Definitions

1. A downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. (Web site)
2. Downhill is a one-run race with the longest course and fastest speeds; the men reach 75 mph or more.
3. Downhill is an excellent beach of golden sands stretching from Downhill Cliffs towards Magilligan Point.
4. Downhill was added to the Paralympic programme in 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria, and Super-G was added in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway.
5. Downhill is my favorite event, it always has been since I met Picabo Street. (Web site)

Austria

1. Mill was on the 1976 Olympic team in Innsbruck, Austria, where he placed sixth in the downhill won by Franz Klammer.

Spectacular Crash

1. Gisin appeared to have recovered from her spectacular crash during the final jump of the downhill at the Vancouver Olympics. (Web site)

Wednesday

1. She leads the World Cup standings in the super-G by a wide margin and already won a gold medal in the downhill on Wednesday.
2. On Wednesday she will race in the Olympic downhill in the mountain village of San Sicario outside Turin.
3. She won the downhill gold ahead of Mancuso on Wednesday, but three runs in a little more than 24 hours might have been too much for Vonn's injured leg. (Web site)

American Lindsey Vonn

1. American Lindsey Vonn, the overall World Cup leader, gold medal winner in the downhill and the favorite for this race, finished third.

Silver Medal

1. At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, Kjus earned another silver medal in the downhill and added a bronze in the giant slalom. (Web site)
2. Career highlights: Won silver medal in downhill at the 2007 world championships. (Web site)
3. Mancuso, who finished behind Vonn in the downhill, claimed a surprising -- shocking, some might say -- silver medal in the women's super combined.

First World Championships

1. The first World Championships for men’s downhill and slalom events was held in 1931.

Switzerland

1. This weekend, the women will race in a downhill, giant slalom and super-G at Meiringen, Switzerland.
2. Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, who won gold in 1972 in downhill, created the course for Salt Lake City. (Web site)
3. The following season he finished second in the downhill standings behind Roland Collombin of Switzerland, his nemesis that season.

World Cup Race

1. She finally secured a World Cup race victory in her 10th year of competition, a downhill race held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 21 January 1999.

Four Disciplines

1. He's only one of two men to win a World Cup race in all four disciplines in a single season (Downhill, Super G, Slalom and Giant Slalom). (Web site)

Second

1. He was fifth in both the downhill and the super-G at the Games, finishing 3-100ths of a second off the podium in the latter event.
2. Kjetil Jansrud finished second with Aksel Svindal adding bronze to his gold (super-giant slalom) and silver (downhill).
3. In the downhill, Penny placed second again, while Betsy won a silver medal in the slalom and narrowly missed a bronze in the giant slalom.

Paerson

1. So, too, is Paerson, 28, who didn’t actually decide to ski Thursday until her start number came up in the downhill. (Web site)

Gold Medal

1. She also won the downhill gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics and the bronze in the super-G.
2. Tommy Moe won an Olympic downhill gold medal there in 1994.
3. From relative obscurity, Ligety won a gold medal at the Turin Games in the combined, an event that blends times from slalom and downhill runs.

Janka

1. Swiss head coach Martin Rufener said he sees Janka as a contender on four fronts: downhill, super-G, giant slalom and super-combined.

Linux Mascot

1. An Open Source project in which the user takes the form of Tux (the Linux Mascot) and races downhill through alpine trails.

Slalom Skier

1. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, competing mainly in downhill, super G, and alpine combined.

Slalom Skiing

1. Scott competed in the United States National Junior Olympics in downhill and slalom skiing at age 14, and finished 13th of the 150 competitors. (Web site)
2. The super combined event, as the name suggests, combines two events within the alpine skiing sport: the downhill skiing run and the slalom skiing run.

Winter Games

1. In 1948, separate downhill and slalom races were added, but alpine combined was then not contested at the Olympic Winter Games until 1988 in Calgary.
2. She earned a silver medal in the downhill at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway.
3. The Norefjell alpine skiing resort located in Krødsherad was host to the downhill and giant slalom competitions of the 1952 Olympic Winter Games. (Web site)

Garmisch

1. Both men and women will compete in downhill, slalom, giant slalom and Super-G disciplines in Garmisch, Germany.
2. Third Winter Games of Olympics, at Garmisch include the world's first alpine events: downhill and combined slalom (1936).
3. Erik Guay of Canada speeds down on his way to a third-place finish in a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch, Germany on Friday.

