Pursuit Competitions
Pursuit competitions are carried out as combined competitions where the starting times of individual athletes are determined by results of previous competitions, and the final result is determined by the finish order at the last of these competitions.
For Grapefruit Cup, we use a type of pursuit competition referred to as a “Pursuit Competition – With a Break”, which is a two race series, conducted over two successive days (weeks for us), which provides a test of each skiers’ ability in both classic and free technique styles.
The first race is an interval-start race (usually classical technique). From this first race, the time interval behind the winner is calculated for each skier and this becomes the time that each particular skier starts the second race. This is referred to as a pursuit start.
For the pursuit start, multiple start lanes are used and each skier is responsible for starting at their designated start time. The winner is the first skier to cross the finish line at the end of the second race.
For Grapefruit Cup racers who do not have a finishing time for the first race (ie. did not race), they may still race the second leg of the pursuit and will be given a start time in a wave behind the interval pursuit starts.
Pursuit competitions are carried out as combined competitions where the starting times of individual athletes are determined by results of previous competitions, and the final result is determined by the finish order at the last of these competitions.
For Grapefruit Cup, we use a type of pursuit competition referred to as a “Pursuit Competition – With a Break”, which is a two race series, conducted over two successive days (weeks for us), which provides a test of each skiers’ ability in both classic and free technique styles.
The first race is an interval-start race (usually classical technique). From this first race, the time interval behind the winner is calculated for each skier and this becomes the time that each particular skier starts the second race. This is referred to as a pursuit start.
For the pursuit start, multiple start lanes are used and each skier is responsible for starting at their designated start time. The winner is the first skier to cross the finish line at the end of the second race.
For Grapefruit Cup racers who do not have a finishing time for the first race (ie. did not race), they may still race the second leg of the pursuit and will be given a start time in a wave behind the interval pursuit starts.