Minutes of the 77Th Nordic Combined Committee Meeting Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portoroz (SLO), 26.05.2017

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, 06.06.2017

Minutes of the 77th Nordic Combined Committee Meeting Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portoroz (SLO), 26.05.2017

Dear Ski Friends,

We have pleasure sending you today the Minutes of the 77th Meeting of the Nordic Combined Committee held in Portoroz (SLO), 26.05.2017.

You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Nordic Office in Oberhofen until 30th June 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 and beautiful summer.

INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION

Lasse Ottesen Race Director Nordic Combined

Enclosure: ment.

INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Nordic Combined Committee

Minutes Nordic Combined Committee Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portoroz (SLO), 26.05.2017 Friday, 26.05.2017, 14.00 – 18.00 hrs, Conf. Room “Emerald 1”

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), 30.09.2016 5. Report from the past season - Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control - Sub-Committee for NC/SJ Youth & Children’s Questions - FIS World Cup presented by Viessmann - Continental Cup - Equipment control 6. New proposals “Funnel System” discussion and decisions - Rules - Calendars 7. Proposals for the FIS Council / FIS Congress 8. TD Nominations 9. Other items arising 10. Next meeting - FIS Autumn meetings, Zürich (SUI), 03.-07.10.2017 - FIS Congress, Costa Novarino (GRE), 13.-19.05.2018

Thursday, 25.05.2017, 12:00 – ca. 13.10 hrs, Conf. Room “Adria” Presentations for Cross-Country, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Committee Members

Future Organisers (to be presented by NSA or LOC): - 12:00 hrs: JWSC 2018, Goms-Kandersteg, SUI - 12:10 hrs: OWG 2018, PyeongChang 2018, KOR - 12:20 hrs: WSC 2019, Seefeld 2019, AUT - 12:30 hrs: Ski Flying World Championships 2018 and WSC 2021, Oberstdorf, GER - 12:40 hrs: Ski Flying World Championships 2020, Planica, SLO

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All proposals and decisions of the Nordic Combined Committee are subject to the approval of the FIS Council in Portoroz (SLO), 28.05.2017

1. Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Horst Hüttel (GER) welcomed all members and guests to the 77th meeting of the Nordic Combined Committee. The Race Director, Lasse Ottesen, also briefly welcomed the Committee members.

2. Members Present Remarks Substitutes HUETTEL Horst GER Chairman ABE Masashi JPN BORGEN Paul Einar NOR BUKOVNIK Janez SLO CHASHCHYN Leonid BLR CHUDY Peter SVK excused Tomas Karoly DEVALL, Jerker SWE not excused DUBROVSKI Dmitry RUS HEILIG John CAN excused Nikolai Petrov JARRETT John David USA excused Bill Demong KOYUNCU, Ozkan TUR KEMPF Hippolyt SUI LAZZARONI Eric FRA MICHALCZUK Jakub POL NAZAROVA, Lena UKR excused Julia Siparenko PELKONEN Jyri FIN PERTILE Sandro ITA OH Jim G KOR not excused SLAVIK Tomas CZE excused TAHK Suzanne EST VERVEYKIN, Andrey KAZ CSAR Günter AUT for S.C. NC for Rules & Control LAHEURTE Maxime FRA for Athletes’ Commission

HAIM Harald AUT Ex officio for Youth & Children’s questions ex. 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 GUGGEMOOS Toni FIS COC Coordinator TEGETHOF Silke FIS Media Coordinator

Guests GRABOWSKI Filip Infront PALA Lorenzo Infront MUTSCHLER Max Infront KUSS Daniel FISMAG JOOS Norbert OC Schonach SPITZ Heidi OC Schonach SCHUSTER, Gunter OC Schonach KRUIJER Peter OC Oberstdorf

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WEIDEL Florian OC Oberstdorf MITTER Wolfgang OC Ramsau BOTH Peter OC Tschagguns DEFRANCESCO Marica OC Val di Fiemme BELLANTE Cristina OC Val di Fiemme KUNOTH Andreas OC Klingenthal ZIRON Alexander OC Klingenthal NARITA Shuhei NSA Japan STARK Jacqueline OC Seefeld DARELL, Siri OC Trondheim BAYER, Martin NSA USA KULMALA Mika NSA Finland TÖYKKA Jari NSA Finland

3. Approval of the Agenda The agenda was sent out on 25.04.2017. The Committee approved the agenda.

4. Approval of the Minutes of the last Meeting in Zürich (SUI), 29.06.2016 The Committee unanimously approved the minutes.

