WORLDLOPPET ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

WL Annual General Meeting held on the French Alps last weekend
All WL competitions to assign FIS points from next season on
Thumbs up to the past winter season
‘A little concerned about figures and the near future’ – Angelo Corradini admits


The small alpine town of Champagnole in the Jura department (FRA) hosted the 2015 Worldloppet General Meeting last weekend, and almost the entire WL family took part in the event (19 members out of 20 WL members with Japanese Sapporo the only one missing).
The first comments from the house of La Transjurassienne ski marathon on the French Alps were absolutely positive in regard of the past winter season where all races took place regularly and successfully despite a general mild winter faced almost everywhere.
Along with the WL members and staff led by WL Secretary General Angelo Corradini, representatives from FIS and French skier Benoit Chauvet, who represented the athletes’ point of view, joined the meeting. ‘Any athlete who aims to compete in World Cups, Olympics or World Championships has to collect FIS points – claimed Corradini – and I am extremely pleased to announce that all next Worldloppet races in every corner of this planet will assign FIS points to all athletes with a valid FIS-code. This is very important especially for young skiers or those who are about to enter the red group. In the beginning we will all be facing some troubles from an organisational point of view, but I am confident it will be all fixed in little time’.
Around 130.000 racers from more than 50 nations join the WL mass events each year, from Australia to China, from New Zealand to Canada, United States, Argentina and the Old Europe where the majority of the ski-marathons take place.
‘In all this – said Corradini with some concern – we must admit that WL figures are not the same as in previous years. All OCs have to seriously consider what is happening now, we cannot step back, we have to face any difficulty or complication with resolution and never give up. I do invite everybody to react and deeply analyse each scenario carefully during the summer. We must be ready for a new exciting season in a few months time.’