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Alpine Skiing At The 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G
The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22. This was the Olympic debut of the event. The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season. Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth. The course started at an elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of and a course length of . Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . Results The race was started at 11:37 local time, ( UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was . : References External linksFIS results {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics - Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympic Games since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo in 1886. Participants and venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regine Mösenlechner
Regine Mösenlechner (born 1 April 1961) is a retired German alpine skier. Career During her career she has achieved 8 results among the top 3 (1 victory) in the World Cup. She is married to Armin Bittner Armin Bittner (born November 28, 1964) is a German former alpine skier. In the ''Alberto Tomba era'' he was one of his most difficult opponents, capable of beating him twice in the ranking of slalom specialties, in 1989 and 1990. Career He won .... World Cup victories References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosenlechner, Regine 1961 births Living people German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany Olympic alpine skiers of Germany People from Traunstein (district) Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria 20th-century German women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
