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These records have been established on the quickest tracks of each time. In 2022, the quickest active track is Chabrières in Vars (France). 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 ...
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 rules for downhill skiing competitions were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1925 British National Ski Championships. A speed of 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) was first achieved by Johan Clarey at the 2013 Lauberhorn World Cup, [5] beating the previous record of 98 mph (158 km/h), set by Italian Stefan Thanei in 2005.
During winters at Squaw Valley, McKinney gained a reputation there for skiing long, expert-level runs at high speed using 225 cm downhill skis. McKinney learned about speed skiing from his friend, Dick Dorworth, [12] who was the first skier to break 105 mph. In speed skiing, the limits were few, so McKinney could ski as fast as he dared. In ...
Alpine Skiing: 46 in Giant Slalom, 40 in Slalom. [9] 9: Therese Johaug Norway: 84: 2007– Cross-Country Skiing: 73 in Distance Races, 10 in Ski Tours, 1 in Sprint. [10] 10: Lindsey Vonn United States 82: 2000– Alpine Skiing: 43 in Downhill, 28 in Super-G, 5 in Combined, 4 in Giant Slalom, 2 in Slalom. [11] 11: Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway ...
At the 2014 Sochi Games, he was the assistant alpine skiing coach of the Australian Paralympic Team. [11] Milton holds the open Australian downhill speed skiing record, beating the top recorded speeds by able-bodied skiers. His personal best downhill speed is 213 km/h (132 mph). [3
In addition to having the fastest time, he also had the highest speed on the "Zielschuss" at 142.3 km/h (88.4 mph). It was the second consecutive downhill victory for Défago; he won the Lauberhorn downhill the previous week at Wengen to join a handful of skiers to win both classic races in consecutive weeks. [2]
His time for the 4-mile (6.4 km) race was 6 minutes 29.2 seconds, with an estimated top speed of over 90 miles per hour (140 km/h), cutting the existing course record in half. Matt was the U.S. Downhill Champion in 1939 and 1941, winning 30 downhill races nationally.