The FIS Athletes‘ Commission held its annual meeting yesterday, 2nd June. With the news just coming in the day before that the Council had granted an observer position to the Athletes Commission, a primary goal of the Commission was reached.

“This is great news. The decision will enable us to represent the athletes’ interests at Council level and in turn provide the athletes a greater understanding of the important side of FIS which goes on behind the decisions. We are very grateful to have been given this opportunity and will use it as a learning experience and look forward to working with the Council on a proposal for the next Congress to be included in the decision-making processes as a Council Member“, Kikkan Randall, Chair of the FIS Athletes‘ Commission stated.

The many areas of activity of the Commission include dual career, the promotion of clean sport and children’s initiatives. It was a perfect opportunity for experts from the World Academy of Sport (Chris Solly), FIS Anti-Doping (Sarah Fussek) and FIS Bring Children to the Snow (Andrew Cholinski) to join the meeting and foster collaboration between the respective initiatives and the Commission.

Further detailed discussions centered around the establishment of safety concern protocols which could be used to officially announce issues with the jury, in addition to establishing athlete networks to efficiently gather feedback and spread important information.

Source: the official FIS site