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Michela Figini of Switzerland is the youngest champion in Olympic alpine skiing history, with a gold medal in downhill at age 17 in 1984. 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 ...
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.
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]
The United States finished fourth Sunday in Alpine skiing's mixed team parallel at the Beijing Games, failing to clinch a medal but advancing further than they Norway wins gold, U.S. finishes ...
German skier Daniela Maier was initially awarded the bronze medal in the women's ski cross after Swiss skier Fanny Smith was penalised for a clash with Maier during the race. [3] On 26 February 2022, the International Ski Federation rescinded the penalty, with Smith receiving the bronze medal, and Maier being downgraded to fourth place. [4]
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.
The women's giant slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, on "Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. [1] The Olympic champion was Sara Hector of Sweden, for whom this is the first Olympic medal. Federica Brignone of Italy won silver, and Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland ...