Ice River (ski course)

Ice River
Place: China Yanqing District
Mountain: Xiaohaituo Mountain
Resort: National Alpine Ski Centre
Opened: 7 February 2022
Giant slalom
Start: 1,925 m (6,316 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,501 m (4,925 ft)
Vertical drop:    424 m (1,391 ft)
Slalom
Start: 1,712 m (5,617 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,501 m (4,925 ft)
Vertical drop:    211 m (692 ft)

Ice River is the Olympic technical ski course in China, located in Yanqing District, part of National Alpine Ski Centre resort, opened in 2022.[1][2][3]

It is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Beijing. It has hosted the technical alpine skiing events of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

History

On 7 February 2022, premiere event was held on this course with women's olympic giant slalom event. Swedish skier Sara Hector, who was leading in the discipline the season, won gold. Mikaela Shiffrin did not finish the first run and Petra Vlhová reached 8th place.[4][5]

On 9 February 2022, Petra Vlhová, won a gold medal at women's olympic slalom, the only missing title in her career. Mikaela Shiffrin again did not finish the 1st run.[6]

Olympics

Women

Ice River (ski course) is located in China
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Location in China
Date Type Gold Silver Bronze
7 February 2022   GS Sweden Sara Hector Italy Federica Brignone Switzerland Lara Gut-Behrami
9 February 2022   SL Slovakia Petra Vlhová Austria Katharina Liensberger Switzerland Wendy Holdener
17 February 2022   AC Switzerland Michelle Gisin Switzerland Wendy Holdener Italy Federica Brignone

Men

Date Type Gold Silver Bronze
10 February 2022   AC Austria Johannes Strolz Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Canada James Crawford
13 February 2022   GS Switzerland Marco Odermatt Slovenia Žan Kranjec France Mathieu Faivre
16 February 2022   SL France Clément Noël Austria Johannes Strolz Norway Sebastian Foss-Solevåg

References

  1. ^ "Into the great unknown — and fast: The never-before-seen Olympic downhill course". The Washington Post. 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's olympic giant slalom competition; Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Olympics Live: Shiffrin will start 7th in giant slalom race". lasvegassun.com. 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Sara Hector's Olympic gold medal is a lesson in perseverance". nbcsports.com. 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Sara Hector takes giant slalom gold after Nina O'Brien crash causes delay". nbcsports.com. 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Petra Vlhova wins first-ever Olympic medal in Alpine skiing for Slovakia – and it's gold". olympics.com. 9 February 2022.

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