No, bro. I myself was in this mix. Resisted. It was a miscalculation of the organizers - at the end of the descent it was snow-swept and the skiers flew into snow porridge at a speed of 50 km / h. It's good that no one was hurt. Although many of the equipment was broken.
This ski marathon is traditional and more such was not.
In justification of the organizers I will say that flaws also occur in competitions of a higher level. See: Vasaloppet