Olympia (ski slope)

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Olympia
place SwedenSweden Are
mountain Åreskutan
Coordinates 63 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 63 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E
sports Alpine skiing , snowboarding , telemarking
Downhill men
begin 1240 m
target 396 m
Height difference 844 m
Route length 2922 m
Super-G men
begin 929 m
target 396 m
Height difference 533 m
Route length 1820 m
Giant slalom men
begin 812 m
target 396 m
Height difference 416 m
Slalom men
begin 615 m
target 396 m
Height difference 219 m
Downhill ladies
begin 1152 m
target 396 m
Height difference 756 m
Route length 2731 m
Super-G women
begin 930 m
target 396 m
Height difference 534 m
Route length 1832 m
Giant slalom women
begin 796 m
target 396 m
Height difference 400 m
Slalom women
begin 593 m
target 396 m
Height difference 197 m

Olympia is a ski slope in Åre , Sweden . It is the scene of alpine world cup races , mostly women's races. At the 2007 Alpine World Ski Championships , all men's competitions took place on the Olympics and the women's competitions on the World Cup course and the Gästrappet slope. In the Ski World Cup, women's competitions were also held at the Olympics. Except 2007 Åre was also the venue of the World Championships of the year 1954 . The first World Cup races in Åre took place in 1969 . Åre was also the venue for the World Cup finals in 2001 , 2006 and 2009 . In 2011 there were three women's world cup races, super combined , downhill and super G , in Åre. The downhill and the super-G were carried out on Olympia, as well as the super-G of the combination, while the slalom of the combination was carried out on Gästrappet. In March 2012, a slalom and a giant slalom World Cup for women were held.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The results of the women's World Cup downhill 2007 (PDF; 400 kB).
  2. ↑ The results of the 2007 Women's World Cup slalom (PDF; 418 kB).