2017 Championship Selection List

U.S. Nationals Open This Weekend at SoHo; World Champs Starts on the Line

Gavin KentchJanuary 5, 2017

Who’s racing what when U.S. Nationals begin at SoHo on Saturday morning? And what are they racing for (besides bragging rights)? FasterSkier explains why, when it comes to domestic racers hoping to make it to World Champs in Lahti, second place this month is worth more than first place last month.

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Looking to Lahti: Inside the USST’s World Champs Selection Criteria

Gavin KentchSeptember 2, 2016

A closer look at the U.S. Ski Team's new selection criteria for 2017 World Championships, designed to reward the top performers in a given season and discourage points chasing. “Athletes who skied fast in the spring of the previous season no longer have a potential advantage over those athletes skiing fast in the current season," U.S. Ski Team Head Coach Chris Grover wrote. "...The athlete that is winning races is most likely going to make the Team.”