Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Optimizing the Ski Network Density in the Competition Areas for Ski Orienteering

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (2)
Authors
Khudik, Anna A.; Bliznevskiy, Alexander Yu.; Khudik, Sergey V.; Bliznevskaya, Valentina S.; Zlobin, Alexander A.
Contact information
Khudik, Anna A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; Bliznevskiy, Alexander Yu.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Khudik, Sergey V.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Bliznevskaya, Valentina S.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Zlobin, Alexander A. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
density of ski network; technical complexity; orienteering; gradation of ski tracks; optimization of competitive speed; spectacularity of competitions
Abstract

The purpose of any competition is to identify the strongest athletes in a certain sport, and in a complex sport, i.e. sports orienteering, the winning factor is an optimal combination of physical endurance, technical skills and maximum self-realization of athletes. Today more than ever, the spectacularity and attractiveness of sports increases comprehensive involvement in sports. This points to the special responsibility of the competition organizers in the preparation of starts, which also applies to the ski orienteering disciplines. In comparison to cross-country skiing and biathlon, it is necessary to prepare not just a standard ski track and the start-finish arena, but a whole network of such tracks, combining trails of different grades. This study analyses the prepared terrains with a ski tracks network for competitions in the individual disciplines of ski orienteering in a given direction. The authors have determined the correlation between the density of the ski tracks networks and the final Russian ranking of the strongest Russian athletes. As a result, the optimal ski network density coefficients (SND) in the competition area were calculated for the category of men/women (SND 32.04 + 1.37), and for the category of male and female juniors under 21 years old (SND 32.15 + 1.87). The SND coefficient introduced in the article is the total length of tracks of all classes per 1 km2 of the competition area rounded to the nearest hundredth. It is a relevant characteristic of the competition area, as the organizers may sometimes make either a simpler track network or over-fill it with tracks and turn it literally into a ski trails web. Both choices have a negative impact on the objectivity of the athletes’ results

Pages
417–424
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FWHDFE
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/154959

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