Word: naoc
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...larger controversies that almost forced the Games out of Nagano concerned downhill skiing. This dispute, resolved last December, dragged on for five years, creating obviously less-than-friendly relations between the Nagano Organizing Committee (NAOC) and the International Ski Federation (FIS). In brief, the NAOC, headed by Makoto Kobayashi, had been strongly opposed to a bid by the FIS to raise the start of the downhill event in Nagano by 120 meters to 1,800 meters. According to CNN, Kobayashi stated that doing so would "break environmental laws by putting it into a national park which covers part...
...NAOC proposed a compromise to raise the start of the downhill course by 60 meters, as long as the new addition would be between the park and a chairlift that runs along the edge of the park. FIS had originally objected on the grounds that the skiing time for the current course--about one minute and 30 seconds--was too short to be a "true Olympic test". Additionally, FIS asked to use part of the restricted area on the grounds that recreational skiers were already using the part of the park that Kobayashi claimed previously to have rare plants that...
Kobayashi appeared at the end to be alone in his defiance of the FIS, with only one other supporter in the advisory body to support his stance. The three remaining members, including Japanese Olympic Committee president Hironoshin Furuhashi, have been "openly critical of the NAOC over the issue." Criticism has also come from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but both the IOC and the FIS decided they would abide by Japan's decision, and the Games remained in Nagano...
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