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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)
Speed skiing is performed in two principal categories : Speed One (S1), the best class, performed with specific speed skiing equipment S2, the second class, performed with standard alpine skiing equipment (also called Production then Speed Downhil (SDH))
The triple crown of alpine skiing consists of winning all three World Cup titles in one season or all three Gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in Slalom, Giant slalom, and Downhill skiing events. Only two people have ever accomplished the feat: Austrian skier Toni Sailer was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the ...
Italian downhiller Dominik Paris topped 96 mph in a World Cup race Saturday to reach one of the fastest speeds ever seen on the Alpine ski circuit. The 35-year-old veteran racer passed a speed ...
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Wengen, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Slovenia's Andrej Šporn at the 2010 Winter Olympics downhill in a typical downhill body position. Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events (slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, and combined) emphasize turning and technique, downhill emphasizes "the six components of technique, courage, speed, risk, physical condition and judgement ...
Austrian alpine skier Christoph Kornberger competing in super-G. Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing.Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom.
A total of 314 male alpine skiers from 20 nations have won at least one individual race. The first winner in 1967 was the Austrian Heinrich Messner who won the slalom in Berchtesgaden . The newest member in this list is Swiss Franjo von Allmen who won the super-G in Wengen , Switzerland on 18 January 2025.