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Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill , it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom .
The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Super-G course was 615 m (2,018 ft), starting at an elevation of 1,440 m (4,724 ft) above sea level, with a length of 2.200 km (1.37 mi). Svindal's winning time of 90.34 seconds yielded an average course speed of 87.669 km/h (54.5 mph), with an average vertical descent speed of 6.808 m/s (22.3 ft/s).
The Franz's Super-G course started at an elevation of 1,425 m (4,675 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 600 m (1,969 ft) and a length of 2.005 km (1.25 mi). Fischbacher's winning time of 80.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 90.067 km/h (56.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.487 m/s (24.6 ft/s).
The men's super-G in the 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events including the final. A race originally scheduled for Lake Louise in November and then rescheduled to Bormio in December was cancelled twice and was thought unlikely to be rescheduled, potentially reducing the season to six events. [1]
The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Sunday, 23 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. [9] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, are eligible to compete in the ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin's reign as super-G world champion ended on Thursday but, 382 days after her last race in the discipline, the American was happy enough to add ...
The men's super-G competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on Tuesday, 8 February, on the "Rock" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District. [1] Matthias Mayer of Austria defended his 2018 title. Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States won the silver medal, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won ...
The men's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Sunday, 16 February. [ 1 ] Kjetil Jansrud of Norway won the gold medal and Andrew Weibrecht of the United States took the silver.