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Since Killy's feat, no male alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics. ( Janica Kostelic later won three gold medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics ). This was the first Olympics with a two-run men's giant slalom , with one run per day.
Debra Rae "Debbie" Armstrong (born December 6, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Seattle, Washington.She was the first Olympic gold medalist from the U.S. in women's alpine skiing in twelve years, winning the giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Uvyrdslåm was a trail with several obstacles. [2] A Norwegian military downhill competition in 1767 included racing downhill among trees "without falling or breaking skis". Sondre Norheim and other skiers from Telemark practiced uvyrdslåm or "disrespectful/reckless downhill" where they raced downhill in difficult and untested terrain (i.e ...
Since 1988, events for both men and women have been held in five disciplines: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G (since 1988), and combined. [4] From 1948 to 1980 , the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years (with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years).
In 58 World Cup seasons 1941 races (535 downhills, 248 super-G's, 461 giant slaloms, 542 slaloms, 134 combined, 2 parallel slaloms, 10 city events, 8 parallel giant slaloms and 1 K.O. slalom) for men were held.
The Men's slalom competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The defending world champion was Frank Wörndl of West Germany, while Yugoslavia's Bojan Križaj was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Alberto Tomba the leader of the 1988 World Cup .
Mahre was born in Yakima, Washington alongside his fraternal twin brother Steve (who is four minutes younger). Phil, Steve, and their seven siblings (four older, three younger) [1] grew up at a ski area; in 1964, their father Dave "Spike" Mahre became the mountain manager for the White Pass ski area, [2] [3] [4] 50 miles (80 km) west of Yakima on US-12, where they moved into a home near the ...
Marc Girardelli (born 18 July 1963) is an Austrian–Luxembourger former alpine ski racer, ... Slalom 1985: 2 December 1984: Sestriere, Italy: Slalom 11 December 1984: