Längdskidsäsongen 2016/2017

WSC entry requirements for individual Cross-Country events Requirements for the distance competitions (10/15km Interval Start, Skiathlon and 30/50km Mass Start).
Athletes who have reached at least one result better than or equal to 90 FIS points distance for the men and 120 FIS points distance for the ladies during the last 365 days (21/02/2016 – 21/02/2017), will be allowed to start in the distance competitions (10/15km Interval Start, Skiathlon and 30/50km Mass Start).
A qualification competition (5 km for ladies and 10km for men) will be held on February 22nd 2017 for the athletes who didn’t reach these requirements. The top 10 ranked competitors will be allowed to start in the distance competitions (10/15km Interval Start, Skiathlon and 30/50 km Mass Start) as part of their nation’s quota under the condition that they have achieved less than 180 FIS points (including the penalty) for the ladies and 140 FIS points for the men.
The entries have to be submitted according to the following deadlines (also check art. 13.3 above): – Preliminary entries: October 30th 2016 – Provisional team selection: February 1st 2017 – Final team selection: 24 hours after the last FIS World Cup – Final entries: in principle 3 hours before the Team Captains’ Meeting (jury decision)
Requirements for the sprint: no special requirements

Grønland knurrede Det samme gjorde sig gældende for den grønlandske langrendsløber Martin Møller, og det fik Grønlands Idræts-Forbund, der i OL-regi er underlagt DIF, til at knurre over den politiske overmagt i Danmark. Her lød begrundelsen for udtagelseskravene: »Vi er en stolt idrætsnation og ingen bananrepublik, der blot er glad for at være med. Som minimum skal vi have niveau til at slutte i den bedste tredjedel, vi vil ikke tage derned for at blive til grin«, sagde DIF’s OL- og elitechef, Jesper Frigast Larsen, der igen og igen skulle forklare sin politiske ledelses beslutning. Imens rystede atleterne frustreret på hovedet. De følte, at deres politikere hverken forstod eller respekterede de olympiske værdier, eller hvor mange år af deres liv de havde investeret i drømmen om at blive olympisk atlet. Skrappe krav droppes Tankevækkende nok var der heller ikke drukket meget kaffe i kontorerne i Idrættens Hus i Brøndby, før DIF droppede de ekstra skrappe danske OL-krav et halvt års tid efter legene i Torino.