5. Reports of the Season 2016/17 All reports, statistics and Committee documents will be distributed (see enclosure). 5.1. Sub-Committee for Officials, Rules and Control The Chairman, Günter Csar, gave a short summary of the last meeting held in Zürich on the 07.04.2017. Proposals were received from Norway, Italy and FIS and discussed.

Important key aspects touched upon in the Chairman’s report were: - Adjustment wave start - Re-introduction of Mass Start in COC/WC - Rules Ladies’ Nordic Combined COC - TD work - TD Seminar in Oberwiesenthal, so far 60 registrations - Jury Nominations JWSC Kandersteg

5.2. Sub-Committee for NC/SJ Youth & Children’s questions Lasse Ottesen reported on the activities of the Committee on behalf of Harald Haim. Main topics were the high number of girls in the Nordic Combined Youth Cup, which was noticed and discussed also for the discipline of ski jumping.

The main advice of the Sub-Committee was to make sure that there is the chance to take part in both disciplines for as long as possible, meaning the girls use the same equipment the same age groups and so on. More details can be found in the in minutes of this sub-committee.

5.3. FIS Nordic Combined World Cup presented by Viessmann The Race Director reported on an impressive season for the German team. 29 events including the World Championship events were organised and 26 of them had German victories. The Race Director expressed his hope that the other nations will give Germany a fight in the upcoming winter, as more differentiated victories are needed to promote and develop the sport globally.

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In total, the season had the highest number of World Cup event plus four World Ski Championship events, making 2016/17 into a very good season. The PCR was only used once, 100 % of the events were completed. Nearly all organisers have taken a step forward and developed the events to a higher level.

A big topic of the winter was the Hannu Manninen (FIN) comeback, who will be joined by legend of the sport, Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA) in the upcoming winter. But also Korea with first World Cup points and Poland having a Top Ten result are very positive trend which will hopefully continue. In the case of Poland, it would be an asset to also have an event in Poland in the future.

The Olympic test events in PyeongChang also went very well, including Nordic Combined night events. The general bottom line of the weekend was very positive considering that the OC had only done one COC before. Minor things still should be worked on but the overall experience was very positive. Especially the wind net came to a very positive test. With 18 m/s of wind on top of the jumping hill, wind net took 90 % and a very nice, unproblematic jumping event took place.

A special mention was given to Schonach. How they managed to host the event with what they were given in terms of weather and snow was nothing short of impressive.

The Nordic Combined Triple The TRIPLE was very exciting again this year with Frenzel and Rydzek fighting as they did all season. Two photo finishes in three competitions proved the closeness of the overall result. There were no proposals to change anything in the rules and all the editions of the last years were exciting.

The TRIPLE now is a strong brand after few years of development. It will also be tried to protect their respective highlights with the other FIS disciplines which might mean preferred treatment regarding the starting times.

WSC Lahti Germany’s Johannes Rydzek collected impressive four gold medals and Japan and France were also able to step up their game.

The Team Sprint finish could have been a catastrophe if the Russian athlete had impacted the gold medal decision in the cross-country race more than he did. It had to be discussed in the Sub-Committee who to avoid such a situation in the future. In the future, jury will have the option to take out athletes who will be overlapped and will also get a support from CIS system to make the decision.

Other than that, there were no delays, no problems which is almost a miracle in Lahti’s usually very windy conditions.

Youth Cup The Youth Cup can look back on its first overall season with a cup system. 191 athletes from 17 nations took part and 59 girls and 132 boys were able to take Youth Cup points. FIS was very happy to have the Crown Prince of Norway come and visit the Youth Cup Finals in Trondheim and meet the winners. Vuokatti, Oberstdorf, Harrachov and Trondheim make up a very good series for boys and girls and are important steps for their development.

