US EditionFis Confirms Rule Changes After Olympic All-Around in Predazzo
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Three serious knee injuries in one weekend at the Olympic Games in Predazzo prompted swift action by the FIS umbrella federation to increase safety in ski jumping. The Subcommittee for Equipment and Development on Wednesday in Zurich, as expected, approved changes to the rules for jumpers' jerseys, announced Slovenian national team leader Gorazd Pogorelčnik after the meeting.
"After the events in Predazzo, it was clear that certain things would definitely need to be fixed, we had to agree on what we would do with the development of women's jumping. The decision was made to increase the circumference of women's jerseys by one centimeter and to make the gap two centimeters lower. The jumpers will have more support surface, which will also reduce the speed on the runway, which also means a lower flight parabola, and the…
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