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Key points from the FIS Spring meetings in Portoroz, Slovenia.

NORDIC COMBINED
· USSA will have the chance to host World Cup B competitions at two sites in conjunction with two competitions in Vancouver during the 2008-09 season.
· Team Sprint competitions will now be include only one competition jump per team member, but will still use the current calculation system (30 points per minute).
· The green light phase is changed from 5 seconds to 10.
· The BMI scale will remain the same this season, however, athletes will be weighed without their competition equipment (boots and suits).
· Small modifications to the jumping suit requirements were made (elastic in the collar is no longer allowed, thumb stirrups are no longer allowed).
· Ski jumping helmets are being reviewed with an aim of evaluating the requirement of an international crash safety rating, visible on the helmet.
· A new scoring system for mass-start events will be tested during the SUGP, which will include a meters per place according to the cross country finish, and bonus meters based on mid-race sprints.
· The Nordic Combined FIS TD seminar will take place in Liberec, CZE Sept. 19-23.
· A nordic combined girls' class has been established (competitors under 16 years old), with the first competitions to be held during the SUGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer.

SKI JUMPING
· Lake Placid (Aug. 28-29), Park City (Sept. 1-2) and Iron Mountain (Feb. 16-17) were accepted into the 2007-08 Continental Cup calendar. Lake Placid and Park City will host women's events; Iron Mountain will host men's.
· New standards for the judging of outrun fault group deductions were adopted.
· The maximum age for Junior Worlds is increased to under 20 years old.
· The minimum age for Ski Flying is established at 18.
· The BMI scale will remain the same this season, however, athletes will now be weighed without their competition equipment (boots and suits).
· Small modifications to the jumping suit requirements were made (elastic in the collar is no longer allowed, thumb stirrups are no longer allowed).
· FIS Youth Cup events will be held in conjunction with SUGP and World Cup events (quota of 5 competitors per gender per nation).
Ski jumping helmets are being reviewed with an aim of evaluating the requirement of an international crash safety rating, visible on the helmet. This item will be re-examined in the fall.