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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. The women's giant slalom was one run until 1980.
Because the offsets are relatively small in slalom, ski racers take a fairly direct line and often knock the poles out of the way as they pass, which is known as blocking. (The main blocking technique in modern slalom is cross-blocking, in which the skier takes such a tight line and angulates so strongly that he or she is able to block the gate ...
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 .
Armstrong developed her racing skills in the 1970s at the Alpental ski area at Snoqualmie Pass, an hour east of Seattle on I-90. The run "Debbie's Gold" and the "Armstrong's Express" high-speed quad chairlift are named for her. [10] She was the junior national champion in giant slalom in 1980 at Squaw Valley. [11]
The oldest skier to win his first race was Dave Ryding (born 5 December 1986) when he won the slalom in Kitzbühel on 22 January 2022, he was aged 35 years and 48 days. The highest bib number with 66 to win a race was worn by Markus Foser in the downhill of Val Gardena on 17 December 1993.
Two Americans set age records in 2014: Mikaela Shiffrin, age 18, became the youngest Olympic slalom champion [9] and Bode Miller became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing, with a bronze in the super-G at age 36. [10] Croatian Janica Kostelić has won the most medals of any woman, with six (four gold, two silver). [11]
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 ...
The dual slalom event, where racers ski head-to-head, was invented in 1941 and has been a competitive event since 1960. [12] Alpine skiing is contested at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup , the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (held only in odd-numbered years), and the Winter Olympics.