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To the INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION - Members of the Alpine Committee Blochstrasse 2 - Members of the Alpine Conference 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee For information to: Switzerland - see next page Tel +41 33 244 61 61 Fax +41 33 244 61 71 Oberhofen, 18.06.2020 Minutes Alpine Committee Online Meeting, Wednesday, 20.05.2020, 13:00 to 15:00hrs Dear Ski Friends, We have pleasure in sending you today the Minutes of the 90th Meeting of the Alpine Committee held online on 20.05.2020. You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Office in Oberhofen no later than 30th June 2020 ([email protected]). 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. Kindest regards, Bernhard Russi Janez Fleré Chairman Alpine Committee Alpine Technical Coordinator FIS Staff - Stefan Huber, FIS - Peter Gerdol, FIS - Markus Waldner, FIS - Jean Phillippe Vulliet, FIS - Hannes Trinkl, FIS - Markus Mayr, FIS - Emmanuel Couder, FIS - Andreas Krönner, FIS - Mike Kertesz, FIS - Atle Skaardal, FIS - Jordi Pujol, FIS - Wim Rossel, FIS - Juerg Capol, FIS - Daniel Defago, FIS - Jenny Wiedeke, FIS Other Committees, Working Groups - Horst Hüttel, GER, Nordic Combined Committee - Vegard Ulvang, NOR, Cross-Country Committee - Mika Kojonkoski, FIN, Jumping Committee - Aki Murasato, JPN, Equipment Committee - Rudi Huber, SRS - Hubert Hörterer, GER, Medical Committee - Chris Moore, CAN, Legal and Safety Committee - Pernilla Wiberg, SWE, Alpine Equipment WG - Verena Stuffer, ITA, Athletes Commission - Daniel Yule, SUI, Athletes Commission Organisers OWG/WSC - OC YOWG 2020 Lausanne, SUI - OC WSC 2021 Cortina, ITA - OC OWG 2022 Beijing, CHN - OC WSC 2023 Courchevel Meribel, FRA Honorary Members - Stig Ove Gustafsson, SWE - Oskar Fischer, GER - Christian Poley, AUT - Svein Mundal, NOR - Tone Vogrinec, SLO Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 2 - INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Alpine Committee Invitation Online Meeting Alpine Committee Wednesday, 20.05.2020, 13:00hrs, CET AGENDA 1. Welcome Bernhard Russi 2. Roll Call Janez Fleré 3. Approval of the Agenda Bernhard Russi 4. Approval of the Minutes of the 89th meeting held on October 2019 in Zurich (SUI) Janez Fleré 5. Reports 5.1 Chairman Bernhard Russi 6. Executive Board Bernhard Russi Sub-Committees / Working Groups: 7. Evaluation 7.1 Data and Timing Working Group Daniel Defago 7.2 Classification of Alpine Competitors Jeff Weinman 8. Women's Alpine Skiing Karen Korfanta 9. Alpine Courses Elena Gaja 10. Rules Michael Huber 11. Alpine Technical Delegates Walter Vogel 12. Alpine World Cup Bernhard Russi 12.1 Working Group Coaches Women Peter Gerdol 12.2 Working Group Coaches Men Markus Waldner 13. Intercontinental Cup Stefano Pirola 13.1 European Cup Herbert Mandl 13.2 Nor-Am Chip Knight 13.3 Far East Michihiko Nakamura 13.4 South American Cup Ernesto Cingolani 13.5 Australia New Zealand Cup Lachlan Clark 14. Youth Questions Ken Read 14.1 Junior World Ski Championships Jordi Pujol 15. Material and Equipment 15.1 WG for Alpine Equipment Pernilla Wiberg 15.2 Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program (ISPP) Atle Skaardal Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 3 - 16. Athletes Commission Verena Stuffer / Daniel Yule 17. Reports from Organisers of the previous and next major championships: 17.1 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lausanne (SUI) 17.2 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Cortina d´Ampezzo (ITA) 17.3 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing (CHN) 17.4 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Courchevel-Meribel (FRA) 18. Questions, Various 19. Next Meeting (To be confirmed by FIS Council) FIS Autumn Meeting, Zurich (SUI), 29th September - 3rd October 2020 Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 4 - All proposals and decisions of the FIS Alpine Committee were approved by the FIS Council at its online Meeting held on 25.05.2020 1. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Bernhard Russi (SUI), welcomed all online present to the 90th meeting of the FIS Alpine Committee and extended his greetings to Gian Franco Kasper, FIS President, Sarah Lewis, FIS General Secretary, Council Members, as well as members of Working Groups. 2. Roll Call Janez Fleré (FIS) conducted the Roll Call. (see page 27) 3. Approval of the Agenda The Agenda, without additions or remarks, was unanimously approved. 4. Approval of the Minutes The Minutes of the 89th Meeting held in October 2019 in Zurich (SUI) were, without comments or remarks, unanimously approved. 