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Furthermore, one specific race (Speedmasters) is organized every year for permitting skiers to approach these records, at the period where the track is the quicker (end of March). Otherwise, other speed sports use skis : monoski, snowboard, telemark, skibob, snowscoot. Their Speed records are also established on the same tracks.
The downhill course is the longest in the world; its length of over 4.4 km (2.7 mi) results in run times of two and a half minutes (about 30–45 seconds longer than standard downhill races); top speeds approach 160 km/h (100 mph) on its Haneggschuss, the highest speeds on the World Cup circuit.
Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line at as high a speed as possible, as timed over a fixed stretch of ski slope. There are two types of contest: breaking an existing speed record or having the fastest run at a given competition. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 kilometres per hour (124 mph)
The United States star — the greatest downhill racer in women's World Cup history — was fastest in the first part of the course touching 124 kph (77 mph) and finished 0.58 seconds behind race ...
all races that weekend were cancelled after fatal accident in Ziel-S of Austrian skier Gernot Reinstadler at the downhill training on 18 January 1991 : KB: 19 January 1991 20 January 1991 747 DH 1991/92: 25 January 1992 Franz Heinzer: Markus Wasmeier: Helmut Höflehner: 749: KB: 25 January 1992 26 January 1992 Paul Accola: Günther Mader ...
Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years. Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium knee at age 40 in a ...
When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title. Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sun-bathed ...
Johan Clarey (born 8 January 1981) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer.He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. [1]Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through December 2023. [2]