FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023
The 47th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships took place from 6 to 19 February 2023 in two neighboring locations in the French Alps, Courchevel and Méribel.
The location was decided in May 2018 during the 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino ...
Courchevel
Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort located in the Tarentaise Valley. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world.
Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Co ...
,
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, on Sunday, 12 February.
Switzerland's
Marco Odermatt
Marco Odermatt (born 8 October 1997) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who races in giant slalom, super-G and downhill. He is considered the most complete alpine ski racer of his generation. In addition to the World Cup, Odermatt has comp ...
won the gold medal,
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in four events, with a main focus on super-G and downhill.Cameron Alexander of Canada.
The race course was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting
elevation
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of above
sea level
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. Odermatt's winning time of 107.05 seconds yielded an average speed of and an average vertical descent rate of .
Results
The race started at 11:00
CET
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Places
* Cet, Albania
* Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus
* Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England
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''(UTC+1)'' under clear skies. The air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish.