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Edition 71 |5 December, 2006 |
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Welcome to the 71st edition of the Ski & Snowboard Australia
E-News.
With the few remaining Australian athletes making final
preparations prior to departing overseas, it has been a mixed start
for those athletes who have already begun their competition season.
Difficult snow conditions throughout Europe has caused several
events to be postponed and cancelled, however early results in
World Cup and Nor Am events by several Australian athletes have
been promising. On a sour note, the early World Cup Alpine
competitions have not been kind to our National team, with two of
our most experienced athletes suffering season ending leg injuries
in the USA.
This edition of the SSA E-News will provide you with all the latest
event results and discipline updates as well as provide current
information on athlete requirements for travelling internationally
to compete.
Please note that the Ski and Snowboard Australia office will be
closed from Friday 22nd December to Tuesday 2nd January, 2006.
Please make sure that all your International Competition License
applications, race entry requests and other registrations are
submitted no later than Friday 15th December to allow time for the
applications to be processed before the office closes.
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Insurance/International Competition License (ICL)
Athletes who are planning to compete overseas during the northern
winter must have the following memberships and registrations:
SSA Membership
Discipline Registration
FIS Registration (If applicable)
International Competition License (ICL)
An athlete only has to purchase the ICL once during the membership
year. The ICL is only active with current competition insurance. To
apply for an ICL and purchase competition insurance please follow
the link below:
ICL
Policy Wording
In addition SSA will be providing an opportunity for coaches,
parents, and supporters to purchase a competitively priced standard
travel insurance product which will incorporate a rebate back to the
sport. We urge as many people as possible to support this initiative
as the more policies we as a sport are able to sell the better
chance we have to keep premiums down in the future.
Travel insurance
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Important Athlete
Information
Updated WADA Prohibited List
The World Anti-Doping Code 2007 Prohibited List is now available to
download,
please
click here.
The link includes the 2007 Prohibited
List, 2007 Monitoring Program and a summary of major modifications.
The 2007 list will come into effect on January 1st 2007, until that
time the 2006 Prohibited List remains effective.
Remember it is the athlete’s responsibility to check the status of
any medication prior to use. It is recommended that all athletes
re-check the status of their medications periodically, either by
calling the Anti-Doping Hotline on 1800 020 506 or referring to the
medications list on the ASADA website
www.asada.gov.au.
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ALPINE
Skiers out for the season after downhill injuries
Australia's two leading alpine skiers, Craig Branch and Jono
Brauer, have both gone under the surgeon's knife after sustaining
leg injuries in a World Cup event in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Branch, 29, and Brauer, 25, are likely to be out of racing for up to
12 months.
Competing in the downhill leg of the super combined event, Branch
tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and damaged
both menisci after landing awkwardly on the last jump of the Birds
of Prey course.
Click for more
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CROSS COUNTRY
Ben Sim has opened his 2006/2007 World Cup season with a personal
best performance in the 15km Freestyle in Gallivare in Sweden
yesterday. The 21 year old from Cooma finished 64th from the field
of 97 starters, his first time into the top 2/3 of a World Cup
field. Scoring FIS points of 58.34 (7.3 % behind the winner for the
old school Australian skiers who compare everything in %) for the
race, Sim is now fully qualified in World Cup for the rest of the
season.
Click for more
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FREESTYLE
The
Mogul and Aerial National teams are yet to compete in World Cup
events this season. Aerialist Jacqui Cooper will be making the trip
to China to compete in the first World Cup of the season beginning
on the 9th of December. The World Cup is a double event and will
give Jacqui the opportunity to overtake Kirstie Marshall and Marie-Claud
Asselin to record the most World Cup Aerial victories.
The National Mogul team will be travelling to Tignes, France to
compete in the first Mogul World Cup event of the season beginning
on the 14th of December.
Ski Cross becomes an Olympic discipline…
Meeting in Kuwait City, the Executive Board (EB) of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) reviewed the recommendations
of the IOC Program Commission regarding the Olympic program. It
decided to maintain the events included for the first time in Turin,
including team sprint in Cross-Country Skiing and snowboardcross. In
addition, the IOC EB decided to extend the program of the Olympic
Winter Games to include the ladies’ and men’s ski cross as had been
proposed by FIS following the decision the 45th International Ski
Congress in Vilamoura (POR) in May.
Click for more
Courtesy
www.fis-ski.com
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SNOWBOARD
Australian snowboarder Holly Crawford has made a strong start to the
2006/07 World Cup season, finishing in fifth place in Saas-Fee,
Switzerland.
Crawford topped her qualifying heat, then produced a 28.5 points
opening run in the final to record the third top 5 finish of her
career
Torino 2006 silver medallist Gretchen Bleiler of the United States
won the event from Soko Yamaoka of Japan, with 2005/06 World Cup
champion Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland in third place.
Crawford's result followed a third placing in Europa Cup last week
at the same venue.
Click for more
Courtesy OWI/Sportcom
Torino Olympian Jo Shaw has won gold in parallel slalom in the
opening round of the US Snowboarding Race to the Cup series in
Copper Mountain.
Shaw qualified in third place and met Swedish rider Aprilia Hagglof
in the semi-final round, going down narrowly in the opening run, but
bouncing back to take the second run by a decisive margin.
In the final she was too strong for Kimiko Zakreski, defeating the
Canadian in both runs, and posting a 500 point personal best along
the way.
The previous day, the 24-year-old Victorian rider has finished
fourth in the first round of the Colorado event.
Click for more
Courtesy
OWI/Sportcom
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