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TV numbers Lorenzo Pala from Infront reports on the TV numbers of the past season. The analysed data comes directly from broadcasters. As then Austrian events in Nordic Combined are not managed by Infront, they are not in the presentation. Regarding the average number of spectators per race, the market in Germany is stable in the cross-country part and a big increase can be seen in the ski jumping part. German TV showed 19 out of 20 jumping competitions. The overall average viewers per competition increased from 5.07 to 5.48 million in the past season. See enclosure 1 FISMAG TV numbers (Nielsen report) Nielsen, formerly known as Repucom, has been collecting data for FIS for some years now. This year, the statistics are different from the past years as Eurosport has changed their way of monitoring broadcasting time: formerly Paneurope was only one number, now it is divided it into different nations and adding all the numbers, leading to a huge increase in broadcast hours. The TRIPLE is responsible for 16% of the season’s media impact. Together with highlights in other disciplines, the trend is going down in favour of the regular World Cup events. See enclosure 2 5.4. FIS Continental Cup & JWSC COC Coordinator Toni Guggemoos reported on the past season. See enclosure 3 5.5. Equipment Control FIS Coordinator Guntram Kraus reported on his activities in 2016/17. See enclosure 4 5.6. Additional Reports - Media Services & Audience Survey Media Coordinator Silke Tegethof reports on a first Nordic Combined audience survey that was done online in the past spring. See enclosure 5 - Working Group Financials Lasse Ottesen reported on the activities of the working group financials.

6. New Proposals “Funnel System” Discussion and Decisions

541.1 Competition Realisation Mass Start In the funnel system, all nations replied with yes. → The Committee was unanimously in favour.

Ladies’ COC Rules → The Committee was unanimously in favour but also agreed with Norway’s proposal of saying “NH at a maximum”, which allows for K60/70 jumping hills.

Opening Tour Ruka Lillehammer The World Cup points for the three events will be added together to find an overall winner. The Prize Money is divided into 50 % for Day 1, 50% for Day 2 and 200 % for Day 3. As of now, a name (Ruka and Lillehammer) still needed.

2 new bibs: best jumper and best skier bib Two new bibs will be introduced: a blue bib for the best ski jumper and a red bib for the fastest skier. It was discussed to have a small bonus at the end of the season. Maybe the money (e.g. 500 € each weekend) can be taken from the extra overall prize money.

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6.1. Specifications for Competition Equipment The following changes were made by the Equipment Committee and agreed on by the Committee.

- Suit: belt from +2 to 0

- Underwear: same material, 2 parts legs cut over the knees

- No suit plumbing: For Nordic Combined, a test will be done during SGP, a final decision made in autumn

- No wings on the boots

- New body measurements are scheduled every two years and are to take place at the beginning of the Summer Grand Prix so that athletes can train with the same suits during the whole summer.

6.2. Calendars 2017-2018 See enclosure 6 - Summer Grand Prix As in the last summer, no qualifications will take place and no 2 jump 15 km final event that is limited to 30 starters only. Every athlete visiting the Summer Grand Prix will be able to start in all competitions. - World Cup Klingenthal joined the preliminary calendar in March, taking the total of the competitions up to 28 in the upcoming winter. - Continental Cup After a brief discussion, the Committee agreed to test a Mixed Team format in the Youth Cup first, before introducing it on the Continental Cup level. - FIS Youth Cup

6.3. Calendar 2018/19 The Committee agreed to move the Nordic Combined TRIPLE to Chaux-Neuve for the 2018/19 season, as Seefeld is hosting the Nordic World Ski Champion- ships in the same year.

7. Proposals to the FIS Council The proposals regarding the Mass Start and the rules for the Ladies’ Continental Cup will go to the FIS Council for approval.

8. TD Nominations JWSC 2017 Kandersteg (SUI) TD: Rune Sørli (NOR) TDA: Mark Rolseth (CAN)

9. Other items arising - TD application Özkan Koyuncu (TUR) The Sub-Committee proposed to stick to the existing rules (age limit) and invite Mr. Koyuncu as a guest only. FIS offers to send a request to the NSA that Mr. Koyuncu is to take part in the education without being licenced as a TD.

