Parallel slalom

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The parallel slalom is an event in the sports of alpine skiing and snowboarding .

Demarcation

In addition to the parallel slalom, there are other parallel competitions . The parallel slalom differs from the parallel giant slalom in particular in that it is shorter between the gates.

Snowboard

The parallel slalom is mainly used in snowboarding. It increases the experience of excitement, because in addition to the direct comparison of speed, the spectators also see differences in driving style and the “man against man” fight.

The organization of a race can range from simple start instructions, in which the starter holds both runners by the shoulders, to line judges or photos of the finish line, to professional timekeeping with light barriers. If the field is larger, there are usually individual qualification runs. Only then are they driven against each other in the knockout system. A duel usually consists of two races with a change of slope, so that possible small differences in the courses have no influence.

Alpine skiing

For the first time in an official competition, a parallel slalom was held on February 21, 1967 on the Hohe-Wand-Wiese in Vienna . As part of the FIS - Ski World Cup in history only a few parallel slaloms took place. This was the case for the first time in 1975 in Val Gardena with one race each for women and men and in total there were only three such races for women and two for men in the World Cup until 1998, which also counted for the individual World Cup. In addition, there were parallel slaloms (only for men) on January 6, 1986 in Vienna and on December 28, 1986 on Teufelsberg in Berlin - and in some cases before the actual start of the World Cup seasons as part of the so-called World Series of Skiing and also on the final day of World Cup seasons parallel slaloms, all of which only had an impact on the Nations Cup. From 1998 to 2010 there were no parallel races on the World Cup calendar.

On January 2, 2009, a parallel slalom was held in Moscow . For this invitation race with numerous world-class skiers, which is not part of the World Cup, a 56 meter high ramp was specially built. On November 21, 2009, under the name FIS Alpine Ski Champions Cup , a new edition took place in front of over 25,000 spectators, with a competition for men as well as a competition for women for the first time. Since the 2010/11 season, such parallel races have been part of the World Cup as a city ​​event .

There are efforts within the FIS to harmonize the rules of the parallel giant slalom , the parallel slalom and possibly the city ​​event in order to include the parallel race as a fixed sixth discipline alongside downhill , super-G , giant slalom , slalom and alpine combination in the competitions integrate. A corresponding working group was set up in autumn 2018, the premiere in the World Cup is for 2019/20 , the premiere at the World Championship is planned for 2021 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The stage is set for the alpine World Cup 2018/19. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 18, 2018 ; accessed on October 2, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.