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Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the central part of the province. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the ...
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie). [1]
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 ...
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Lindsey Vonn now has a firm target for her return to World Cup ski racing at age 40: next weekend for a pair of super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland. She has a ...
Vonn, 40, announced her retirement in 2019, but tells The New York Times that she will start training with the United States ski team on Nov. 15, a development that she said is “amazing and ...
62 in Distance Races, 40 in Sprint, 12 in Ski Tours. [2] 3: Conny Kissling Switzerland: 106: 1981–1992: Freestyle Skiing: 66 in Combined, 34 in Acroski, 4 in Moguls, 2 in Aerials. [3] 4: Mikaela Shiffrin United States: 99: 2011– Alpine Skiing: 62 in Slalom, 22 in Giant Slalom, 5 in Parallel Slalom, 5 in Super-G, 4 in Downhill, 1 in Combined ...
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31st FIS Congress, 29–30 April 1977 in Bariloche, Argentina.
[5] [6] He also serves as a commentator for alpine ski racing on Swiss television. [7] - He also is a brand ambassador for Japanese car manufacturer Subaru and for several Swiss companies. After the end of his marriage to Michèle Rubi (a three-times Swiss Skiing Champion in 1970) he married Mari Bergström from Sweden.