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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill
The men's downhill in the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eight events, including the season finale in Aspen, Colorado (USA). Due to difficult weather conditions, only two downhills were held during the first twenty events of the 2016-17 World Cup season, meaning that six were held during the final sixteen events. Defending discipline champion Peter Fill of Italy, who did not win a downhill all season, went into the finals trailing Norway's Kjetil Jansrud by 33 points, but he finished second in the finals (80 points) while Jansrud finished 11th (24 points), thus permitting Fill to repeat as downhill season champion by 23 points despite not recording a win. The season was interrupted by the 2017 World Ski Championships, which were held from 6–20 February in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downhill (ski Competition)
Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events (Slalom skiing, slalom, Giant slalom skiing, giant slalom, Super Giant Slalom skiing, super giant slalom, and alpine skiing combined, combined) emphasize turning and technique, downhill emphasizes "the six components of technique, courage, speed, risk, physical condition and judgement", according to the International Ski Federation, FIS "International Ski Competition Rules (ICR)".. Speeds of up to are common in international competition. Athletes must have an aerodynamically efficient tuck position to minimize drag coefficient, drag and increase speed. The term, "downhill skiing", is also used as a synonym for alpine skiing as a recreational activity. History The rules for downhill skiing competitions were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships. A speed of was first achieved by Johan Clarey at the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2013 Lauberho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Gardena
Val Gardena (; german: Gröden ; lld, Gherdëina ) is a valley in Northern Italy, in the Dolomites of South Tyrol. It is best known as a tourist skiing, rock climbing, and woodcarving area. Geography The valley's main river is the Derjon, a tributary of the Eisack river. The mountains that surround the valley are formed by dolomite rocks, which confer on them a characteristic appearance. Most of the steep slopes are covered by pine woods. The favoured cultivations are barley, rye, potatoes, flax, buckwheat. The three municipalities in Val Gardena are Urtijëi, Sëlva, and Santa Cristina; they were served by the Val Gardena Railway from 1916 until 1960. Culture Val Gardena is one of five valleys with a majority of Ladin speakers (two of these valleys are in South Tyrol). The form of the Ladin language spoken in this valley is called ''Gardenese'' in Italian, ''Grödnerisch'' in German and ''Gherdëina'' in Ladin. Woodcarving The woodcarving industry has flourished in Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Osborne-Paradis
Manuel Osborne-Paradis (born 8 February 1984) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Osborne-Paradis grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. His first victory was at the downhill of Kvitfjell in March 2009. In April 2008, he joined forces with teammate Mike Janyk to provide a four-day training camp free of charge to underprivileged Canadian racers from around British Columbia. The camp, known locally as the "Cowboys Camp", took place on Whistler Mountain. but known in the community aMike & Manny Camp On 29 January 2011, Osborne-Paradis crashed badly at the downhill race in Chamonix, France, and was airlifted by helicopter and treated for a broken fibula. He missed the 2011 World Championships and the remainder of the 2011 season, as well as the 2012 season. Osborne-Paradis was a surpr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boštjan Kline
Boštjan Kline (born 9 March 1991) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He has competed in four World Championships, and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Kline made his World Cup debut in December 2009 in a super combined at Val d'Isere, France. He competed for Slovenia at the 2015 World Championships. He failed to finish the super-G, finished 33rd in the downhill, and was disqualified during the slalom run of the super combined. In January 2016, Kline attained his first podium, a second-place finish in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing behind Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. About a month later, he achieved a second place podium finish in Hinterstoder in the super G, again finishing behind Kilde. He gained his first World Cup victory in Norway at Kvitfjell in a downhill in February 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Théaux
Adrien Théaux (born 18 September 1984) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. He made his World Cup debut in February 2004 at age 19. Théaux represented France at three Winter Olympics and seven World Championships; his best finish is a bronze medal in the Super-G in 2015 at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Through November 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ..., he has three World Cup victories and thirteen podiums. World Cup results Season standings :Standings through 20 December 2020 Race podiums * 3 wins – (3 DH) * 13 podiums – (6 DH, 6 SG, 1 AC) World Championship results Olympic results References External links * Adrien ThéauxWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * * French Ski T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Mayer
Matthias Mayer (; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Career Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia, Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in February 2009. His best discipline is super-G. After several top ten finishes, his first World Cup podium came at Kitzbühel in a super-G in January 2013. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Mayer won the downhill to become the seventh Austrian gold medalist in the 18th edition of the event. Joining him on the podium at Rosa Khutor were Christof Innerhofer of Italy and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. Immediately after the Olympics, he had two podium finishes in Norway, and a victory at the World Cup finals. He won his second Olympic gold medal in 2018 in the super G. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mayer won the bronze medal in the downhill and successfully defended his title in the super G. With three Olympic titles in addition to a bronze, he is Austria’s most decorated Olympic alpine me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Janka