Worlds

1. Rahlves, who finished second behind Miller in the downhill at these worlds, posted his best giant slalom result. (Web site)
2. Super Combined - Variety fun pack consisting of downhill and slalom offers the best of both worlds.
3. Schranz, the 1969 and 1970 World Cup champion, is not only the race chairman for the Worlds, but the new downhill course is named in his honour.

Maier

1. Maier currently holds a 45 point lead over Kjus in the men's overall standings after three victories in downhill, super-G and giant slalom. (Web site)
2. The following day, Maier finished fifth in the downhill.
3. Maier won the overall World Cup title in 1998, as well as the Super-G and giant slalom season titles, and placed second in the downhill standings.

Aspen

1. Vail's Lindsey Vonn was fourth in the downhill in Aspen last season, but there will only be a giant slalom and slalom in Aspen this weekend.

Colo

1. The U.S. downhill championship will be held earlier in the winter in conjunction with the NorAm stop at Aspen, Colo., on Feb.

Olympics

1. Won gold medal at Olympics in downhill, becoming the first American woman to do so. (Web site)
2. Alpine skiing was introduced with to the Olympics with a single event, the combined (one downhill run and two slalom runs).
3. But Kildow crashed in training for the downhill at the start of the Olympics and her results suffered.

Killy

1. At the 1968 Olympics, held in Grenoble, France, Killy lost all the wax on his skis during a warmup run for the downhill, and felt that he was sure to lose. (Web site)
2. Skiing with the skis further apart to increase stability was a style introduced to downhill by Killy. (Web site)
3. Killy won the downhill and the combined at the world championships in 1966. (Web site)

Cuche

1. Cuche won gold in super-G and silver in downhill at the world championships. (Web site)

Didier Cuche

1. Didier Cuche became only the third racer to complete this unique double of winning the Super-G and Downhill in Kitzbühel, on the same.
2. The previous Swiss man to win a World Cup race was Didier Cuche, in a downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 2004. (Web site)
3. Didier Cuche climbed to the top of the men's World Cup overall standings after winning the downhill at Kitzbuehel for the second time on Saturday. (Web site)

Goergl

1. Fischbacher was reduced to tears after placing fourth in the downhill, finishing only three-hundredths of a second behind Goergl.

Precise

1. The super-G course -- which requires more precise turns -- is shorter than the downhill course, but longer than the other courses.

Alpine Skiing Discipline

1. Downhill An alpine skiing discipline that involves the fewest turns and the highest speeds.

Gold Medals

1. Won two gold medals (sitting downhill, sitting giant slalom) among four total medals at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. (Web site)
2. Killy followed his gold medal in the downhill with gold medals in the giant slalom and the slalom. (Web site)
3. Maier survived a spectacular fall in the downhill, recovered and earned gold medals in both the super-G and the giant slalom. (Web site)

Bormio

1. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, Italy he won two gold medals, in Super-G and Downhill. (Web site)
2. She also took the world championship in the downhill, slalom and combined last winter in Bormio, Italy. (Web site)
3. Then a sore throat on his flight back to Europe developed into strength-sapping flu after a troubled journey from Oslo to Italy for the downhill at Bormio.

Skis

1. Giant slalom skis are shorter than super G and downhill skis, and longer than slalom skis.
2. Following that event, he decided to put away his downhill skis and focus on the slalom and giant slalom. (Web site)
3. Ski length varies depending on the alpine event — slalom skis are the shortest and downhill skis are longest.

Kildow

1. Less than 48 hours later, Vonn -- then known by her maiden name, Kildow -- finished eighth in the downhill. (Web site)
2. Kildow remains fifth in the overall points, second in super G and one point back of Mancuso in downhill.
3. Kildow finished just out of the medals (fourth in the downhill and combined) at the 2005 World Championships.

Jumps

1. Downhill: Skiers are timed as they race down a long, steep course that may include turns and jumps. (Web site)
2. Anything can happen and usually does." Athletes, in groups of four, ski a downhill course with a variety of jumps, turns, and obstacles.
3. Wescott comes to the 2010 games as the reigning Olympic gold medalist in snowboard cross — that's a downhill race with a lot of bumps and jumps involved.