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- NC Development Program Jyri Pelkonen (FIN) introduced the dates and content for a Nordic Combined development program designed for girls and boys. See enclosure 7

10. Next Meeting The next meetings will be held during the: - FIS Autumn meetings, Zürich (SUI), 03.10.-07.10.2017 - FIS Congress, Costa Navarino (GRE), 13.-19.05.2018

11. Closing of the Meeting The Chairman thanked everybody for the past year and the good cooperation. He closed the meeting at 17:56 hrs.

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FIS CALENDAR CONFERENCE NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP 2016/2017

TV VIEWERSHIP PER RACE (SJ + CC)

9 SJ 39% 8 CC 61%

Number of real viewers in millionsin viewers of real Number CC 4 SJ 3 PCR

LAHTI LAHTI 7/1 LAHTI 8/1 13/1 FIEM 14/1 FIEM 15/1 FIEM

SAPP 10/2 SAPP 11/2 SAPP

LILLE 2/12 LILLE 3/12 LILLE 4/12 LILLE

OSLO 11/3 OSLO

SCHO18/3 SCHO19/3

RUKA26/11 RUKA27/11

CHAUX21/1 CHAUX22/1 TROND15/3

PYEONG 4/2 PYEONG 5/2 PYEONG © All rights reserved. The data is strictly confidential, no circulation of the results is allowed. © Infront Sports & Media AG │ 1 FIS CALENDAR CONFERENCE NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP 2016/2017

AVERAGE TV VIEWERSHIP PER BROADCASTER PER RACE

Main broadcasters / 1° transmissions

2.500.000 2.348.000

2.250.000 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2.000.000

1.750.000 1.697.368

1.500.000

1.250.000

1.000.000

750.000

500.000

234.056 243.105 225.810 250.000 100.619 SJ SJ SJ CC CC CC SJ SJ SJ CC CC CC SJ SJ CC CC CC 0 SJ ORF ARD/ZDF NRK AUSTRIA GERMANY NORWAY

COMPARISON 2013/14 – 2016/17 Average Worldwide TV viewership per Race (no N.H.)

5,48 5 5,07 4,92 4,94

3 Number of real viewers in millionsin viewers of real Number

0 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17

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All rights reserved. This document is the property of Infront Sports & Media AG and is issued under strict confidentiality conditions. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means to any third party without the prior written consent of Infront Sports & Media. PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS

• Nordic Combined Copyright ©2017 The Nielsen Company. Confidential and proprietary. Media Impact: Relates the broadcast time of an event to its audience ratings. This expressed as the visibility of the event m event thevisibility ofthe as expressedThis ratings. audience its to event anof time broadcastthe Relates Impact:Media While broadcast time and audience increase, total media impact and impact per race are declining. NORDIC NORDIC COMBINED: SEASON 446 256 2011/12

396 Broadcast TimeBroadcast 10.300

457 213 2012/13

391 8.600

Media Impact

326 COMPARISON 2013/14

388 625 8.538

in million Audience

425 2014/15

679

442

Ø Media Impactper race

9.726 ult iplied by the viewing audience, then standardized into 30 into standardizedthen viewingaudience, the byiplied

360 2015/16

444 636 9.769

831 - second units. second 2016/17 832

357

8.933

Copyright ©2017 The Nielsen Company. Confidential and proprietary. Media Impact: Relates the broadcast time of an event to its audience ratings. This expressed as the visibility of the event m event thevisibility ofthe as expressedThis ratings. audience its to event anof time broadcastthe Relates Impact:Media NORDIC NORDIC COMBINED Other Other Markets MarketsTop 5 3% 97% 710

AUSTRIA

550

674 –

TOP MARKETS 2016/17 BY MEDIA IMPACT 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15

7'015 323 GERMANY

FINLAND

5'563 443

6'490 549 ult iplied by the viewing audience, then standardized into 30 into standardizedthen viewingaudience, the byiplied

1'015 471

NORWAY

ITALY 157 877

- second units. second 234 756

Copyright ©2017 The Nielsen Company. Confidential and proprietary. Media Impact: Relates the broadcast time of an event to its audience ratings. This expressed as the visibility of the event m event thevisibility ofthe as expressedThis ratings. audience its to event anof time broadcastthe Relates Impact:Media The World Cup in Seefeld NORDIC NORDIC COMBINED 84%

