| naming of the teams |
| the teams (COC ladies, men and worldcup) will be named on monday april, 23rd, 2012.
source: Clas Brede Bråthen |
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| section summer 2012/1013 |
| is updated
provisional dates (source Morten Lein - NSF) 19.6.-21.6.2012 or 18.6.-20.6.2012 |
| Autor: Britta - Kommentare (0) - 16.04.2012 um 10:11 |
| section updated |
| "facts about vegard" |
| Autor: b - Kommentare (0) - 15.04.2012 um 18:00 |
| new jumping suit rules |
| Last winter there were some discussions concerning the equipment control and disqualifications in the FIS World and Continental Cups. For example the various disqualifications of Bulgarian Vladimir Zografski and the disqualification of Gregor Schlierenzauer in Bad Mitterndorf.
Report: Bardal wins - Schlierenzauer disqualified » Some facts first: In the season 2011/12, a total of 1781 suits were approved for the competitions – 738 in the men’s World Cup and Grand Prix, 428 in the women’s World- and Continental Cup, 615 in the men’s Continental Cup and FIS Cup. Three nations alone had 299 suits controlled: 105 of the Austrians, 98 of the Germans and 96 of the Norwegians. Out of the 14 disqualifications in the men’s World Cup only eighth were due to a violation of the rules concerning the suits, in the men’s COC it was 39 of a total of 60. 1325 suits were controlled in the men’s World Cup in the 2011/12 season. So 70 – 80 athletes had to stop by the equipment control container near the exit gate each weekend. „The atmosphere between the controllers and the athletes is very good“, tells Sepp Gratzer, who will start his tenth season as equipment controller in the FIS World Cup. “The athletes themselves want many controls – the more controls, the more fairness and equal chances.” What Gratzer says can be proven in reality. “The jumpers know exactly what’s the case. When Gregor Schlierenzauer came to me with his broken zipper and the tape with which they tried to fix it, he knew what will happen. There was no discussion and no: I tried to fix it”. The ski jumping suit is obviously a popular test object in order to get an advantage concerning the equipment that shall show in distances and points. Besides various criteria – for example concerning the length of arms and legs, the collar, the different parts and seams etc – there was the formula of “body measures plus a tolerance of 6cm”. So the suit didn’t have to be tight, there could be (but didn’t have to be) up to 6 cm of “air” between the body and the suit. Wind canal tests showed that it not always makes sense to use the full tolerance. The new suit The worrying about centimeters and millimeters could be over soon. A new suit was presented during the meeting of the FIS subcommittee for equipment and development in Zurich on Saturday. Gallery: Thomas Morgenstern tests the new suit » - It is not made of seven parts, but only of five what reduces the number of seams. - It has a zipper that exceeds the collar by 1.5 to 5 centimeters. So it can’t just open – one less reason for disqualification - The collar can have an elastic band - But most importantly: The tolerance of the whole suit will be reduced from 6 cm to 0 cm. Body size equals the suit size. The suit will practically become part of the body. Only from the knee downwards the old rule will still apply so the boot still fits under the suit. "We tested various materials and found fabrics that are elastic enough for the different positions during a jump”, Gratzer explains. That was also confirmed to the International Ski Federation by Thomas Morgenstern, who took one day to test the fit and gave his feedback. Gratzer: “He also had a positive opinion.” Men and women will benefit from the innovation. The new regulations improve the equal opportunities for smaller teams because the fiddling about will be history and the tailoring will be replaced by “off-the-peg” products. The fabrics will be delivered by two companies, Eschler Switzerland and Meininger Germany, and are available for all teams. “Certain criteria are necessary for producing the fabric and a certificate has to be presented that it meets this requirements”, said Gratzer, who doesn’t expect problems with fakes or imitations. “The numbers speak for themselves”, he smiles. “Even if it’s a lot of effort in the small world of ski jumping to control hundreds of suits, these numbers are negligible in the global economy. Every athlete in every sports needs sports shoes, not every athlete needs a ski jumping suit.” What are the next steps? The FIS subcommittee followed the remarks of the FIS experts after a vital discussion about the pros and contras and afterwards a clear majority, with only one vote against it, agreed to the proposal. But nothing is decided yet. Over the next days the national ski associations will be informed about the planned innovations and asked for their statements. At the FIS Congress in South Korea late May the ski jumping committee will make the final decision. Effects If the new suit will become reality, this will of course have an effect on the sport. Obviously there are no reliable values yet, but it is expected that it can’t be jumped that aggressive at the take-off anymore, and that the movement will be more upwards to allow a ballistic higher flight curve. This also means that the inrun speed will have to be increased in order to reach the same distances as before. But these are all speculations that have to be tested in reality. Quelle: berkutschi |
| Autor: Britta - Kommentare (0) - 14.04.2012 um 20:23 |
| 2 new sections |
| international provisional calendars are online on sections
summer and winter 2012/2013 |
| Autor: Britta - Kommentare (0) - 14.04.2012 um 18:11 |