Speed Ski World Cup
The Speed Ski World Cup is an international competition in speed skiing organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) . The World Cup has been held between January and April every year since 2000. The races take place in Europe and North America.
Regulations
Classes
Originally there was one class: Speed 1 (S1) , which is therefore also known as the classic class . For the 2008 and 2009 seasons, three more classes were introduced: Speed 1 Junior , Speed Downhill (SDH, also production class) and Speed Downhill Junior (SDH Junior) . While skiing in the Speed 1 class with a special helmet, spoilers, special suit and 240 cm skis, normal downhill equipment was used in the downhill class. In the junior classes, athletes aged 15 to 20 could take part. After the S1 Junior class had only been held for one season, the other two classes became increasingly established. However, since the 2018 season these have no longer been held as World Cup races, but only as FIS races. The classes have also been renamed S2 and S2 Junior . The aim is to emphasize what speed skiing actually is.
mode
The athletes compete against each other on specially prepared slopes. In the World Cup, there is no route inspection like in the alpine competitions, but free training. The race management selects the starting point for the free practice so that 160 km / h cannot be exceeded. The starting point is moved up after each run in order to increase the speed significantly. The first races serve for qualification . The slowest drivers are eliminated. There is also a so-called technical cut, in which unsafe drivers are eliminated. The semi-finals and the finals follow after the race or qualification runs. It starts in the reverse order, so the fastest starts last. In the finals, the highest starting point is used to achieve the fastest speed. This will be counted in the final.
World Cup points system
Up until the 2011 season , different World Cup point systems were used for men and women. The point grid of the Alpine Ski World Cup has been used analogously since 2012 (1st = 100, 2nd = 80, 3rd = 60th, etc.)
Overall winner
The most successful athletes in the Speed Ski World Cup are the American Tracie Sachs , the Swede Sanna Tidstrand with five overall World Cup victories , and the Italian Simone Origone , who won a crystal ball twelve times between 2004 and 2020.
Men
season | S1 | S1 junior | SDH | SDH Junior |
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2002 | Philippe May | - | - | - |
2003 | John Hembel | - | - | - |
2004 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2005 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2006 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2007 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2008 | Ivan Origone | - | Marc Poncin | - |
2009 | Simone Origone | Julien Kipfer | Günther Foidl | Charles Edouard Queyras |
2010 | Simone Origone | - | Günther Foidl | Stefano Bar |
2011 | Simone Origone | - |
Stefano Bar Sebastian Lindblom |
Erik Backlund |
2012 | Klaus scrap hammer | - | Gregory Meichtry | Erik Backlund |
2013 | Simone Origone | - | Günther Foidl | Erik Backlund |
2014 | Klaus scrap hammer | - | Jan Farrell | Emmeric Mabit |
2015 | Ivan Origone | - | Erik Backlund | Robin Portal |
2016 | Simone Origone | - | Erik Backlund | Kevin Monay |
2017 | Bastien Montes | - | Gregory Meichtry | Ugo portal |
2018 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2019 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
2020 | Simone Origone | - | - | - |
season | S1 | S1 junior | SDH | SDH Junior |
Women
season | S1 | S1 junior | SDH | SDH Junior |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Karine Dubouchet Revol | - | - | - |
2003 | Tracie Sachs | - | - | - |
2004 | Tracie Sachs | - | - | - |
2005 | Tracie Sachs | - | - | - |
2006 | Tracie Sachs | - | - | - |
2007 | Tracie Sachs | - | - | - |
2008 | Sanna Tidstrand | - | - | - |
2009 | Sanna Tidstrand | Lisa Hovland-Uden | Patty minor | Janni Maria Heikkola |
2010 | Linda Baginski | - | - | Audrey Passet |
2011 | Sanna Tidstrand | - | - | - |
2012 | Sanna Tidstrand | - | - | Britta Backlund |
2013 | Sanna Tidstrand | - | Valentina Greggio | - |
2014 | Linda Baginski | - | Cornelia Seebacher | Britta Backlund |
2015 | Valentina Greggio | - | Britta Backlund | Clea Martinez |
2016 | Valentina Greggio | - | - | Clea Martinez |
2017 | Valentina Greggio | - | Clea Martinez | Mathilda Persson |
2018 | Valentina Greggio | - | - | - |
2019 | Britta Backlund | - | - | - |
2020 | Britta Backlund | - | - | - |
season | S1 | S1 junior | SDH | SDH Junior |
Venues
The following slopes were homologated for the 2019 Speed Ski World Cup . Possible restrictions can also be found in the table.
place | piste | length | Max. speed | restriction |
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Andermatt | Russi Run | 1050 m | ||
Akureyri | Hradabraut | 760 m | 170 km / h | Initially only FIS races |
Arcs | Aiguille Rouge | 1740 m | 250 km / h | |
Bad Mitterndorf | Ski jump | 400 m | 150 km / h | |
Erzurum | Every speed | 1620 m | 230 km / h | Initially only for FIS races |
Grimentz | Lona | 750 m | 190 km / h | |
Idre fells | Choking | 680 m | 180 km / h | |
Morzine | Chamossière | 800 m | 225 km / h | Homologation not yet completed |
Kaunertal | Weißseeferner | 1339 m | 180 km / h | Initially only FIS races |
Kirovsk | BigWoodjavr150 | 500 m | 150 km / h | For FIS races only |
Speed200 | 700 m | 200 km / h | Initially only for FIS races | |
Pas de la Casa | Riberal | 887 m | 190 km / h | |
Halls | Väggen | 469 m | 190 km / h | |
Salla | Sallatuntturi | 550 m | 170 km / h | |
Sun peaks | Headwall | 650 m | 180 km / h | |
Vars | Chabrière | 1220 m | 250 km / h |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Discipline description ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Speed Ski: Important changes in classes for 2018, published on October 10, 2017 , accessed on December 29, 2018
- ↑ Homologated Tracks Speed Skiing. FIS, accessed on August 9, 2019 .