Others Seefeld Triple 16%

once –

again

FOCUS FOCUS TRIPLE SEEFELD 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14

represents

16% 16% 1'282 of

TRIPLE SEEFELD the

overall 1'806

media

1'550 ult iplied by the viewing audience, then standardized into 30 into standardizedthen viewingaudience, the byiplied

impact

, 1'400 the

- second units. second

Report 2016/17 FIS Continental Cup Nordic Combined

Toni Guggemoos FIS COC Coordinator Nordic Combined Season 2016/17 in numbers

• Events: – 15 x IG 10 km, – 1x IG 5 km – 7 PCRs held but only one counted • 4 out of 7 venues used wind & gate system • Most nations on start: 16 (Klingenthal), fewest nations: 11 (Nizhny Tagil)

Equipment Control

• Disqualifications – 34 athletes disqualified during season → 10 less than last year → Coaches satisfied with control system

• Suits – Measured 40 new athletes – Plombed 176 suits – 1328 athletes were checked on start – 205 athletes were checked after the jumping competitions

Nordic Combined Equipment Control Report 2016/17

EQ- Report 2016/17

New Season with new measurements

• really good cooperation with the athletes and coaches • thanks also to the work of our TDs and their cooperation • special the Nat. TD’s were important for me this season • the meetings before the competition and after between Lasse Ottesen and Jan Rune Grave make things easier also in regard to discussing specific questions during the season. Also the communication between Toni Guggemoos (COC) and Uwe Mühln (AC). Goes up to a new level • thanks to Sepp Gratzer for his support • OC made a good work for me and my testing area in case of preparing the test plattform/container

2 22.05.2017 by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment Controller

EQ- Report 2016/17

Equipment Controls 2016/17 • Checks during Competition

• WSC/WC/SGP 100% • COC/JWSC 100% • AC 100%

3 22.05.2017 by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment Controller EQ- Report 2016/17

Disqualifications

WSC/WC/SGP

Season 15/16 16/17 Season 15/16 16/17

Ski Jumping Cross-Country - Suits 30 56 - early Start 4 2 - BMI 0 1 - transponder 2 0 - Bib 1 0 - short cut 1 0 - Boots 2 2 - disability 1 0 - Zipper 0 2

Summary in total 41 / 63 DSQ

4 22.05.2017 by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment Controller EQ- Report 2016/17

COC/JWSC - Suits 43 / 31 - Bib 1 / 0 - BMI 0 / 3

Summary in total 44 / 34 DSQ

by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment 5 22.05.2017 Controller EQ- Report 2016/17

• Alpencup (AC) – Suits 21 / 15

• Final: we have tested on the top before the start – in the container as well (not easy when we are alone) –> Nat.TD – the ski and bindings and boots – all disqualifications have been accepted

by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment 6 22.05.2017 Controller

EQ- Report 2016/17

DSQ

2016/17 112

2015/16 107

2014/15 55 DSQ

2013/14 28

2012/13 34

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment 7 22.05.2017 Controller EQ- Report 2016/17

Plombing

2016/17 1352

2015/16 1168

2014/15 1329 pieces 2013/14 1184

2012/13 1241

2011/12 732

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment 8 22.05.2017 Controller EQ- Report 2016/17

– Statistic: 686 in the WC and 118 in WSC – 176 in the COC – 372 in the AC

by Guntram Kraus Nordic Combined Coordinator / Equipment 9 22.05.2017 Controller MEDIA REVIEW 2016/17 FIS WORLD CUP NORDIC COMBINED MEDIA SERVICES AND CONTENT PRODUCTION 2016/17

§ 42 press releases (pre- and post competition reports) § 10 newsletters throughout the season § Website § 114 news articles § 51 interviews / portraits § 78 competition reports: full coverage World Cup, Continental Cup, Alpencup, Youth Cup § Press Conferences (except Trondheim & Val di Fiemme) § Also live-streamed on Periscope § TV Flash Interviews (4 per competition day) FIS 2016/17 SEASON RESULTS

During the 2016/17 season FIS continued to greatly improve its social media presence and engagement levels.

