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Speed Skiing World Records
Speed skiing world records are the highest speeds reached in the different categories of this sport. Organization These records have been registered in the official competitions organized by the different federations which have managed this sport at a mondial level, across the time (ISS, FISV, FIS, ...). Today, all the races are supervised by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Nevertheless, this federation doesn't publish any record. 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)) Records are existing for theses 2 categories, and also for age sub-categories (Juniors U21 : under 21 years old, ...) These records have been established on the quickest tracks of each time. In 2022, the quickest active track is ''Chabrières'' in Vars (France). Furthermore, one specific r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Skiing
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 History Speed skiing dates from 1898 with a run by United States, American Tommy Todd, reported at . Official records began with an run by Leo Gasperl in 1932. While training for the Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956 Winter Olympics, American downhiller Ralph Miller (alpine skier), Ralph Miller is credited with being the first to break , at nearly in August 1955 at Portillo, Chile, a record which held up for fifteen years. In 1978, also at Portillo, American Steve McKinney (skier), Steve McKinney's record-breaking run of made him the first to break the barrier. It was a Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics, demonstration sport at the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics on the Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |