Alpine skiing
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Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing, which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether fo
Alpine ski slope in the Zillertal valley, Austria
Alpine ski slopes in San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)
Four groups of different ski types, from left to right: 1. Non-sidecut: cross-country, telemark and mountaineering 2. Parabolic 3. Twin-tip 4. Powder
Marcel Hirscher competing in the combined slalom at the World Championships in 2017
Slalom skiing
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Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, neces
Alpine skiing
…heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine ski racing has been held at the Winter Olympics since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo, Norway, in 1886. As of 2023, there were estimated to be 55 million people worldwide who engaged in alpine skiing. The estimated…
Tonje Sekse competes in the slalom
Nathalie Eklund skis slalom at Trysil Municipality, Norway in 2011
Bottom: 2013 FIS legal slalom race skis, top: giant slalom race skis from 2006