The major change in this season’s strategy was to use Facebook and Instagram more for video material, while You Tube and Twitter were secondary priorities. VIDEO STRATEGY

§ Increased video content – mainly near live clips, highlights and previews made by Infront, joined by 10 “Behind the Scenes” videos produced by SeventhFrame. § The most popular “Behind the Scenes” feature was on Ladies in Nordic Combined: reach of 69.941 and 21.103 unique viewers. It was watched a total of 11.534 minutes. § Strategy of posting directly to Facebook & Instagram plus some exclusive content for the FIS APP. SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

Social Media Growth 10000 9087 9000 8000 7000 6000 5436 5442

5000 4184 3687 4000 3318 3000

2000 1210 875 1000 0 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

2015/16 2016/17 FIS APP ‒ KEY TAKE AWAYS Innovative Features Event Hub for ALL FIS events New competition footage available Results section with live & historical data Athletes area with in-depth statistics Social Media integration Favourite athletes and nations Data Insights

260’000+ downloads on iOS and Android 4’225’159 Sessions & 28’194’400 Views 05:33 average duration per session 61% of users are below 34 years old 46% of users are Women

German Speaking: 27% Italian: 14% Polish: 8% Swedish: 7% Period: 16/12/16-01/04/17 AUDIENCE SURVEY 2016/17 – DEMOGRAPHICS

§ Call to action § 331 participants from § Website 28 countries § Newsflash § GER 28%, § Facebook § USA 11%, § Twitter § FIN & FRA 10 % § Instagram § NOR & POL 5-6 % AUDIENCE SURVEY 2016/17 – DEMOGRAPHICS

AGE OF PARTICIPANTS GENDER OF PARTICIPANTS

Age Male Female

UNDER 18 27

18-24 69

25-34 87

35-44 53 48% 52% 45 TO 54 46

55 TO 64 23

64 TO 74 2

75 OR OLDER 2 AUDIENCE SURVEY 2016/17 – DEMOGRAPHICS

PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Number of Responses

RURAL VILLAGE 90

RURAL TOWN 57

CITY 114

MAJOR CITY /SUBURBS 48 FINDINGS – EVENTS ON LOCATION

§ 60 % of participants have attended events in the past winter § Most popular were the World Championships (30%), Schonach (20%), Lahti (16%), Chaux-Neuve (16%), and Seefeld (15%) § The main reason (81 %) for not attending events is that they take place too far away from where the fans live; many comments were also made about not having enough time to attend. FINDINGS – EVENTS ON LOCATION

IMPORTANT ON LOCATION

Very important Important Somewhat important Less important Not important

CLOSE ACCESS TO ATHLETES 97 110 67 47 9

GOOD ATMOSPHERE/CROWD 103 123 68 21 8

STADIUM TV 100 165 49 103

CLOSE ACCESS XC 120 153 41 9 5

CLOSE ACCESS SJ 99 160 56 74

EASY ACCESS TO VENUE 102 147 60 12 6

GOOD VIEW FROM SEATS/STANDS 149 122 35 16 4 RECOMMENDATIONS – EVENTS ON LOCATION

§ New territories: Look to spread NC events into territory where there is demand and in regions where there is currently no WC: POL, CZE, RUS, USA, cities. § Utilities: Offer transportation solutions/advices to fans for attending § Good view: Important on location is first and foremost: giving spectators a good view on what’s happening. This includes a good information service/speaker/stadium TV! § The breaks between competition parts are actually not such a big problem for the participants of this survey. A compact program is only “somewhat important” to 36%. § 82 % of participants think, the addition of Ladies’ Nordic Combined at the same venues would be a great tool to have program also in the breaks. FORMATS

Best to watch on location How do you like the NC formats?

