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Saslong is a
The first downhill winner in February 1969 was Jean-Daniel Dätwyler from Switzerland, and this annual ski event is part of the prestigious Saslong Classic competition.
Saslong hosted the
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
– Val Gardena, Italy
Ski-db.com
- Val Gardena men's races {{Ski World Cup pistes Skiing in Italy
World Cup
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downhill
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ski course in Italy
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just above Val Gardena/Gröden. Located on the Langkofel
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in the Dolomites
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, the race course made its World Cup debut in February 1969.
Course sections
Spinel
Difficult jump short after the start, into the steepest section (56.9%gradient
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), then virtual change direction in mid-air to compression.
Saut dl Moro
A jump which takes skiers into the second compression.Looping
Muri di Sochers
jump in the air, followed by a flat, yet intense, left-right-left gate combination ending at the 1st Mauer ("Wall"). Skiers jump approximately directly to the 1st Mauer and have to sway to the right to the 2nd Mauer. The jump on the 2nd Mauer contemporaneously serves as the entry into the flat section leading to the 1st Camel Hump with top speed at .Gobbe del Cammello (Camel Humps)
TheCamel
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Humps represent the most spectacular section of the Saslong. They were named by the late and former Austrian FIS TD Sepp Sulzberger.
Uli Spiess from Austria was the first athlete to attempt and succeed in jumping all three Humps at the same time instead of taking each jump separately.
Since Spiess' premiere, skiers today mostly absorb the first jump (a.k.a. "Girardelli Line") and leap from the second over the third.
The record jump belongs to Austrian skier Michael Walchhofer who leaped reaching a height of 4-5 meters in 2003.
Ciaslat
Ciaslat with its corrugated ripples and bumps is where the race is often decided. In this technically very demanding section of the course racers face overall 17 different ripples.Nucia (Tunnel)
Skiers take the Nucia jump into the final schuss following the exit from Ciaslat.Schuss
The jump owes its name to the new tunnel that runs below the Final schuss and is part of the new street by-passing St.Christina which was opened in 2009.World Cup
The first downhill winner in February 1969 was Jean-Daniel Dätwyler from Switzerland, and this annual ski event is part of the prestigious Saslong Classic competition.
Saslong hosted the World Championships
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in 1970
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, which also counted for 1970 World Cup season points and wins/podiums statistics.
On 23 March 1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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, Saslong hosted the first parallel slalom in history, Gustav Thöni
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Thöni was born in the German-speaking province of South Tyrol, in the hamlet of Trafoi of the Stilfs municipality, whi ...
won in front of 40,000, beating Ingemar Stenmark
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in the final.
Men
Women
Club5+
In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigius classic downhill organizers:Kitzbühel
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, Wengen
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, Garmisch
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, Val d’Isère
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* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
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and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.
Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia
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, Cortina, Kranjska Gora
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, Maribor
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, Lake Louise, Schladming
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, Adelboden
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, Kvitfjell
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, St.Moritz and Åre
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.
References
External links
*FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
– Val Gardena, Italy
Ski-db.com
- Val Gardena men's races {{Ski World Cup pistes Skiing in Italy