(ATR) The International Ski Federation received a record number of candidates for world championships host cities when twelve bid applicants were announced for four events in 2012 and 2013.
The list of bid city candidates:
- 2012 FIS Ski Flying World Championships: Harrachov, Czech Republic, and Vikersund, Norway.
- 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Schladming, Austria, St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado.
- 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: Falun, Sweden, Lahti, Finland, Oberstdorf, Germany, Val di Fiemme, Italy, and Zakopane, Poland.
- 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships: Voss, Norway.
A fifth event, the 2013 FIS Snowboard World Championships, did not receive a host city application by the May 1st deadline. The event has received interest in hosting the event, and FIS will extend its deadline for bid city applications FIS President Gian Franco Kasper.until the FIS Council meetings on May 28th.
All 2012 & 2013 FIS World Championships host cities will be announced during the Congress Week in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2008.
FIS Supports Youth Olympic Games
FIS announced its support for the Youth Olympic Games. The concept was developed by the IOC to draw youth interest to the Olympics.
In a statement, FIS president Gian Franco Kasper said that while the federation agrees with the IOC about the youth games, it will have to make efforts to avoid conflict between the Games and its own championships.
“FIS supports the principal idea of Winter Youth Games,” Kasper said in a statement. “For us it will be important to set the schedule so that we do not conflict with the FIS World Championships. We would also welcome flexible, discipline-specific age limits set to reflect the varying needs of our sports, such as 14-16 for all FIS disciplines that are not endurance sports.
“Similarly, the competition program would need to be carefully determined per discipline and be limited to a few events only. To make the organization financially feasible, the team size should also be smaller than in the Olympic Winter Games.”
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