Shorter

1. The course is shorter than downhill but longer than a giant slalom course, and also includes high speed turns, jumps and gliding phases.
2. It involves skiing between poles (gates) spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.
3. Slalom skis are shorter than those used in super g and the downhill, to improve the maneuverability of the skier through the gates. (Web site)

Slalom Course

1. The angle of a slalom course is less severe than that of downhill.
2. A downhill skiing race in which participants must pass between pairs of gates set along a course that is larger and often steeper than a slalom course. (Web site)

Technical Events

1. Downhill and Super G are considered the speed events, GS & Slalom the technical events.

Beaver Creek

1. A week later Miller will be on home territory at Beaver Creek which hosts a super combined, downhill and giant slalom.
2. That was in the downhill at Beaver Creek, Colo., in November 2007. (Web site)
3. His first new two victories were a downhill and a super-G in Beaver Creek, the same place where he had injured himself.

Tommy Moe

1. He is the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing since Tommy Moe won the downhill in Lillehammer in 1994.
2. Not long after Tommy Moe became the second American man to win an Olympic downhill 10 years later, his career was undone by injuries.
3. After Bill Johnson and Tommy Moe won golds in 1984 and '94, they never won another World Cup downhill again.

Bill Johnson

1. Bill Johnson became the first American skier to a gold in the downhill in 1984 at Sarajevo.
2. Ligety also became just the fourth American male skier to win Olympic gold, along with Moe, Phil Mahre (slalom, 1984) and Bill Johnson (downhill, 1984).
3. Bill Johnson became the first American to win a gold medal in the Olympic downhill skiing event. (Web site)

Daron Rahlves

1. Daron Rahlves of Sugar Bowl was 16th in the downhill and he'll compete in super-G on Saturday.
2. Vonn's victory tied her with Daron Rahlves and Picabo Street for downhill wins by an American with nine.
3. They were flukes, not truly respected by their peers the way Miller and Daron Rahlves (more of a downhill specialist) are now.

Picabo Street

1. It is the first-ever Olympic gold for an American woman in the downhill, meaning that Vonn has accomplished what her idol, Picabo Street, could not. (Web site)
2. Vonn, winning as expected, became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic downhill, something not even her role model, Picabo Street, ever did. (Web site)
3. Diann Roffe won the women's super-G and Picabo Street took silver in the downhill.

Season

1. On March 1, Bode got his sixth win of the season at Kvitfjell, cementing his lead in the overall and closing to 5 points on Cuche in downhill. (Web site)
2. Later in the season, he won the gold medal in giant slalom and the bronze in downhill at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère.
3. The following season he regained the World Cup Downhill title, his fifth, followed by the 1984 victory at Kitzbuehel, his fourth on the Hahnenkamm. (Web site)

Five Events

1. Vonn is favored to win gold in the downhill, which is considered to be the best of her five events that she will contest in Vancouver. (Web site)
2. In Alpine Skiing (commonly referred to as "downhill skiing"), there are currently five events: Slalom Giant slalom (GS) Super G Downhill Combined.

Whistler Mountain

1. Downhill, Super-G, slalom, and combined events will all begin Whistler mountain and end in a large horseshoe-shaped area.
2. Whistler Mountain near Vancouver is the site of the downhill skiing events at this years Winter Olympics.
3. The men's (named the Dave Murray Downhill) and women's (named Franz's Run) downhill courses lie parallel on Whistler Mountain.

Alpine Events

1. Today athletes with a physical disability compete in all 4 alpine events: Downhill, Super-G, Slalom and Giant Slalom. (Web site)

Categories

1. Slalom
2. Seasons > Winter > Snow > Skiing
3. Combined
4. Super
5. Nature > Natural Resources > Minerals > Gold

Related Keywords

* Alpine Skiing * Bode Miller * Bronze * Career Highlights * Combined * Combined Downhill * Combined Event * Course * Didier Defago * Discipline * Disciplines * Downhill Course * Downhill Event * Downhill Events * Downhill Gold * Downhill Silver * Downhill Skiing * Event * Events * Giant Slalom * Giant Slalom Events * Gold * Highest Speeds * Lake Louise * Lindsey Vonn * Longest Course * Mancuso * Medal * Medals * Miller * Race * Riesch * Shorter Course * Silver * Silvers * Ski * Skier * Skiers * Skiing * Skiing Downhill * Slalom * Slalom Events * Speed Event * Speed Events * Super * Super-Combined * Super-G * Super Combined * Super Giant Slalom * Svindal * Vonn * Whistler * Winter Olympics * World Cup * World Cup Downhill

1. Books about "Downhill" in Amazon.com
   

Continue: More Keywords - - - - - - - - - -