Dear Cross Country Community,
The 2023-24 Cross Country World Cup Selection Criterion has been approved by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Cross Country Sport
Committee and can be found here:
https://usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-programs/criteria/cross-country-world-cup-criteria
A few notes about the updated criterion and the Canmore and Minneapolis World Cups:
- We have removed the criteria that allows for an athlete ranked in the top-50 WC Overall to proceed to the next period of World Cup. The athlete must be ranked in the top-30 (women) or top-40 (men) in either the distance cup or the sprint cup to be selected to ensure that the athlete is strong enough in a particular discipline to occupy a valuable start quota position.
Canmore and Minneapolis World Cups
- The USA has a max quota of 12 men and 12 women per race in Canmore & Minneapolis.
- 2 of these 12 athletes must be U23s or younger.
- Athletes will qualify either for sprints or distance races or both.
- We’ll likely have over 30 unique USA athletes in each venue.
- SuperTour leaders can start every race (must be included in the 12).
- Final entries (specific athlete and staff names) are due 2 weeks prior to Canmore.
- We can’t back out of rooms without financial penalty inside 2 weeks.
- We pay per person (not room) 125 CHF/day/person double occupancy.
- It is possible to live at home in Minneapolis. I need to know way in advance. Preliminary entries, without names but including specific room numbers, are due 8 weeks in advance.
- As Team USA, we’ll work as one big coaching, service, and medical team.
- Group size will likely be close to 60 persons. Communication and advance planning will be imperative!
- We’ll circulate important health protocols prior to travel that we need every athlete and staff member to follow closely to protect your ability to ski to your potential.
- Athletes are required to race in a U.S. Ski Team race suit. We’ll provide them.
- This is going to be an incredible opportunity to showcase our talented athletes on our home stage and will be really fun.
- Questions? grover@usskiandsnowboard.org +1 435 640 8545
