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The FIS World Speed Skiing Championships are a biannual speed skiing competition organized by FIS. A demonstration sport on the occasion of the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville , the World Championships are today the most prestigious event, followed by the World Cup .
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)
Super-G was run as a World Cup test event during the 1982 season, with two men's races and a women's race that did not count in the season standings. [1]Approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS) that summer, it was first officially run at the World Cup level in December 1982 at Val-d'Isère, France; the winner was Peter Müller of Switzerland.
Speed: Date: Location: Ski: S1 Simon Billy France 255,500 km/h March 22, 2023 Vars: Ski: S1 Junior Ivan Origone Italy 250,700 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: S2 Gregory Meichtry Switzerland 211,020 km/h 2014 Vars: Ski: S2 Junior Jimmy Montès France 204,890 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: Handisport Michael Milton Australia 213,650 km/h 2006 Les Arcs ...
Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. Michael Prufer, a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h.
The ski ballet event, later known as ski-acro, was demonstrated in 1988 and 1992. [187] Skijöring, skiing behind dogs, was a demonstration sport in St. Moritz in 1928. [186] A sled-dog race was held at Lake Placid in 1932. [186] Speed skiing was demonstrated in Albertville at the 1992 Winter Olympics. [188]
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FIS Ski Flying World Championships, biennial international ski flying competition; FIS Snowboard World Championships, biennial international snowboarding competition; World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, biennial international paralympic alpine skiing competition; FIS Speed Ski World Championships, biennial international speed skiing competition