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2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill
The men's downhill in the 2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of eight events. The season had been planned with thirteen downhills, but two scheduled downhills on 11/12 November 2023 on the Matterhorn, running from Switzerland (Zermatt) into Italy (Breuil-Cervinia, Cervinia), were canceled for the second straight year, this time due to heavy snowfall and high winds (unlike the year before, when the cancellation was due to lack of snow), and only one has been rescheduled (at Val Gardena on 12 December). The two downhill races after that, scheduled in the U.S. at Beaver Creek Resort, Beaver Creek, Colorado, were also cancelled for the same reason, although they still may be rescheduled—meaning that the downhill season had not completed a race as of early December despite having had four scheduled, with the next attempt being the rescheduled race at Val Gardena, Val Gardena/Gröden. One of the Beaver Creek races was rescheduled at Wengen on ... [...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, Super-G, 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 1925 British National Ski Championships. A speed of was first achieved by Johan Clarey at the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 2013 Lauberhorn ski races, Lauberhorn FIS Alpine Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. Its main regional headquarters are based in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. AFP publishes stories, videos, photos and graphics in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. Two-thirds of its turnover comes from its own commercial activities, with the remaining one-third being provided by the French government (amounting to 113.3 million euros in 2022) as compensation for carrying out its mission of general interest. In December 2024, AFP was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas, founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas, making it the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Schieder
Florian Schieder (born 30 March 1995) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. World Cup results Season standings : Race podiums * 0 wins * 2 podiums – (2 DH), 6 top tens {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" , - ! Season ! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place , - , 2023, , align=20 Jan 2023 , , rowspan=2 align=left, Kitzbühel, Austria , , Downhill , , 2nd , - , 2024, , align=19 Jan 2024 , , Downhill , , 2nd World Championship results {, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined !! TeamCombined , - , 2021 , , ''25'' , , — , , — , , — , , DNF , , — , , rowspan=2 , - , 2023 , , ''27'' , , — , , — , , — , , 7 , , — , - , 2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup
The 2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup, organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) is the 53rd consecutive Europa Cup season, the second international level competition in alpine skiing. The season started on 6 December 2023 in Zinal, Switzerland, and will conclude on 22 March 2024 in Kvitfjell Kvitfjell () is a ski resort in Norway, located in the municipality of Ringebu. Developed for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, it is one of the most modern resorts in the world, with snowmaking on 80% of the alpine pistes. Based near ..., Norway. Men Calendar Rankings Overall Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Women Calendar Rankings Overall Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Podium table by nation Table showing the Europa Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes. Notes References External links {{Winterspor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2024
The 2024 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships were held at Haute-Savoie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France from 30 January to 3 February 2024. It was the sixth time that a World Junior Alpine Skiing Championship was held in France after the editions in 1982, 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2010. The races took place on several courses: Chatel, Les Gets, Morzine, St. Jean d'Aulps and Avoriaz. Schedule The competitive program is as follows (all times CET) Medal summary Men's events Ladies events Mixed events Medal table References External linksOfficial website {{World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships |
1992–93 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 27th FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup season began in November 1992 in Sestriere, Italy for men and Park City Mountain Resort, Park City, Utah, USA for women, and concluded in March 1993 at the newly created World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden. A break in the schedule was for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993, 1993 World Championships, held in Morioka, Japan, from February 4–14. Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won his fifth overall title, which was the most for a man in World Cup history until surpassed by Austrian Marcel Hirscher in 2017. Anita Wachter of Austria won the women's overall title, her first. Both winners won narrow victories because of their superior performance in the combined (Girardelli won all three for men en route to a 32-point victory over Kjetil André Aamodt; Wachter won one of the two for women (and was fourth in the other) en route to a 20-point victory over Katja Seizinger). In December, defending women's World Cup champion Petra Kronberger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Saalbach-Hinterglemm is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the Austrian States of Austria, state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is well known for its skiing and other winter sports. A four-piste network consisting of Saalbach, Hinterglemm, Fieberbrunn and Leogang is located in the municipality, adding up to of ski slopes. It is short transfer to resort from Salzburg Airport. Geography Saalbach-Hinterglemm is in the Zell am See (district), Pinzgau region, in the Saalbach Valley, which is oriented east–west. The region is part of the Kitzbüheler Alpen. The highest point is Spielberghorn () in the north and Hochkogel () in the south. The nearest larger town is Zell am See, about away. The municipality consists of two small towns: Saalbach and Hinterglemm, which each make up several ''Katastralgemeinden''. History The oldest evidence of settlements in the municipality stems from 1222. The name ''Salpach'' first show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on Max (streaming service), Max and Discovery+. Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television (1984–1990), Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery, Inc., Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015. Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Hintermann
Niels Hintermann (born 5 May 1995) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bülach, Zürich, he specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Career Hintermann made his World Cup debut at age 20 in November 2015 at Lake Louise, and was fortieth in the downhill. He scored his first World Cup points three weeks later at Val Gardena, at 29th place in the downhill. Hintermann won his first World Cup race (and first podium) the following season, in the combined at Wengen in January 2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprien Sarrazin
Cyprien Sarrazin (born 13 October 1994) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom, super-G and downhill. Born in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Sarrazin made his World Cup debut at age 21 in February 2016. Initially a giant slalom specialist, in only his seventh World Cup race he won the parallel giant slalom in Alta Badia in the 2016–17 season, and he scored a 2nd place in the same location during the 2019–20 season. Sarrazin later turned to the speed disciplines with breakthrough success coming in the 2023–24 season, winning in Bormio and twice in Kitzbühel in the downhill discipline, and a Super-G in Wengen Wengen () is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion and has approximately 1,300 year-round residents, which swells t .... World Cup results Season standings : Race podiums * 5 wins – (3 DH, 1 SG, 1 PG) * 9 podium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Schwarz
Marco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, as well as the combined (a mixture of speed and technical disciplines). Career Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom. Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen and runner-up Marcel Hirscher. World Cup results Season titles * 1 title – (1 SL) Season standings : Race podiums * 6 wins – (3 SL, 1 GS, 1 PS, 1 AC) * 23 podiums – (14 SL, 5 GS, 1 SG, 2 PS, 1 AC) World Championship results {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
