{"id":5842,"date":"2025-02-27T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/sportarten\/cross-country-skiing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:58:04","slug":"cross-country-skiing","status":"publish","type":"soswi_sportarten","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/sports\/cross-country-skiing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross Country Skiing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-soswi-large-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-067a9867 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross Country Skiing is an integral part of Special Olympics Switzerland and combines endurance and technique. This winter sport offers competitions over long and short distances, making it suitable for beginners as well.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Competition Format<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:-12px\">Races usually take place in classic technique, but skating is also possible in longer distances. Most competitions also include relay events.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distances vary from 500m to 10km. For beginners (Level 1), competitions take place on predominantly flat courses, while for advanced athletes (Level 2), they are held on hilly terrain.    <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The shortest distances per level (Level 1 \u2013 500m, Level 2 \u2013 1km) are run with individual starts (interval start), while longer distances sometimes feature attractive mass starts. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Olympics Switzerland is also invited to international competitions and the World Games. We forward invitations to events abroad to sports groups that are active with us. Further information can be found under <a href=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/international-competitions\/\">International Competitions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/world-games\/\">World Games<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through a cooperation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swiss-ski.ch\/\">Swiss Ski<\/a>, the development of Cross Country Skiing in Switzerland for people with intellectual disabilities is supported by the association.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"soswi-pagenavigation\">\n    <h2>Regulations<\/h2>\n\t<ul class=\"fa-ul\">                <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/files.soswi.compresso.website\/Homepage\/Sport\/Sportarten\/CC-CrossCountrySkiing\/Reglement_LANGLAUF_03.2018_d.pdf\"\n                    >Regulations Special Olympics Switzerland<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/files.soswi.compresso.website\/Homepage\/Sport\/Sportarten\/CC-CrossCountrySkiing\/Reglement_LANGLAUF_%c3%84nderungen_2018_d.pdf\"\n                    >Changes to Regulations<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/resources.specialolympics.org\/sports-essentials\/sports-and-coaching\/cross-country-skiing\"\n                    >Special Olympics International Regulations<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                    <span class=\"fa-li\"><i class=\"fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                    <a\n                            target=\"_self\"\n                            href=\"https:\/\/www.fis-ski.com\/cross-country\/documents\"\n                    >International Federation Regulations<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n              <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facts &amp; Figures 2024<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-weiss-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-70a187f1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"soswi-factsfigures\">\n\t<div class=\"facts\">\n      <div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">3<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Events<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">103<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Participations athletes<\/p><\/div><div class=\"fact\"><p class=\"factNumber\">54<\/p><p class=\"factTitle\">Participating coaches<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contacts<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-weiss-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e3964afe wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:20px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-752cd03d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"personsblock aligncenter single vertical\">\n  <div class=\"person\">\n  <div class=\"person__image is-100\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mitarbeiter-special-olympics-2023-16-scaled-e1761237893218.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"person__content\">\n    <div>\n      <h2>Aldo Doninelli<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"jobdescription\">National &amp; World Games, Sports &amp; Formations<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div><p class=\"contacttitle\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:doninelli@soswi.compresso.website\">E-Mail<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"personsblock single vertical\">\n  <div class=\"person\">\n  <div class=\"person__image is-100\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/christoph-schmid-scaled-e1758555882211.jpg\" alt=\"Christoph Schmid\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"person__content\">\n    <div>\n      <h2>Christoph Schmid<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"jobdescription\">Technical Coordinator<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7608,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Cross Country Skiing at Special Olympics Switzerland","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover Cross Country Skiing at Special Olympics Switzerland \u2013 ideal for beginners and advanced athletes with competitions from 500m to 10km.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"soswi_tax_sportarten":[111],"class_list":["post-5842","soswi_sportarten","type-soswi_sportarten","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","soswi_tax_sportarten-official-sport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten\/5842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/soswi_sportarten"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten\/5842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94958,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_sportarten\/5842\/revisions\/94958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"soswi_tax_sportarten","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_tax_sportarten?post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}