The first alpine skiing competition, as recognised by the international regulatory body (FIS) took place in Oslo, Norway, around the 1850s. This first event was the one that is more aggressive and faster of all alpine skiing events: ‘The Downhill’ Alpine skiing emerged as an evolution from cross-country skiing (check our earlier post about ´Nordic Combined’ to see…
Women Giant Slalom – Semmering Run 1: Anna Fenninger P1; Maze P3
The last Women’s Giant Slalom of 2012 is being held at Semmering, Austria. Alpine Skiing – ‘The Giant Slalom’ Run 1 just finished a few moments ago and Local Skier Anna Fenninger set the fastest time with 1:06:42, 0:56 tenths of a second quicker than French Lady Tessa Worley. Fenninger is currently 5th in the GS overall…
Women’s Alpine Skiing Slalom – USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin Wins!
Women’s Slalom, held today in Are, Sweden, saw USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin taking the win after the two runs were completed. Shiffrin made 2nd best in run 1 and recorded the fastest slalom in run 2 for an aggregated time of 1:45:36, 0:29 seconds better than local skier Frida Hansdotter that had the best time after run 1. Alpine Skiing…
Downhill Val Gardena (Italy): USA’s Steven Nyman Speeds Faster than all!
In a thrilling finish after snow and visibility conditions improved, veteran skier Steven Nyman took the win with 1:28:82 in Val Gardena’s (Italy) Downhill (the 3rd of the 2012/2013 season) that just ended a few minutes ago. His previous best result was precisely a win in Val Gardena’s Downhill in late 2007. Rok Perko from Slovenia took…
Alpine Skiing – ‘The Slalom’
The slalom features the shortest course and the quickest turns. As in the giant slalom, each skier makes two runs down two different courses on the same slope. Both runs take place on the same day. The times are added and the fastest total time determines the winner. Slalom competitions must be raced on a course…
Alpine Skiing – ‘The Giant Slalom’
The Giant Slalom is also known as the GS. The GS is similar to the slalom, but with fewer, wider, and smoother turns since ski speed is higher in the GS. The course should test the skier’s ability to react and adapt to an ever-changing rhythm and radius, but allow the competitors smooth transition between the…