Heather Noble

FIS는 월드컵 스피드 종목의 출발 순서를 바꿨습니다. 상위 10명의 선수(월드컵 출발 목록 또는 해당 이벤트의 WCSL 랭킹 기준)는 6위에서 15위 사이에서 무작위로 출발합니다. 더 이상 출발 위치를 선택할 수 없습니다.(공개 비브 추첨에 참석해야 함). 선수들은 WCSL 출발 #1-#5와 #16-#20에서 무작위로 11위에서 20위를 차지했습니다. #20 이후, 이 이벤트에서 WCSL에서 순위가 높지 않은 500점 이상의 선수를 선발합니다. 그 선수들 이후, 그들은 WCSL에서 21위에서 30위까지 순위를 올립니다.  GS/SL에서 WCSL 포인트가 500점 이상인 선수가 유리한 출발 위치를 차지할 수 있도록 허용하는 규정은 없습니다.

이 규칙 변경은 WCSL에서 10위를 차지한 레이서가 상위 10위 안에 있는 다른 모든 사람들이 원하지 않는 출발 포지션(보통 1위)에 갇히게 되는 오래된 규칙에서 "겁나는 10위"를 제거합니다. 대부분의 스피드 경주에서는 먼저 가지 않는 것이 더 낫습니다. 왜냐하면 선수들은 그들이 속도를 추구하거나 문제가 있는 곳에 대한 조언과 함께 첫 번째 선수들을 지켜보는 코치들로부터코스 보고서를 받기를 원하기 때문입니다. 특히 어떤 라인이 가장 빠른지 연습하는 훈련 런이 없는 Super G에서는 더욱 그렇습니다. 새로운 규정에 따르면, 최상위 선수는 무작위로 출발 위치를 할당받고 출발 위치를 선택할 수 없기 때문에, 출발 위치 #6-20 사이에 분산될 수 있습니다.(또는 추첨 운에 따라 그렇지 않을 수도 있습니다).

나는 그들이 GS/SL에서 출발 순서를 바꾸었다고 생각하지 않지만, 나는 그 종목들에서 출발을 지배하는 규칙을 자세히 연구하지 않았습니다.(관심 있다면 월드컵 규칙 9.2입니다).

새로운 스피드 이벤트 시작 순서를 정확한 설명하는 보려면 월드컵 규칙 9.3에 있습니다.

https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/v1663139898/fis-prod/assets/AL_WC_Rules_2223_14.09.2022.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0wLVHoJSQA1tGvoSmC6WWDzYbpDTZht1055hynvnq6CbdoA648mzJOJM4

Heather Noble

They have changed the start order in World Cup speed events. The best ten competitors (based on their ranking on the World Cup Start List or WCSL in that event) start between #6 and #15, in random order. They no longer get to pick their start position (though they are required to attend the public bib draw). Racers ranked from 11th to 20th on the WCSL start #1-#5 and #16-#20, in random order. After #20, they start any competitors with over 500 WCSL points who are not ranked high on the WCSL in this event. After those racers, they start those ranked 21st to 30th on the WCSL, up to #30.  There is no corresponding rule allowing racers with over 500 WCSL points an advantageous start position in GS/SL.

This rule change gets rid of the “dreaded tenth place” under the old rule, where the racer ranked in tenth place on the WCSL would get stuck with whichever start position everyone else in the top ten did not want to take -- usually first place. In most speed races it is better not to go first, because racers want to get course reports from coaches watching the first racers with advice about where they are finding speed or having trouble. This is especially true in Super G, where you don’t have training runs to practice which line is fastest. Under the new rule, the very top racers may (or may not, depending on the luck of the draw) be spread out among start positions #6-20, since they are randomly assigned start positions and do not get to select their start position.

I don’t think that they have changed the start order in GS/SL, but I have not closely studied the rule governing starts in those events (it’s Rule 9.2 in the World Cup Rules if you are interested).

If you want to see the exact language describing the new speed event start order, it is in Rule 9.3 of the World Cup rules, here:

https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/v1663139898/fis-prod/assets/AL_WC_Rules_2223_14.09.2022.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0wLVHoJSQA1tGvoSmC6WWDzYbpDTZht1055hynvnq6CbdoA648mzJOJM4