Equal Distances for Women and Men
Historic Decision of the FIS Cross Country Committee

The question if women and men are to race equal distances has been a very important topic for years and a prominent discussion building up to this year's FIS Cross Country Committee meetings as the decision was on the agenda.

The implementation will be effective from the upcoming World Cup season on the World Cup level as well as on Junior World Ski Championships (JWSC), U23 World Championships (U23 WSC) and Youth Olympic Games (YOG) levels for now. The decision whether to implement it on the World Ski Championships level will be discussed with all stakeholders and decided in May 2023.

In a second step, the voting members decided about the formats that will be in place and voted to use the following standard distances:

For World Cup: Sprint | 10km | 20km | 50km with Skiathlon being 20km (10km + 10km)
For U23 WSC and JWSC:  Interval 10km | Sprint | Mixed Relay 4x5km | Mst 20km
For YOG:  Interval 7.5km | Sprint | Mixed Relay 4x5km

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