Section 4 of 6
The FIS World Cup formats, the 2026 removal from the calendar, and the independent events that ran instead of a collapse.
5 pieces · all sections
Lead piece
Describes the FIS Telemark World Cup's classic, sprint, and parallel sprint formats — the course requirements, the scoring structure, and how each format developed from the discipline's transition into FIS governance.
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The Race
Chronicles the FIS decision to drop telemark from the 2026 World Cup calendar — the sequence of decisions, the national federations involved, and the formal record of the withdrawal.
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Covers the independent event series that replaced the FIS calendar in the 2026 season — which organisations ran events, which venues hosted them, and what the season's existence argues about the discipline's organisational base.
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Profiles the USTSA and the North American race series it governs — the event structure, the qualifying pathway, and the association's position within the post-FIS landscape.
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Examines the Junior Worlds record and the national federations that continued to fund telemark competition after the FIS withdrawal — contrasting those that maintained programmes with those that did not, from the published federation records.
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