FIS FACT SHEET: Pilot of new rules at Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix 2009

29 July 2009//- This media information package provides material detailing the rule changes in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined (Ski Jumping) that will be piloted during the 2009 Summer Grand Prix in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined. The package contains information on the following subjects:

1. Greater fairness and safety - end of a dogma, or why it is not necessary to do competition jumps with constant inrun lengths;
2. Interview with Walter Hofer: "Luck still plays too important a role";
3. The importance of numbers in sport: math without sport is conceivable, sports without math isn't;
4. Statements on tests during the Summer Grand Prix by:
- Jouko Törmänen, Chairman of FIS Ski Jumping Committee ;
- Harald Aarhus, Chairman of Executive Board for Nordic Combined;
- Gregor Schlierenzauer, ski jumper.

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