OC Trondheim), Wenche Berger (OC Oslo), William Trachsel (OC Chaux-Neuve), Janne Marvaila (OC Lahti), Annemarie Friedrich (FIS), Volkmar Hirsch (OC Willingen), Jia Jing (OC Beijing), Mario Stecher (AUT), Yvonne Kirnbauer (OC Seefeld), Kerstin Kotkas (EST), Filip Grabowski (Infront), Dmitry Dubrovsky (RUS), Pirjo Karjalainen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (OC Lahti), Tino Edelmann (OC Oberhof), Minutes 81st Meeting Nordic Combined Committee, Zürich (SUI), 31.05.2019 - 3 - Peter & Sigrid Riedel, Eiliv Furuli, Peter & Gabi Kruijer (OC Oberstdorf), Hans Schmid (OC Oberstdorf), Angi Wiartalla (OC Oberstdorf), Marcus Stark (OC Klingenthal), Ronald Brandl (Fluege.de), Michael Simmank (Swiss Timing), Lucien Leonhardt (Swiss Timing), Frank Eismann (OC Oberhof), Heiko Krause (OC Oberhof), Andreas Jakob (OC Oberhof), Marica Defrancesco (OC Val di Fiemme), Cristina Bellante (OC Val di Fiemme), Sunjong Choi (KOR), Marleena Valtasola (FIN), Øistein Lunde (NOR) 3. Approval of the Agenda The agenda was sent out on 16.05.2019. The Committee approved the agenda. 4. Approval of the Minutes of the last Meeting in Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 The minutes were sent out on 09.10.2018. The Committee unanimously approved the minutes. 5. Reports of the Season 2018/19 All reports, statistics and Committee documents are available on the FIS Cloud: https://cloud.fis-ski.com/index.php/s/KQhUxO6yQKhok5p 5.1. Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control Günter Csar presented his report from the meeting of the 12th April. The most important task of the moment is the development of women’s Nordic Combined. It is moving in a very positive direction with the highlight of the first JWSC event in the past winter. It was an exciting competition with 14 nations on start. In the upcoming season, the women’s YOG premiere will be the big highlight. With the inclusion of the women, the quotas of participants will increase from 1 to 2. In the last winter, 46 officials deployed were deployed in total and there were no big issues, all events went smoothly. Csar thanked all officials for their commitment. The education system that is currently in place to give new TDs experience and increase the general level of jury work will be kept up. The TD seminar will take place in Wisla (POL) from the 14th to 16th of June. Unfortunately, it was not possible to complete the Nordic Combined e-learning system yet, but it will hopefully be in place for the next TD seminar. More details can be found in the minutes of the Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control. 5.2. Sub-Committee for NC/SJ Youth & Children’s questions The Sub-Committee for Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping Youth and Children’s questions met in Zürich and Chairman Harald Haim presented his report. The youth and children’s situation was analysed, with the premiere of the women’s Nordic Combined events at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships as the highlight of the winter. Even with the difficult weather conditions and a demanding track, the level of the women was impressive. Haim also praised the efforts of the Nordic Combined family who really rallies and cooperates to push the women’s development and encouraged everyone to continue in the same direction. Minutes 81st Meeting Nordic Combined Committee, Zürich (SUI), 31.05.2019 - 4 - He continued to report on the FIS Youth Cup, which has been noticed with admiration by the Ski Jumping colleagues in the past but went through somewhat of a resizing last year. The earlier success of the system can maybe also be explained in terms of the women’s development, which is now more difficult as the attention in the development turns to the higher competition series. One event in summer and one in winter might be the best solution any way, making it easier to fit the competition into the busy national calendars for the young athletes. He thanked the committee for matching the age group system to Ski Jumping, so that the athletes have the option to compete in both disciplines. He remined the Committee that the Alpencup for women in summer has two venues with Nordic Combined events which are open for all nations. He remarked that the qualification system and list of nations with a quota for the Youth Olympic Games is now online and as the system is complicated, the FIS officials are there to help. Haim concluded his report with the remark that there are good initiatives underway in smaller developing nations. Bulgaria for example has actions for sharing information about coaches, equipment, infrastructure. There will also be a Women’s Ski Jumping Seminar in Lillehammer in September. He recommended to follow these kinds of initiatives and stay informed. The Race Director thanked Haim for his work. 5.3. Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined World Cup The Race Director looked back on a very positive season that was record- breaking in terms of the total number of Nordic Combined events, especially due to a growing competition calendar for women. Highlight of the season in terms of the discipline’s development was the first-ever official FIS Junior World Championship event for women in Lahti. In general, the Race Director felt that the development of womens’ Nordic Combined was moving in a positive direction and that he has been and still is impressed by the level of performance displayed by the women. The past season was a good one with no cancellations. The PCR had to be used three times. On the men’s side, Jarl Magnus Riiber dominated the World Cup with a record number of victories in the past winter. But also on the women’ side, Tara Geraghty-Moats won every Continental Cup event she started in and was also honoured as “Athlete of the Year” at the Nordic Combined Awards in Schonach, which included a women’s category for the first time as well.