Carlo Janka (born 15 October 1986) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Born in Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, he had the winter sports facilities right in front of his home. Janka has won gold medals at both the Winter Olympics and the World Championships, as well as one World Cup overall title, one discipline title and also, one unofficial alpine combined title. In 2013, Janka set a World Cup speed record in the downhill part of the super combined event in Wengen, Switzerland. He reached a maximum speed of on the ''Haneggschuss'', the fastest section of the classic Lauberhorn slope, on 18 January. Ski racing career Janka competed in his first international FIS race in December 2001 at age 15. Not until four years later did he reach the podium, but success came in all four disciplines. Janka began racing on the Europa Cup circuit in January 2004. He earned his first two World Cup starts in December 2005 but did not finish either race. At the Junior World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Reichelt
Johannes "Hannes" Reichelt (born 5 July 1980) is a retired Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed mainly in downhill and super-G, as well as in giant slalom. Biography Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Reichelt made his World Cup debut in December 2001. He made his first podium in December 2002 and won his first World Cup race, a super-G, in December 2005. Reichelt also won the Europa Cup overall title in 2005, as well as the Europa Cup season title in giant slalom in 2003. Reichelt won the World Cup season title in the Super G in 2008, a single point ahead of runner-up Didier Cuche. Reichelt won the final Super G event of the season by one-hundredth of a second to claim the globe. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the gold medal in the Super G, to go along with his silver medal in the Super G at the 2011 World Championships. Although without a victory in the 2012 season, Reichelt attained seven World Cup podiums in three disciplines, and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Guay
Erik Guay () (born August 5, 1981) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Racing out of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Guay won the World Cup season title in super-G in 2010 and was the world champion in downhill in 2011, as well as in the super-G in 2017. With 25 World Cup podiums, he is the career leader for Canada. Career Born in Montreal, Guay was five when he competed in his first ski race, and when he was twelve his father, himself a ski team coach, took him for professional coaching. His first podium came in November 2003, when he finished 2nd in a downhill at Lake Louise. He finished in second twice in 2005 in the super-G and third once in downhill. Guay suffered an injury two weeks before the 2006 Winter Olympics, and withdrew from the downhill but finished in fourth place in the super-G, missing the podium by a tenth of a second. He won his first World Cup race the following season at Garmisch, Germany. He was the first Canadian to win a World Cup men's downhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Feuz
Beat Feuz (; born 11 February 1987) is a Swiss FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of Downhill (ski competition), downhill and super-G. He is 2017 World champion and 2022 Olympic champion in downhill. In 2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2021, he won consecutive downhills on the famed Streif at Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel. Racing career Born in Schangnau in the canton of Bern (canton), Bern, Feuz made his World Cup debut at age 19 in December 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2006, but missed all of the 2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2008 and 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2009 seasons due to torn ligaments in his left knee. He secured his first two World Cup podia in March 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2011, both in downhills at Kvitfjell, Norway. The first was a victory, backed up with a third-place finish the following day. At his first FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, World Championships in FIS Alpine Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Paris
Dominik Paris (born 14 April 1989) is an Italian alpine ski racer, who specializes in speed events of downhill and super-G. He was the world champion in super-G, as the gold medalist in 2019 at Åre, Sweden. Racing career Paris made his World Cup debut in December 2008 and won his first World Cup race in late December 2012 in Italy, a dead-heat tie with Hannes Reichelt in the downhill on the Pista Stelvio at Bormio. Aksel Lund Svindal was just one-hundredth of a second behind for third, and Klaus Kröll was fourth, just one hundredth behind Svindal. It was the closest top-four finish in World Cup downhill history (0.02 of a second) and the first tie in a men's downhill in nearly 35 years (January 1978). Four weeks later, Paris firmly established himself as a top downhill racer on the circuit with a win at Kitzbühel on the classic ''Streif'' course. At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, Paris won the silver medal in the downhill, 0.46 seconds behind gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Crystal Globe
FIS or fis may refer to: Science and technology * ''Fis'', an ''E. Coli'' gene * Fis phenomenon, a phenomenon in linguistics * F♯ (musical note) * Flight information service, an air traffic control service * Frame Information Structure, a Serial ATA technology Organizations * FIS (company), an American financial services company * Fairy Investigation Society * Federal Intelligence Service, a Swiss intelligence service * Festival Internacional de Santander, a Spanish music festival * Fiji Intelligence Services * Fish Information and Services, an international news agency * Flandreau Indian School * Frankfurt International School * French International School of Hong Kong * Fukuoka International School * International Ski Federation (French: ') * Islamic Salvation Front (French: '), a defunct political party in Algeria * Italian Fencing Federation (Italian: ') * Italian Scout Federation (Italian: ') Surname * Julio Fis (born 1974), Spanish handball player * Ljubomir Pavić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
