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With the innovation of shaped skis around the turn of the 21st century, equipment used for slalom in international competition changed drastically. World Cup skiers commonly skied on slalom skis at a length of 203–207 centimetres (79.9–81.5 in) in the 1980s and 1990s but by the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City , the majority of ...
KB – Classic/Super/Alpine combined; PS – Parallel slalom; CE – City event (parallel); PG – Parallel giant slalom; K.O. – Knockout slalom
Ski racing may refer to: Winter Olympic sports. Alpine skiing; Part of the biathlon. Military patrol, the biathlon's predecessor sport; Cross-country skiing (sport) Some of the freestyle skiing events, such as: Mogul skiing, where speed counts for a percentage of the score; Ski cross; Part of the Nordic combined; Other sports. Randonnée racing ...
The word "ski" comes from the Old Norse word "skíð" which means to "split piece of wood or firewood". [6] Asymmetrical skis were used in northern Finland and Sweden until at least the late 19th century. On one foot, the skier wore a long straight non-arching ski for sliding, and a shorter ski was worn on the other foot for kicking.
Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child, painted by Knud Bergslien.Painting located at The Ski Museum. Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The Birkebeinerrennet has been held since 1932, and commemorates a trip made by the Birkebeiner loyalists Torstein Skevla and Skjervald Skrukka to save the infant heir to the Norwegian throne, Håkon Håkonsson, in 1206.
The Hahnenkamm Races (German: Hahnenkamm Rennen or Rooster Comb Races) is one of the world's most prestigious FIS Alpine Ski World Cup race in Kitzbühel, Austria, held annually since 1931. This is the world's second oldest alpine skiing competition after Lauberhorn , with the second most esteemed ski trophy after the Lauberhorn race.
The combined used the results of the only downhill race with two runs of combined slalom. The regular slalom (two runs) was held the following day. With the introduction of giant slalom at the world championships in 1950, the combined event disappeared from the Olympics for four decades, until re-introduced in 1988.
The Chief Race Director of the inaugural event at Alta Badia, Markus Waldner, on 20 December 2015 stated that "great performances" and "head-to-head fights" between the best giant slalom racers is the goal of the competition. The course for the first race was very compact at about 20–22 seconds duration, or about one-third of a normal GS run.