Team Event Team Event

Team Sprint Team Sprint

Ind. Gun 15 km Ind. Gun 15 km

Ind. Gun 5 km Ind. Gun 5 km

Ind. Gun 10 km Ind. Gun 10 km

0 50 100 150 200 250 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Number of responses Exciting Interesting Not so interesting Boring FINDINGS EXISTING FORMATS

§ Team Sprint: 56 % of participants would like to see more Team Sprints on the calendar § Team Event: 60% of participants would like to see more Team Events on the calendar. 66 % are satisfied with the current setup of the Team Event. § NC TRIPLE: 89 % of participants were satisfied with the current setup of the TRIPLE RECOMMENDATIONS FORMATS

§ Mass Start: 76 % would like to have the Mass Start back, 29% of which say yes, but as ”Reverse Gundersen”. § Mini Tours: A total of 80 % would like to have more mini tours, 45 % of them think they should be different from the TRIPLE § Crystal globes: 55% would like to have a second overall ranking (e.g. Mass Start), 45 % not. § Ladies Nordic Combined: § Mixed Team: 78% of participants would like to have Mixed Team events in the future. § 81 % are interested in the development of the ladies § 82% would like to have shared venues with the men

FIS NORDIC COMBINED SUMMER GRAND PRIX 2017

Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Comments

19.08. Sat Oberwiesenthal GER HS 106 Team Sprint 20.08. Sun Oberwiesenthal GER HS 106 Ind Gund

23.08. Wed Tschagguns AUT HS 108 Ind Gund

25.08. Fri Oberstdorf GER HS 137 Ind Gund 26.08. Sat Oberstdorf GER HS 137 Ind Gund

30.09. Sat Planica SLO HS 140 Ind Gund 01.10. Sun Planica SLO HS 140 Ind Gund

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg-Goms (SUI), 27.01.-04.02.2018 Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang (KOR), 09.-25.02.2018

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Draft: FIS NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP 2017/18

Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks I. Period 24.11. Fri Ruka FIN HS 142 Ind Gund 5 km NC 25.11. Sat Ruka FIN HS 142 Ind Gund Ruka 26.11. Sun Ruka FIN HS 142 Ind Gund Tour 02.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR HS 100 Team 03.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR HS 138 Ind Gund 16.12. Sat Ramsau AUT HS 96 Ind Gund 17.12. Sun Ramsau AUT HS 96 Ind Gund II. Period 06.01. Sat Otepaa EST HS 100 Ind Gund 07.01. Sat Otepaa EST HS 100 Team Sprint 12.01. Fri Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Ind Gund 13.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Team Sprint 14.01 Sun Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Ind Gund 20.01. Sat Chaux-Neuve FRA HS 118 Ind Gund 21.01. Sun Chaux-Neuve FRA HS 118 Team III. Period 26.01. Fri Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 5 km Nordic 27.01. Sat Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 10 km Combined 28.01. Sun Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 15 km Triple 03.02. Sat Hakuba JPN HS 134 Ind Gund 04.02. Sun Hakuba JPN HS 134 Ind Gund

10.-25.02. Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang, KOR

IV. Period 03.03. Sat Lahti FIN HS 130 Team Sprint 04.03. Sun Lahti FIN HS 130 Ind Gund 10.03. Sat Oslo NOR HS 134 Ind Gund 13.03. Tue Trondheim NOR HS 140 Ind Gund 14.03. Wed Trondheim NOR HS 140 Ind Gund 17.03. Sat Klingenthal *) GER HS 140 Team 18.03. Sun Klingenthal *) GER HS 140 Ind Gund 24.03. Sat Schonach *) GER HS 106 Ind Gund Season 25.03. Sun Schonach *) GER HS 106 Ind Gund 15 km Finale

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg-Goms (SUI), 27.01 – 04.02.2018 Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang (KOR), 10.02 – 25.02.2018

*) to be confirmed by NSA

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FIS NORDIC COMBINED LADIES CONTINENTAL CUP 2017/18

Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks I. Period 06.01. Sat Otepää EST HS 100 Ind Gund 5 km Opening 07.01. Sun Otepää EST HS 100 Ind Gund 5 km 20.01. Sat Høydalsmo NOR HS 94 Ind Gund 5 km 21.01. Sun Høydalsmo NOR HS 94 Ind Gund 5 km

27.01. – JWSC Kandersteg SUI HS 72 Ind Gund 5 km Test event 04.02

II. Period 09.03. Fri Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund 5 km 10.03. Sat Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund 5 km 11.03. Sun Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund 5 km Final

