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France record 2 Ivan Origone Italy 254,958 km/h 2016 Vars: Italy record 3 Simone Origone Italy 254,05 km/h 2023 Vars: 4 Manuel Kramer Austria: 252,84 km/h 2023 Vars: Austria record 5 Bastien Montès France 251,397 km/h 2016 Vars: 6 Jonathan Moret Switzerland 250,80 km/h 2023 Vars: Switzerland record 7 Philippe Goitschel France 250,700 km/h 2002
In 1987, in something of a comeback, McKinney placed 4th in Les Arcs, France, with a speed of 209.790 km/h (130.4 mph), the fastest speed he had ever recorded in competition. During his speed skiing career, McKinney introduced rubberized ski suits and special aerodynamic helmets, both of which became standard equipment for the sport.
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)
From 1980 to 1985 he dominated this discipline and was six times world champion and held the world record; in 1985, he retired. He returned to the sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, in which speed skiing was featured as a demonstration sport. He came in 8th place overall, and set his personal best time of 222.222 km/h.
Speed Skiing* 44 in Speed Skiing. [42] 42: Eric Frenzel Germany: 43: 2007–2023: Nordic Combined: 21 in Gundersen NH, 19 in Gundersen Large Hill, 2 in Penalty Race, 1 in Mass Start. [43] Stefan Kraft Austria: 43 2012– Ski Jumping 31 in Large Hill, 10 in Flying Hill, 2 in Normal Hill. [44] 44: Magdalena Forsberg Sweden: 42: 1994–2002: Biathlon
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.
He broke the former All American record in 2006 with a speed of 154.06 mph flying past the former record held by John Hembel from Aspen Colorado with a speed of 153.03 mph at Les Arcs France 2006." [ 3 ] On April 19, places him 10th in the world all-time rankings.
For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Pavel Kulizhnikov on 9 March 2019 in Salt Lake City during his 500-meter world record race, with a lap time of 23.94 seconds and an average speed of 60.15 km/h (37.38 mph). [15] *** unofficial world best (not recognized as a world record by ISU)