FIS President Johan Eliasch is in favor of extending the Alpine World Cup finals to two weekends in order to avoid decisions in speed races during the week.
“The idea is that we do the technical disciplines on the first weekend, then we’ll schedule other events during the week such as downhill training, the team competition or the combination, and then we’ll do the speed disciplines on the last weekend,” said Eliasch in an ORF interview.
FIS President Johan Eliasch about his plans
The current final in Andorra started on Wednesday with the downhill and ends on Sunday with technical races. Next season, Saalbach will be the venue for the final World Cup competitions. According to the current schedule, the races are scheduled for March 20-24, 2024. As usual, the next calendar will be fixed in May.
Eliasch is also against radical steps regarding the parallel formats and the combination. Before giving up or making drastic changes, everything must be done to find out the best possible formats, according to the controversial head of the world association.