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg-Goms (SUI), 27.01 – 04.02.2018 Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang (KOR), 10.02 – 25.02.2018

29.05.2017 COCL_Calendar_NC17-18.docx

Draft: FIS NORDIC COMBINED CONTINENTAL CUP 2017/18

Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks I. Period 09.12. Sat Kandersteg* SUI HS 106 Ind Gund Opening 10.12. Sun Kandersteg* SUI HS 106 Ind Gund 15.12. Fri Steamboat USA HS 100 Ind Gund 16.12. Sat Steamboat** USA HS 100 Ind Gund 17.12. Sun Steamboat** USA HS 100 Ind Gund II. Period 05.01. Fri Klingenthal GER HS 140 Ind Gund 5 km 06.01. Sat Klingenthal GER HS 140 Ind Gund 07.01. Sun Klingenthal GER HS 140 Ind Gund 12.01. Fri Ruka FIN HS 140 Ind Gund 13.01. Sat Ruka FIN HS 140 Mass Start 14.01. Sun Ruka FIN HS 140 Ind Gund 20.01. Sat Høydalsmo NOR HS 94 Ind Gund 21.01. Sun Høydalsmo NOR HS 94 Ind Gund

27.01. – JWSC Kandersteg SUI HS 72 Ind Gund 5 km NC-L Test event 04.02

III. Period 03.02. Sat Planica SLO HS 139 Ind Gund 04.02. Sun Planica SLO HS 139 Team Sprint 10.02. Sat Eisenerz AUT HS 106 Ind Gund 11.02. Sun Eisenerz AUT HS 106 Ind Gund IV. Period 02.03. Fri Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund 03.03. Sat Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund 04.03. Sun Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Ind Gund Final

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg-Goms (SUI), 27.01 – 04.02.2018 Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang (KOR), 10.02 – 25.02.2018

* Confirmation from NSA/OC still pending ** Valid Jumping Hill certificate must be presented by NSA

26.05.2017 draft-COC_Calendar_NC17-18.docx

YOUTH CUP NORDIC COMBINED 2017/18 - Girls and Boys

Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks 04.08. Fri Voukatti FIN HS 54 Ind Gund Youth I 05.08. Sat Vuokatti FIN HS 54 Ind Gund Youth I

04.08. Fri Vuokatti FIN HS 100 Ind Gund Youth II, Boys 05.08. Sat Vuokatti FIN HS 100 Ind Gund Youth II, Boys

25.08. Fri Oberstdorf GER HS 64 Ind Gund 26.08. Sat Oberstdorf GER HS 64 Ind Gund

06.01. Sat Harrachov CZE HS 73 Ind Gund 07.01. Sun Harrachov CZE HS 73 Ind Gund

13.03. Tue Trondheim NOR HS 65 Ind Gund 14.03. Wed Trondheim NOR HS 65 Ind Gund

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships Kandersteg (SUI), 27.01-04.02.2018 Olympic Winter Games, PeoungChang (KOR), 10.02 - 25.02.2018

COC-L: Start right for athletes born 2002 and older.

(Alpen Cup is open for all nations - Nordic Combined Girls)

01.06.2016 I:\NORDIC COMBINED\GP\2015\Youth Cup_Calendar_NC1718.docx NC Development Program

• Purpose • to help ski federations / ski clubs / individuals to develope NC. • to offer training camp facilities and best practises in coaching for NC girls and boys and coaches. • to host competitions for NC. • to gather together athletes and coaches from several nations.

• Organized by Olympic training center Vuokatti. • Camp costs 75 € / person/ day inc. Fullboard • Open for teams and individuals.

Calendar

• 30.7.-6.8 FIS Youth cup & training camp. Vuokatti, FIN. • 24.-27.8. FIS Youth Cup & training camp. Obersdorf, GER. • 11.-15.10. Open training camp on snow. Vuokatti, FIN. – ”First Snow track” & jumping on plastic hills. • 29.11.-6.12. Open training camp & competitions. – Vuokatti & Taivalkoski, FIN. • 26.-28.1.18 ”Nordisk Mesterskap”, Vuokatti, FIN. • Contact: [email protected], +358 40 844 5882