The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Ski Federation (FIS) have announced a new Cooperation Agreement for the World Para Snow Sports.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday (6 November) following a meeting at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The IPC acts as the International Federation for Para alpine skiing, Para cross-country and Para snowboard. In line with the new agreement, FIS has appointed a FIS Sub-Committee for those Para Snow Sports to act as a liaison for technical matters between FIS and the IPC and its advisory groups.
The new agreement is intended to clarify the respective roles of FIS and the IPC, and each organisation’s operational involvement in certain snow sports for athletes with an impairment.
The meeting had the presence of the IPC President Andrew Parsons, FIS President Gian Franco Kasper, and IPC Chief Executive Officer Xavier Gonzalez.
"We have a long and strong relationship with FIS and we see this new agreement as an important step to strengthen World Para Snow Sports. We have seen the results achieved by the athletes and the success of Para Snow Sports competitions in recent years. With FIS support and expertise, we can develop the sports even further, reaching more athletes and countries," said IPC President Andrew Parsons.
"The continued cooperation with the International Paralympic Committee is a positive and important way to continue to guarantee that Para Snow Sports can be carried out on the highest level with the cooperation of the two key governing bodies working together. The establishment of the sub-committee is a key development to ensure quality competitions for the athletes," said FIS President Gian Franco Kasper.
The sub-committee will organise two meetings per year during the FIS Technical Meetings in which IPC advisory group members/representatives and other involved persons will discuss and update the progress and aspects related to the sports for athletes with an impairment that mirror their FIS discipline counterparts
The sub-committee will also provide assistance to the IPC World Para Snow Sports through alignment with FIS technical documentation such as check-lists, FIS rules updates, Technical Delegates (TDs) education pathways, and networking such as facilitating contact with potential organisers.
-- ends --
Notes to the Editor
For further information, please contact Craig Spence, IPC Chief Marketing and Communications Officer on e-mail: craig.spence@paralympic.org. Alternatively, please visit www.paralympic.org.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. It co-ordinates the organisation of the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for 10 sports, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC’s vision is to enable Para athletes to achieve sporting excellence and inspire and excite the world.
To watch videos and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV.
Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Paralympics or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/paralympics.
25 Years at #1: Your best source of news about the Olympics is www.aroundtherings.com, for subscribers only
Recent Articles
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Beyond the final result, Roland Garros left the feeling that the Italian and the Spaniard will shape the great duel that came to help us through the duel for the end of the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era.
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
She is the third in her sport and the seventh athlete to achieve it in the same edition; in Santiago 2023 she was the first athlete with disabilities to compete at the Pan American level and won a medal.
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Argentinian Rodrigo Isgró received a five-game suspension for an indiscipline in the circuit’s decisive clash that would exclude him until the final or the bronze match; the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful.
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
The Kenyan received the maximum sanction for irregularities in his biological passport and the Court considered that he was part of a system of “deliberate and sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
The American, a seven-time Olympic champion, referred to the case of the 23 positive controls before the Tokyo Games that were announced a few weeks ago and shook the swimming world. “I think our faith in some of the systems is at an all-time low,” he said.