5. Reports From Sarah Lewis FIS Secretary General She welcomes all members of the Alpine Committee, NSA representatives and thanked all organisers who suffered the damage of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main goal is to focus on the future and how to approach the next winter season with the correct solutions. She explained how important next season will be in order to safeguard the future of our sport and the World Cup and of course the World Championships. To find solutions to travel restrictions and event limitations for the organisers will be one of our tasks. The FIS Council will establish a task force that includes members of the National Ski Association organising nation, the respective local organising committee, broadcast- commercial rights holder, FIS Race Director and Management, Medical Committee representative, Alpine Committee Chair and Council member from the organising nation The slides show details of how FIS is working in finding solutions to organise the FIS World Cup 2020/21. Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 5 - Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 6 - Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 7 - Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 8 - Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 9 - Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 10 - 5.1 Chairman (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The Chairman gave a report. The following are his words verbatim: Nature decides Alpine ski racing was heavily influenced by nature in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Sometimes even decisively. While the normal course of the programme was heavily influenced by capricious weather in both seasons, last year the Corona Pandemic was even a bigger mess. The implementation of important, decisive races at all levels fell victim to the global crisis situation and its ramifications. However, the 2019 Alpine World Championships in Are (Sweden) have shown that alpine skiing, its organizers, race directors, coaches and athletes are willing to compromise when it comes to saving individual races. Even if the standards no longer correspond to the best-case scenarios, technical requirements are no longer so high and start times have to be postponed by days or hours. This was the only way we could speak of successful world championships, with top- class sporting performances and well-deserved world champions and medallists. For ski racing, the World Cup and the World Championships are an important component and an important product for television stations and sports enthusiasts worldwide. That is why we constantly question our system, our racing processes and our disciplines. How high is the interest in the Alpine combination, for example, or can we win a larger and maybe even a younger audience through parallel races? New ski fans, from other countries and cultures, may follow the event not because of tradition, but because it is easy to understand. Is there an either-or? How many races can the market digest? One answer should come after the 2020-21 season. Until then it should be clear whether and how the rule and format changes have had an impact. What is wanted and required by the market, the media and viewers and athletes. Important events could no longer be staged at the end of the 2020 season due to the Corona pandemic. At the moment, we are lacking the tests of the Olympic slopes for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. However, the women's World Cup races in winter 2021, on the same slopes as the men, will bring us the necessary information. The same applies to the World Cup final, which was scheduled in mid-March as the largest test for the upcoming Alpine World Championships in 2021.Here we can count on the great experience of the organizers in Cortina. The new world health situation has shown us that we can and must continue to plan ahead. That we have to remain flexible at all times and adapt to the conditions wherever they come from. 6. Executive Board (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The following proposals for the Parallel Qualification Run to be held at the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d´Ampezzo were approved. Rules for the Qualification Race for Parallel Event Qualification races will take place for women and men’s Parallel. The qualification race will also be in parallel format and 16 competitors per gender will be qualified to participate in the final race. Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Online Meeting, 20.05.2020 - 11 - Modus: a. Eligibility requirements for the qualification race: Each nation can participate with a maximum of up to four (4) competitors per gender: - for women, the top 500 from the Parallel World Seeding List (PWSL) are eligible; - for men, the top 300 from the Parallel World Seeding List (PWSL) are eligible. b. Entries and Enrolment: Entries for the qualification race are carried out according to World Cup rules. The best 30 competitors present are enrolled according to the actual WCSL in PAR event. Competitors with at least 500 WCSL points are considered according the World Cup rules.