John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:52:53 GMT, "Gary Jacobson"
wrote:


Recently read that this weekend's nordic races in Gallivare, Sweden were
held at "below zero" temperatures. I suppose that means below 0F, as the
talk was of severe cold.

Is there a low temperature limit for a FIS sanctioned xc-ski event?


I think it's -20C.

Correct.

The norwegian coach for the (winning) female team had a personal limit
of -18, if it had been any colder than that (but still within -20), he
would have pulled the team from the event.

The norwegian second-leg runner (Vibeke Skofterud) was the only one on
the team who didn't handle the conditions too well, she dropped back
quite a bit, and seemed quite a bit 'worse for wear' afterwards.

Terje

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