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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.
Report on Buddy Baker breaking the world closed-course speed record of over 200 mph at Talladega Superspeedway. Phoenix 150 – Live coverage of the race in segments. Florida Derby – Live coverage of three races. April 18 1970 Gwyn Staley 400 – Live Coverage of the latter stages of the race. May 2
Racers scheduled to compete include champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Paula Motzlan; there's music, too, from Matisyahu, Young the Giant and more
The powerful Switzerland men’s ski team won its home World Cup super-G on Friday, though it was Franjo von Allmen getting his first career win as Marco Odermatt had a rare poor result. Odermatt ...
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
The resort also installed the Sunbrook Lift last year, a new high-speed, four-person chair to replace the existing fixed-grip quad, reducing the 14-minute ride time by about 30%. Sugarbush, Warren ...
Since 2009, it is used only for women's World Cup speed events, as a new parallel, more demanding "Kandahar 2" downhill ski course opened for the men's events. The Kandahar 1 course starts on "Tröglhang" at 1,490 m (4,888 ft) ( AA ), and follows mainly the old men's route.