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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).
The women's slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 9 February, " on Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. [1] Petra Vlhová of Slovakia won the event. This was the first Olympic medal for Vlhová and the first Olympic medal in alpine skiing for Slovakia.
The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World Championships as a "paper" race, using the results of the slalom, giant slalom, and downhill.
The U.S. women’s medal streak at the world championships is over. Barely. Paula Moltzan was fourth in the slalom Saturday morning, missing the bronze medal by just 0.02 seconds, while Mikaela ...
Olympic champion Sara Hector won her second women’s World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday as Italian skier Federica Brignone fell in the first run. Hector, who was fastest in the ...
A maximum of twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of eleven men or eleven women. [ 4 ] On January 24, 2022, the IOC granted four extra male quotas while the FIS began investigating the legitimacy of some low level qualifying events.
The women's giant slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, on "Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. [1] The Olympic champion was Sara Hector of Sweden, for whom this is the first Olympic medal. Federica Brignone of Italy won silver, and Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland ...
Mikaela Shiffrin is taking the quest for her 100th career World Cup victory to North America. The American ski star might even get the one win she needs for the milestone in what is like a home ...