iii)
Overall maximum team size of 32 athletes (excluding the reigning FIS World Champions);iv)
The reigning FIS World Champions have the right to participate in addition to the quota in theevent they won at the 2007 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships. If however the WorldChampion is entered for other events, he/she must be included within the quota and must benominated (Single mogul & dual mogul are considered two different events).The CFSA is not required to fill the quota in any one discipline and reserves the right to select fewer athletes for adiscipline than the FIS Quota may allow.
8.0 ATHLETE NOMINATION PROCEDURES
Eligible freestyle ski athletes will be selected to compete in the 2009 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships bythe following procedures:
8.1 General Information
a)
Eligible athletes will be ranked by discipline according to gender(Moguls will have one list for Single and Duals combined);b)
For the purpose of ranking eligible mogul athletes, final placing from single mogul competitionswill be used. If an athlete places in the top 3 in a WC Dual Mogul event, the placing will count.If they are below top 3 in the final placing of a Dual mogul WC, their place in the qualification runwill count; however, top 3 qualification placing will count as a 4
th
place.c)
For the purpose of ranking eligible aerial athletes, placing from eligible competitions that aredowngraded, where the Jury has decided to limit the Degree of Difficulty due to weather or otherconditions, will not be considered for ranking purposes.
8.2 Moguls, Aerials, & Skier Cross
a)
All eligible mogul, aerial, and skier cross athletes will be ranked on the basis of their best three(3) OR four (4) FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup placing. The number of placings used from theselection period will depend on the number of competitions per discipline held during theselection period. The table below will apply to determine the number of placings used whenranking the athletes for each discipline:If 6 competitions or more
4 counting placings from the selection period (2008-09 FIS WC season)If 5 competitions or less
3 counting placings from the selection period (2008-09 FIS WC season)b)
Rankings will be calculated according to the sum of each athlete’s three (3) or four (4) bestplacing. For example, if 6 mogul competitions or more are held during the selection period andan athlete places 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
, and 10
th
in his/her four (4) best events, he or she will have a sumof 16 points. If 5 competitions or less are held, that same athlete would have a sum of 6 points(i.e. 1
st
+2
nd
+3
rd
);c)
The athlete with the lowest sum will be ranked 1
st
and so forth.d)
Single and Dual Mogul course length must be a minimum of 200 meters (according the TDreport) for the placing to be eligible
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