Skiing|The International Ski Federation fined nine national teams for choosing the wrong track.
On New Year’s Day At the Tour de Ski, men’s and women’s pursuit races were skied in the traditional way. He was again responsible for the most gratifying performance in Finnish terms Kerttu Niskanenwho finished third in the women’s race.
The fines handed out for the morning’s training spoke more about the placings in Toblach. The International Ski Federation (FIS) had informed the teams in advance that they may not use a certain shortcut when testing skis. However, the teams used the shortcut in question during the ski tests. Including Finland.
Communications Manager of the Finnish Ski Federation Juhana Särkelä confirmed the matter For MTV Sports.
As a result there were fines for all those who chose the wrong route.
Swedish Expressen’s nine countries received a fine of 250 Swiss francs (266 euros).
“It seems that almost all countries ski that route, the Swedish national team boss Anders Byström quoth In Expressen.”
In Byström’s opinion, Fis could have used common sense in the matter, and given all the countries guilty of the violation a verbal warning instead of fines.
Ski Tour continues after Thursday’s break on Friday in Val di Fiemme, which is a couple of hours’ drive from Toblach.