FIL Youth Commission meets online

Berchtesgaden (FIL) On Saturday May 29, 2021, the Youth and Development Commission met online in a video meeting. At the beginning at 9 a.m., there was a minute of silence in memory of the long-time Chairman of the Commission Sepp Benz, who achieved a lot for the sport of luge and who unfortunately passed away in February 2021.

In the following workshop, the development of young luge talents was discussed together with the Commission members under the leadership of the Vice-Chairman Hans-Jürgen Köhne. A major topic was the integration of the still new discipline women's doubles into the Junior World Cup. Furthermore, the further use of the standard sleds for the women and proposals for future sled standards for the men's doubles as well as the sports calendar 2021/22, starting heights, international training weeks and the use of jury and TDs were discussed and planned.

Hans-Jürgen Köhne concluded by saying: "The Commission supports that in the coming winter the women's doubles of the General Class should compete in the Junior World Cup. This was a very important step that the Sports Commission worked out at its meeting on 15 May and it will be very crucial for the ladies. In three racing classes, from the Youth A to the General Class, we would have all women's doubles in the Junior World Cup and can act flexibly with the starting heights. 

In addition, according to the FIL development programme, there will be a third FIL group in the future, which is exclusively concerned with development work and has the goal of preparing the young athletes for participation in the Youth A and Junior World Cup. All in all, we have experienced a very successful Commission meeting and are looking positively into the future, especially for the application for a possible new Olympic discipline, the women's doubles," reported Hans-Jürgen Köhne.