Susan Corrock who won bronze in women's downhill at the 1972 Games in Sapporo.
Tommy Moe.
· downhill skiing
"Nordic Combined" - an Olympic sport combining the events of downhill skiing and cross-country skiing
The skiing events, downhill, slalom, giant slalom, etc
Men's and women's downhill was first held at the 1948 Games in St. Moritz.
Downhill skiing is not judged. Downhill is based purely on time, like NASCAR or track.
downhill skiing, diving, gymnastics, pole vault, and bobsledding
No, cross country skis are not suitable for downhill skiing as they are designed for flat terrain and do not have the necessary features for downhill skiing such as bindings and edges.
The cast of 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid - 1980 includes: Werner Grissmann as Himself - Downhill Skiing Toni Innauer as Himself - Gold in Ski Jumping Christian Neureuther as Himself - Slalom Ingemar Stenmark as Himself - Gold in Slalom Leonhard Stock as Himself - Gold in Downhill Skiing Harti Weirather as Himself - Downhill Skiing
No, nordic skiing is same as cross-country skiing.
'downhill'While it may seem obvious that all skiing would be downhill, nevertheless there is a sporting race in skiing that is specifically called 'downhill' skiing, or the 'downhill' event. This race has very few turns, as opposed to the skiing 'slalom' event, which is also downhill, but has a zigzag course with many turns.
The cast of XII Olympic Games at Innsbruck - 1976 includes: Johann Ernst Hinterseer as Himself - Slalom and Giant Slalom (1976) Toni Innauer as Himself - Silver in Ski Jumping (1976) Franz Klammer as Himself - Gold in Downhill Skiing (1976) Rosi Mittermaier as Herself - Gold in Downhill Skiing and Slalom (1976) Christian Neureuther as Himself - Giant Slalom and Slalom (1976) Bernhard Russi as Himself - Silver in Downhill Skiing (1976) Karl Schnabl as Himself - Gold in Ski Jumping (1976) Ingemar Stenmark as Himself - Bronze in Giant Slalom (1976) Brigitte Totschnig as Herself - Silver in Downhill Skiing (1976) Josef Walcher as Himself - Downhill Skiing (1976)