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Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway is the most-decorated Olympic alpine skier with eight medals (four gold, two silver, two bronze). He was the oldest gold medalist (age 34 in 2006) in Olympic alpine skiing, [6] until passed by several months in 2014 by Mario Matt, also 34. [7]
During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952 ; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World Championships as a "paper" race, using ...
Speed events were held on "Rock" course and technical events on "Ice River" course, for both men and women. Team event was held on "Rainbow." A total of 306 quota spots (153 per gender) were distributed to the alpine skiing, a reduction of 14 from 2018. [2] Eleven events were contested: five for men, five for women, and one mixed (team). [3]
Cross-country skiing standout Jessie Diggins adds silver in women's 30K to go with earlier bronze; Team USA finishes with 25 total medals in Beijing.
The women's super-G competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 11 February 2022 on the "Rock" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District. [1] Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland won her first gold medal, confirming her status as a defending world champion.
The women's slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 9 February, " on Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. [1] Petra Vlhová of Slovakia won the event. This was the first Olympic medal for Vlhová and the first Olympic medal in alpine skiing for Slovakia.
For the second straight Olympics, she finished in the top 10 in all six women's cross-country skiing events. In December 2022, Diggins broke the American record for World Cup cross-country ski wins with her fourteenth such win. [29] At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Slovenia, Diggins and teammate Julie Kern won bronze in the ...
Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard only, which meant having 140 or less FIS Points and being ranked in the top 500 in the Olympic FIS points list. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018).