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Jure Košir
Jure Košir (; born 24 April 1972 is a former Slovenes, Slovenian alpine skier. Career Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super-G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. Slalom skiing, slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italians, Italian champion Alberto Tomba. The first peak of his career was achieved in the season 1993/94 when he achieved the first Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup victory for independent Slovenia, won the bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and finished the season at the 3rd place of the World Cup slalom standings. The next season, 1994/95, was successful as well. He couldn't beat Alberto Tomba but he won three World Cup medals: silver medal, silver in giant slalom standings, bronze medal, bronze in Slalom skiing, slalom and overall standings. The next few seasons were slightly less successful until he reached his second peak o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and Downhill (ski competition), downhill. The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run. Course The vertical drop for a GS course must be for men, and for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Speed Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
